Hungary now has 1.45 million digital TV subscribers, up 26,000 in January alone, according to data from its National Media and Telecommunications Authority. There are twelve TV suppliers of one form or another which between them control more than 80 per cent of the market. Cable giant UPC is market leader with a market share […]
There are 45 million IPTV subscribers worldwide, according to research from TeleGeography. According to their research IPTV now accounts for about 10 per cent of the telecom services provider market, up from less than 2 per cent five years ago. It says IPTV subscribers increased by 38 per cent in 2010. Europe is the largest […]
A report from Knowledge Networks indicates that more people are consuming video from TV networks online, and that their tolerance for pre-roll or embedded ads within that video has not diminished since 2006. Knowledge Networks’s most recent TV’s Web Connections report demonstrates that more people are choosing to consume TV network video through free or […]
Early expectations of 3D TV were over hyped by the press, while current coverage laments the fact that 3D has not lived up to its promise. The reality is somewhere between the two extremes. 3D channels have been launched in North America, Europe, and Asia in 2010. More will come in 2011. In addition to […]
IPTV subscriptions will reach 131.6 million globally by year-end 2015, a CAGR of 23 per cent, driven by the introduction of IPTV in emerging markets and the extension of coverage in developed markets to secondary and tertiary cities, according to a report by Pyramid Research. Other key findings include: – China will overtake France to […]
The US multichannel sector succeeded in reversing two consecutive quarters of video subscriber losses to achieve positive net adds in the fourth-quarter 2010. The combined gain of 65,000 customers, though weaker than year-ago results, helped boost the industry to a full-year increase of 211,000 customers, according to SNL Kagan estimates of total US video subscribers […]
Just 0.18 per cent of US households “cut the cord” between the fourth quarter 2010 and first quarter 2011, according to ESPN analysis of Nielsen households. This study defines “cord-cutters” as multichannel homes with a high-speed Internet connection that drop their cable/telco/satellite subscriptions, but retain their broadband connection to watch television. The current rate of […]
In a study on the growth and profitability of the media and entertainment industry released by Ernst & Young, cable operators showed the highest profitability among all media and entertainment sectors, and interactive media was the fastest growing sector within the industry. The report also reveals that, despite current perceptions, the media and entertainment industry […]
Horowitz Associates’s annual ‘State of Cable and Digital Media’ study reveal that, at least weekly, almost a third of US urban consumers (31 per cent) watch TV content via alternative platforms such as on a computer/laptop, on a mobile device/tablet, or streamed directly from the Internet to the TV through an OTT device such as […]
In what is still a young market, several technologies are vying for supremacy, but according to ABI Research the market will most likely favour hybrid solutions. In fact, many companies are already laying the foundation with standards such as P1905.1 and products featuring tri-band solutions in the works. ABI Research expects that just over 50 […]