During the month of July, Italian DTH platform TivùSat activated 55,316 new smart cards, reaching a total of 1,576,685 active cards. The regions that registered the highest number of smart card activations in July were Sicily, Lombardy, Lazio and Calabria. TivùSat viewers can currently access 55 TV and 40 radio channels, including the main services […]
As new ways to consume media give viewers greater choice of how, when, and where to watch, an old standby – the television – is making headway in the race for market cachet, according to a blog post from Pat McDonough, Nielsen’s SVP Insights, Analysis and Policy. According to Nielsen, Americans spend 35 hours each […]
Proof that the Latin American market is looking increasingly like a Gold Mine comes from researchers Dataxis, which forecasts that by 2017 the Latin American pay-TV market will have grown to some 97 million subscribing homes. This number, already attractive enough, is based on the seven largest Latino markets, suggesting that the true total will […]
The number of homes paying for IPTV is predicted to rocket to 165 million by end-2017, up from 51 million at end-2011 and from only 7.5 million at end-2007, according to a new report from Digital TV Research (DTVR). The Global IPTV Forecasts report estimates that China will supply 77 million (47 per cent) of […]
A report from Juniper Research forecasts that the number of residential TVs, connected to the Internet via different platforms such as Blu-ray players, set-top boxes and consoles, and also via built in wireless or Ethernet connectivity, will reach almost 650 million by 2017. The report finds that Smart TVs are becoming mainstream amongst consumers, similar […]
According to new research from TDG, Netflix is experiencing a significant decline in satisfaction among its streaming users. “The impact of its ill-conceived price and packaging change of late 2011 continue to resonate today,” notes Michael Greeson, TDG Founding Partner and Director of Research. TDG notes that in mid-2011, two-thirds of Netflix streamers were highly […]
Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from two recent video reports – VoD and Encoder Equipment and Video Subscriber – which tracks equipment sold to telco IPTV, cable video, and satellite video providers, and Set-Top Boxes and Subscribers, which tracks IP, cable, satellite, and hybrid set-top boxes and OTT media servers. “2012 will be […]
The video games industry across the US and Western Europe will witness steady growth through to 2015, reaching $15.7 billion and €10.2 billion respectively in total retail value, according to a Console, Handheld and PC Gaming report from Futuresource Consulting. Across both regions, the packaged games market will start to witness a slow decline in […]
Hollywood studios continue to see a slow turnaround in home video sales after a seven-year decline, as consumers increase the numbers of movies and TV shows they stream online and buy more HD Blu-ray discs as DVDs fall from favour. The Digital Entertainment Group, a trade group whose members include studios and electronics companies in […]
IPTV, apps to ‘drive’ viewing growth By 2017, more than a quarter of Australians will have signed up to an online television subscription service, according to a PwC media report. IPTV, other subscription entertainment services and new mobile media apps will drive growth in Australia’s media and entertainment industry of 18 per cent over the […]