The results of Rovi’s Consumer Mobile Streaming survey has revealed high usage rates among consumers (a majority of respondents reported streaming video to their devices at least two to three times per week), strong appetites for premium video content on mobile devices with users clamoring for more TV shows and movies, and a strong overall […]
Mobile users in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) are waiting for the right mobile video services to be deployed, according to a report by new media delivery specialists Vidiator. The report found that consumers are starting to explore the potential of smartphones and there is an appetite to pay for mobile video content. CEE’s increasingly […]
European fibre to the home (FTTH) deployment continues to grow steadily, but the gap between the leaders and laggards is increasing, according to the latest figures from the FTTH Council Europe, revealed during the industry organisation’s FTTH Conference 2013 in London. Russia has emerged as a clear fibre leader in the region. The country added […]
Netflix may not be releasing viewer numbers on its flagship show “House of Cards,” but a new survey by investment firm Cowen and Company offers some insight into how many people are watching the Kevin Spacey political drama. A 10th of consumers with access to Netflix have watched “House of Cards,” reported Deadline. Yet 85 […]
Frost & Sullivan finds that the market shipped over 6.06 billion units in 2011 and estimates this to reach 9.29 billion units by 2016. Consumers favour technology that allows them to manage home security, energy consumption, and video streaming from anywhere, as well as engage in activities like working from home, online shopping and social […]
Cisco won significant standard definition set-top box business in India in the quarter ending January 26th 2013. Cisco shipped 1.3 million boxes in the fourth quarter compared with 850K in the third quarter, with a large portion of the increase coming from India. Cisco CEO John Chambers remarked that the company has “been more selective […]
As broadband subscribers approach 635 million globally, figures published by the Broadband Forum and prepared by broadband industry analysts Point Topic reveal that hybrid fibre access (FTTx) has experienced the highest market gain over the past year. Of the 54 million new broadband subscribers added in the year leading up to Q3 2012, 26 million […]
New figures revealed by Thinkbox, the marketing body for commercial TV in the UK, show that TV viewing in the UK is continuing to expand as people watch additional TV on-demand via TV sets, tablets, smartphones and laptops. In total, the average UK viewer watched 4 hours, 4 minutes of TV a day in 2012 […]
SES has revealed that satellite continued to increase its household reach in Germany last year, with 18.07 million households receiving their TV directly from satellite at the end of 2012. This increase of 524,000 households from year-end 2011 (plus 3 percent) is despite the switch-off of the analogue satellite signal in April 2012 and is […]
Innovations in technology, a multitude of connected devices, and evolutions in the media distribution landscape have provided more ways than ever to consume media across different screens, whether at home, at work, or on-the-go. To understand how consumers around the world are responding to this fragmented media environment, Nielsen surveyed online consumers across the globe […]