Fifty one per cent of all French households will subscribe to triple-play bundles in 2015, up from 36 per cent in 2010, according to a report from Pyramid Research. The regulatory environment encourages competition, but a saturated market makes it a tough operating environment. “Convergence is the key competitive factor in France, and it is […]
A new report from investment bankers Morgan Stanley says that TV advertising in Spain, which suffered badly during 2008-9, will again grow this year by about 10 per cent and achieve Europe’s strongest momentum. Elsewhere in Europe TV advertising will remain stagnant in France (around zero growth), an improving 2-5 per cent in the UK, […]
Spending on home entertainment reached $18.8 billion in the US during 2010, down slightly from $19.4 billion in 2009, according to a report from the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG). The US home entertainment market continued to benefit from the steady growth of Blu-ray, which reached sales of $1.8 billion, while consumer spending on digital distribution […]
A sampling of only 22 brands revealed that websites offering pirated digital content and counterfeit goods generate more than 53 billion visits per year, according to research carried out by enterprise brand protection specialist MarkMonitor. Sites offering pirated digital content draw the lion’s share of the 53 billion annual visits while sites selling counterfeit goods, […]
Mobile broadband subscriptions are on track to surpass 1 billion in 2011 only months after reaching half a billion, Ericsson has reported, highlighting a key growth driver for the telecom sector. “During the course of 2010, a significant milestone in terms of mobile broadband subscriptions was reached as their number surpassed the half-a-billion mark globally,” […]
Shanghai now has over 1.3 million IPTV subscribers, according to local media group Radio and Television Shanghai. Zhang Jian, an official at BesTV, a subsidiary of Radio and Television Shanghai, commented that the development of IPTV has facilitated China’s ongoing efforts towards the establishment of digital TV in the country, and the future of next-generation […]
The results of a video-streaming study dubbed Project Canada show, not surprisingly, that online movie and TV streaming services can boost broadband data usage. One surprise finding is that consumers make decisions about balancing their media consumption habits – and bills – among over-the-air (OTA), cable and over-the-top (OTT) services. The online media study was […]
Regular Internet users in the US overwhelmingly agree that the Internet provides better value than cable television. A survey by Rasmussen Reports found that 72 per cent of adults who go online at least once a week say the Internet is a better value for the dollar than cable TV. Just 10 per cent say […]
The digital distribution of film and music failed to offset sharp falls in sales of CDs and DVDs in 2010, with media groups fearing that concerns about the long-term health of high street retailers such as HMV could intensify pressure on the industry over the next 12 months. In the US, total spending on filmed […]
Year on year growth rates of 6.7 per cent have taken broadband subscription to 508,761,837 in the third quarter of 2010, according to figures prepared by Point Topic and revealed by the Broadband Forum in its Global Broadband and IPTV Industry Update. Over 14.3 million lines were added in the third quarter alone, representing 2.88 […]