According to analysis by TDG, 56 per cent of all US broadband households have at least one TV connected to the Internet, either directly via smart TVs or indirectly via ancillary devices like game consoles and Blu-ray players. “Whether your goal is delivering OTT services to the TV, or expanding the level of control pay-TV […]
Despite all the talk of cord-cutting, a report from Digital TV Research states that the number of pay TV subscribers in the US will continue to increase – albeit at a slow rate. However, the Digital TV North America report states that pay TV penetration will remain flat. Simon Murray, report author, said: “Most of […]
The number of Italian households with a TV set that supports High Definition has exceeded 17 million, about 70 per cent of the total, according to industry association HD Forum Italia.However, only one in five are actually watching HD broadcasts because the free-to-air offer on Digital Terrestrial Television is limited to one HD channel from […]
An independent poll conducted by MPP Global Solutions found that over half of TV broadcasters questioned believe that OTT services will boost their bottom line by a further 50 per cent by 2015. The TV experience is changing rapidly from a traditional, linear model to one which is consumer-driven, mobile, accessible and highly customisable. 2013 […]
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has released an in-depth research study focused on the growing reach and impact of digital video – revealing that original professional online video (OPOV) captures the attention of 45 million US viewers per month. “Consumers are rapidly turning to digital video for entertainment, news and information, and advertiser demand to […]
Indian Premier League cricket has gripped mobile audiences in the country, with viewers consuming more than 900,000 hours of video feed averaging at over 42,000 hours daily. According to statistics by mobile TV service nexGTv, the most sought VoD content are the highlights of matches and interesting moments of the T20 cricketing extravaganza, since it […]
The latest half-yearly report from Uruguay’s Communications Regulator (URSEC) says that as at December 31st the country had 592,699 pay-TV subscribers. It is generally acknowledged that by now that number would have exceeded 600,000 homes. During the second half of last year the pay-TV market grew by 31,431 net new subscribers. As far as individual […]
The anticipated analogue switch-off in territories beyond North America and Western Europe is expected to increase the demand for DVB-T2 set-top-boxes in 2015, the next milestone year established by the ITU for switching to digital, according to ABI Research. The firm notes that a number of countries in Eastern Europe and Middle-East Africa are hoping […]
Data from Juniper Research has revealed that by 2017 there will be 64.1 billion games downloaded onto smartphones and tablet devices – over 3 times that of 2012, which stood at 21 billion. This high rate of growth is being driven by the increasing number of free-to-play releases, more sophisticated devices, and the global uptake […]
In common with digital music downloads, the decade-old iTunes Store leveraged first-mover advantage, and popular devices, to command the lead in digital downloads of movies and TV shows, according to global information company The NPD Group. The firm says that Apple dominates the home digital-video sector, in much the same way it dominates digital music. […]