Nearly a quarter of high-definition television (HDTV) owners in the US (22 per cent) purchased their televisions for the specific purpose of watching the Super Bowl, according to the forthcoming Sports and Technology Study V by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). No other sporting event comes close to prompting that many purchases of HDTVs. Accordingly, […]
According to The NPD Group, sales of Blu-ray discs and DVDs remain the largest source of revenue for the movie industry, accounting for 61 per cent of home-video spending on movies (excluding Netflix and other movie-streaming subscriptions) in 2012. The previous year the Blu-ray and DVD movie share was 64 per cent; NPD attributes some […]
A new centre dedicated to examining the changing nature of copyright and the need for new business models in the digital age is being launched on January 31st at the University of Glasgow. The Centre for Creativity, Regulation, Enterprise and Technology (CREATe) brings together internationally renowned researchers from seven UK universities who will work to […]
IDATE forecasts that in 2020, for the USA and EU combined, OTT communication service revenues will have increased to €15 billion from €7 billion in 2012. Yet they will still only account for 6 per cent of total communication service revenues, with telcos accounting for the remaining 94 per cent. The total market will decline, […]
In a new report released by TDG, iPad and other tablet video use by American consumers is forecast to rise dramatically over the next five years, driving significant changes in the business landscape for television and online/OTT video. According to Bill Niemeyer, TDG Senior Analyst and author of the new report, “The breakout sales success […]
Although it’s currently not cost effective for television channels with large numbers of viewers to move to OTT-only video delivery, for many individual channels that have small- or medium-sized audiences, a switch to OTT streaming as their sole means of video delivery could become an option over the long term, suggests information and analytics provider […]
The displays are incredibly expensive, there’s next to nothing to view on them, and zero by way of consumer playback equipment – yet seemingly more than a half-million 4K displays will be sold this year, according to data from NPD Display Search. Sales volumes will ramp up as retail prices fall, reaching more than 7 […]
Since the introduction of DTT in Portugal in 2009, a total of 1,553,000 decoders have been sold, according to data published by National Communications Authority (Anacom). The data, for the period up to August 2012, also shows that the Portuguese purchased 1,145,408 DTT boxes in the first eight months of last year. According to Anacom, […]
Nearly 60 per cent of US consumers still prefer to watch their favourite shows and video programming on their TVs, but they also want their smart phones and tablets by their side so they can be online and multitask, according to the KPMG International 2013 Digital Debate survey, which polled more than 1,000 consumers in […]
Although there is no question that sports costs are part of the story, most media reports miss two other important points, according to Derek Baine, a Senior Analyst at SNL Kagan. First, operators have been providing more channels every year, which adds to the bill. Second, retransmission fees are much higher than many operators had […]