With forecasts exceeding 80 per cent of units shipped by 2015, connected TVs are expected to lead the way in global TV shipments escalating from 27 per cent in 2011, according to new research from Futuresource Consulting. On a regional level, Japan leads the way in the adoption of connected TVs, with 59 per cent […]
US consumer rental of movies in DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats fell by 11 per cent in 2011, versus the prior year, and the landscape of retailers has shifted dramatically, according to market research company The NPD Group. The leader in physical-disc rentals was Redbox, whose unit volume increased by 29 per cent year over […]
Brazil is undergoing a cultural and economic transformation that will see mobile penetration grow from 118 per cent in 2011 to 153 per cent in 2016 and IPTV services to increase from 21,000 subscriptions in 2011 to 1.5 million in 2016, according to Pyramid Research. “Brazil has been experiencing a significant enrichment of the middle […]
The BBC’s iPlayer received 1.94 billion requests for TV programmes last year. Two thirds of requests are from PCs but the number from connected devices is growing, in December, seven million programmes were requested on connected devices, a 1000 per cent year-on-year increase. Smartphones accounted for 13 million requests, up 163 per cent year-on-year, and […]
HDTV household penetration will soon be high enough in developed countries for broadcasters and pay TV operators to consider ending their Standard Definition transmissions, according to a report from Digital TV Research. HD-ready penetration will double from 25.9 per cent at end-2011 to 50.9 per cent in 2016. However, HD-ready penetration will be higher than […]
Latest broadband and IPTV figures published by the Broadband Forum show a significant surge in growth in Q3-2011, with more new subscribers added in the quarter than at any time since early 2009. The figures also point to the growing importance of fibre as FTTH and hybrid FTTx deployments increase. Overall broadband growth during the […]
According to TDG’s latest analysis, by 2016 more than 30 million households will use operator-provided ‘TV Everywhere’ (TVE) services to access programmes on their net-connected devices. “The logic is straightforward,” notes Colin Dixon, TDG Senior Partner and author of the new report. “If consumers can access their Pay-tv services on their PCs, pads, and mobile […]
US consumers are turning away from owning movies to watch in their homes, buying far fewer releases in 2011 than in previous years. Total revenues from the sale of films on DVDs, Blu-rays and via digital distribution dropped more than 12 per cent to $9.5 billion, according to a report released by the Digital Entertainment […]
GfK’s Digital World report published in partnership with CES in Las Vegas says that this year will see consumer spending on technology devices will exceed $1 trillion for the first time, up five per cent on 2011’s record spend of $993 billion. Extra growth has come from the increasingly important Asia-Pac market (which includes the […]
Danish online video viewing is going through a rapid growth. According to analysis conducted by the Danish IT company, Xstream, 94 per cent of all Danes who go online watch online video content, in average, all Danes are in average watching 57 online video clips each month. In 2011, Xstream delivered more than 2.1 billion […]