Pace in 2010 became the world’s No. 1 seller of set-top boxes in terms of unit shipments on an annual basis, surpassing Motorola, new IHS Screen Digest research indicates. Pace’s STB shipments grew by 21.1 per cent in 2010 to 20.7 million units, up from 17.1 million in 2009. Motorola’s shipments rose only 4.2 per […]
In 2011, the world’s annual data traffic volume will total almost 8,000 petabytes, according to ABI Research. That will grow at a CAGR of 50 per cent over the following years, exceeding 60,000 petabytes in 2016 – over seven times more than in 2011. The year-on-year growth will be the fastest in 2012 (58 per […]
Apple has toppled Google in 2010 to become the world’s most powerful brand, according to the WPP-owned research company Millward Brown. It puts Apple at number one in its annual top 100 global brand power list, Brandz, up from third place in 2009, with an 84 per cent increase in its estimated value to $153bn. […]
The European Audiovisual Observatory estimates that 2010 gross box office takings in the European Union increased by 5 per cent year-on-year to around €6.45 billion, the highest level on record. In contrast to 2009 box office growth was exclusively driven by an increase in average ticket prices as admissions actually decreased by 1.6 per cent […]
According to Value Partners, a managing consultancy firm in the Middle East specialising in media and telco trends, the continued growth in video on demand (VoD) in the Middle East delivered over the Internet is inevitable as consumers are increasingly expected to control their viewing. Value Partners suggests that growth in demand for VoD calls […]
Worldwide shipments of 3D TVs will jump by 463 per cent to reach 23.4 million units in 2011, according to IHS iSuppli research. The 3D TV projections in 2011 represent startling growth for the much-publicised technology, with shipments expanding by a factor of 5.5 from 4.2 million units last year. Another year of triple-digit growth […]
Just when European TV broadcasters thought the advertising downturn was well and truly over, it seems there may be rocky times ahead. A report from investment bankers Morgan Stanley suggests that March ad-sales bookings were poor, and the forward inventory of sold ad-minutes looks increasingly shaky for some players. “There has been little detail on […]
Brazil’s National Telecoms Agency says the nation’s Q1 pay-TV numbers grew by a net 650,000, of which 243,000 signed up in March. Most of these new pay-TV viewers were captured by DTH satellite (548,000 for DTH, 121,000 for cable). There was a loss of some 19,000 from MMDS systems. Satellite now has a 48.2 per […]
The global Digital Rights Management (DRM) market is projected to witness significant growth in the near future due to the continuously growing media and entertainment sector. The global market for DRM is projected to grow threefold by 2014 with rising spending on DRM software and hardware to protect entertainment, commercial software, and other information. RNCOS’ […]
According to official numbers from Uruguay’s communications regulator, the nation had 491,000 pay-TV subs at the end of last year, up 9.5 per cent on 2009. This represents a 36.5 per cent penetration. Clarin Group-owned cable outfit Cablevision has a 25 per cent market share in the city of Montevideo, although only about 10 per […]