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Cloud based TV revenue take off

Cloud-based TV service revenues will increase from $120 million in 2013 to more than $750 milion by 2017, according to Multimedia Research Group. Most of those revenues will be cloud services for cable operators, followed by satellite and then IPTV. The market for cloud services for pay-TV operators is just starting and vendors are racing […]

April 5, 2013

80% of smart-TV owners are app users

New research from Parks Associates shows app developers are targeting the smart TV platform as the next significant growth area as nearly 80 per cent of smart-TV owners regularly use apps. App Development and Distribution Models details the app development process and monetisation strategies for multiple platforms, including smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, and connected cars. […]

April 5, 2013

Ooyala: Dramatic differences in online viewing vs. traditional

Recent research from personalised video experience specialist Ooyala suggest that live and long-form video outperforms on-demand and short-form video across all screens. The findings come in a special edition of its quarterly Global Video Index, revealing the most recent trends in multi-screen video consumption from broadcasters and entertainment networks around the world. They spotlight dramatic […]

April 4, 2013

Encoder purchases enable pay-TV distributor bypass

Content owners, including HBO, Disney/ABC, and Fox are rapidly growing in importance as customers for video encoder and transcoders, according to findings from analyst firm ABI Research. Content owners have always purchased some video encoders for primary distribution – which feed into existing pay-TV systems; however, their investment is increasingly in multi-format transcoders that support […]

April 4, 2013

Digital TV, movie streaming reaches tipping point

US digital TV and movie content audiences will grow faster than previously expected as a result of increased viewing on tablets and smartphones, a wave of Internet-enabled TVs, and greater content availability, according to a new report – Digital TV and Movie Streaming: A Rising Tide of Devices, Content and Viewing – from digital marketing […]

April 3, 2013

Web access from STBs, TVs increases

According to findings from adaptive web development software solutions specialist Netbiscuits, the web is changing so rapidly that many organisations are still unprepared for the future of consumer access. The increasing number of devices hitting the market and the unrelenting fragmentation of various operating systems and profiles means it is harder than ever for brands […]

April 2, 2013

Survey: Service bundling points to big savings

According to a report from US consumer research body the Consumer Reports National Research Center, with carriers offering introductory discounts as much as half off, it’s little wonder why three quarters of those who bought a triple or quad-play telecom package (cable, Internet, home phone, cell phone) suggest that they would definitely or probably purchase […]

April 2, 2013

Cable crushes network TV

A big weekend series of top-rated cable shows managed to put US network TV firmly in its place as the finale of The Walking Dead, plus the debut Season 3 opening episode of Game of Thrones as well as the final episode of The Bible all combined to ruin Sunday evening as far as network […]

April 2, 2013By Chris Forrester

Global TV shipments tipped for 2015 recovery

Stung by plunging sales in Japan and declining demand in North America and Western Europe, global television shipments in 2012 fell, marking a major inflection point that will have a lasting impact on the market, according to an IHS iSuppli Worldwide Television Market Tracker Report from the IHS TV Systems Intelligence Service at information and […]

April 2, 2013

262m iPlayer requests in February

BBC iPlayer delivered new record highs for average daily and weekly request numbers in February 2013. Weekly requests averaged 59 million, up from 57 million in January, and across the month there was an average of 8.6 million requests per day. The shorter February month (28 days, compared to January’s 31) resulted in a lower […]

March 28, 2013