The pay television industry isn’t threatened by those are cutting the cord now but will be by the people who won’t buy the cord in the first place, according to Credit Suisse media analyst Stefan Anninger who warns that today’s teenagers are tomorrow’s “cord-nevers.” “They are growing up in an Internet-based video culture in which […]
Research commissioned by Orange comparing smartphone and tablet usage suggests that tablets cannibalise, whereas smartphones complement, TV and PC usage. Orange Exposure 2011 – an annual independent study by TNS into mobile media habits across UK, France, Spain and Poland – reveals some striking differences in behaviour between mobile and tablet usage both inside and […]
NSR’s “Global Direct-to-Home (DTH) Markets, 4th Edition” study finds the DTH market continues to drive satellite demand and revenue worldwide amidst a troubling economic climate and increasing competition. DTH services utilised 950 Ku-Band 36 MHz Transponder Equivalents (TPEs) in 2010. In the same year, DTH platforms delivered almost 16,900 SD, HD, and 3D television channels […]
ComScore has released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that 184 million US Internet users watched online video content in October for an average of 21.1 hours per viewer. The total US Internet audience viewed 42.6 billion videos, representing an all-time high. Google Sites, driven primarily by video viewing at YouTube.com, ranked as […]
October’s net subscriber gains in Brazil’s pay-TV sector again showed strong growth. October’s numbers were up 278,000 in October to 12.2 million homes, according to data from Anatel. Some 20 per cent of all homes now have a pay-TV subscription, and this is up some 2.3 per cent in a single month. During 2011 to […]
Free to air digital TV platform Freeview is now being watched by more than a million New Zealanders. Freeview’s latest sales figures show more than half a million of New Zealand‚s 1.6 million households were receiving Freeview free to air digital TV. As at the end of October 536,350 homes using Freeview for their television […]
Virgin Media has the biggest proportion of dissatisfied customers for landline, broadband and pay-TV services, according to Ofcom’s latest customer satisfaction tables. In September, the media regulator conducted 3,000 interviews and various online surveys of customers of landline, mobile, fixed broadband and pay-TV operators with a market share of 4 per cent or more. Virgin […]
American consumers continue to expand the number of devices and platforms they use to view TV shows and movies, yet report no significant change in the total time they spend watching on the traditional TV set. An annual study of consumer video consumption habits conducted by Frank N Magid Associates reveals that while more than […]
Shipments of 3D LCD TV panels reached 6.6 million units in Q3 2011, accounting for 27 per cent growth quarter on quarter. The pattern retarder type and shutter glass type are growing by 34 per cent and 23 per cent respectively. According to NPD DisplaySearch, panel makers are targeting very strong 30 per cent growth […]
An anticipated surge in the household penetration of next-generation Internet-connected devices indicates solid consumer interest in new content to experience on these devices, according to a new study – Connected Devices and Services: Reinventing Content – presented by global consulting firm Bain & Company at the Forum d’Avignon event, which brought together players from the […]