Freeview, the UK’s biggest digital television service, has revealed that after strong quarterly sales of 1.3 million Freeview HD televisions and STBs, the number of Freeview HD units sold reached 4.4 million by the end of December 20111. The strong sales performance of Freeview HD is echoed across the product portfolio; year-on-year sales of Freeview […]
An academic study looking at the correlation between the appearance of BitTorrent in 2003 and loss of box office revenue by Hollywood films as a result of piracy indicates that US box office revenue has largely been unaffected but that international returns have been lower than they might otherwise have been in the absence of […]
Nielsen has issued a report showing that the number of US households that bypass cable or satellite TV and subscribe only to broadband Internet access has grown dramatically in the past year, and not surprisingly, they spend dramatically more time watching TV over the Internet. Nielsen said it is too soon to determine whether these […]
Teenagers now list using social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter as their number one pastime, overtaking watching television, according to a report by Click Consult. Sixty-five per cent of those polled listed talking to their friends via Facebook and Twitter as their top leisure activity. TV companies have been aware of this growing […]
The number of FTTH connections in Spain has significantly grown over the last year with 171,177 as of the end of 2011, up 206.4 per cent in comparison with a year earlier, according to the latest report published by the Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT). Telefonica takes the lion’s share with 163,008 FTTH connections, up 230.4 […]
Video content is likely to be a major driver in consumer uptake of the Ultra Fast Broadband network, but New Zealand is behind overseas markets in developing OTT content, says a Commerce Commission study. The survey also shows most consumers were reluctant to pay an additional $10 per month for a high speed connection. “Ultimately, […]
The Autumn 2011 IPTV Market Leader Report from MRG is now tracking over 934 IPTV Operators globally, an increase from 913 just six months ago, and revealing over 50 million IPTV subscribers worldwide. “Although the MLR only tracks pure-play IPTV deployments worldwide, it clearly reflects that IPTV Operators are using other hybrid delivery methods including […]
Ad executions on tablet devices are more effective than on smartphones because they are more memorable and more likely to generate direct sales, according to Nielsen. It found that 40 per cent of tablet owners and 30 per cent of smartphone users responding to its UK Connected Devices survey agreed that “advertising is acceptable” on […]
A poll conducted by website TechBargains shows that nearly six people in 10 preferred to watch the Super Bowl on a modern HD or Smart TV, rather than from the stands. The poll found that 59 per cent preferred watching the game on a TV, and that 25 per cent of the site’s shopping visitors […]
A study released by Telsyte confirms the rise of subscription TV over broadband with more than 300,000 Australian homes now accessing an IPTV service. This equates to around one in ten subscription TV services currently delivered over broadband. Telsyte forecasts that by 2015, over one third of all subscription TV services will be provided over […]