The Irish Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte T.D. has released research which reveals that 87 per cent per cent of Irish people are now aware of the digital TV switchover and 35 per cent are aware that the analogue TV network will be officially switched off in October 2012. These encouraging […]
Global consumer spend on online video has exploded in 2011, according to the latest research – Global OTT Video Forecast: Q4 2011 – from Strategy Analytics. Global online video spend will soar to $3.5 billion in 2011. While transactional revenue growth is slowing in maturing territories, subscription revenues driven by specialists – such as Netflix […]
China Mobile has reported it currently has 50 million mobile video subscribers. The service has grown rapidly, with annual growth of more than 150 per cent over the past five years. As of August 2011, there were nearly 1,000 terminals compatible with China Mobile’s mobile video service, providing service coverage for all mainstream handsets. A […]
Consumer hunger for social media connectivity and demand for ‘anytime, anywhere’ entertainment is driving the most dramatic industry convergence in the past 20 years and radically shifting the traditional TV viewing experience, according to a global study released today by Motorola Mobility. The aim of the study was to develop both a global and regional […]
China Central Television is launching a major expansion in pursuit of an international audience, increasing its overseas staff fivefold by the end of next year and almost tenfold by 2016. The broadcaster hopes to win millions of viewers in the US and Africa with English-language services produced in Washington and Nairobi. According to its website, […]
Rovi and media research company Decipher have released the first results from a two-phase study about Smart TV usage and interactive advertising in the UK. The first phase examined connected device familiarity and usage, creating a profile of the connected TV audience and comparing it to the average UK household. “The study, combined with the […]
The government mandate to digitise cable networks across India will bring a significant transformation to the $7 billion TV industry with a positive impact on the nascent broadband market, says a report by Media Partners Asia (MPA). Vivek Couto, executive director of Media Partners Asia, said: “India’s broadcasting and pay-TV market is on the cusp […]
The Indian Media and Entertainment industry registered revenues of $16.3 billion in 2010 and is expected to be in excess of $25 billion in the next four years, according to an Ernst & Young’s report. The study shows that India’s growing digital media consumption and favourable demographics are key drivers for the media and entertainment […]
The growing presence of online video has given rise to significant advances in the overall Russian home video market, with uptake in digital viewing triggering market forecasts in the region of 1,000 per cent in 2011, according to research from Futuresource Consulting. “Despite being in embryonic stages of development, digital services are expected to offset […]
Portugal ended the third quarter of 2011 with 2.89 million pay-TV subscribers, an increase of 43,000 clients (+1.5 per cent) over the previous quarter and 174,000 more (+6.4 per cent) than in the same period in 2010, according to figures published by the country’s National Communications Authority (Anacom). Fibre optic (FTTH/B) provided the biggest contribution, […]