The status of the STB (Set-Top Box) within pay-TV households faces significant risk from the development of two-way, digital-cable–ready TVs, media centres, and residential gateways, among others. STB manufacturers are responding in several ways according to ABI Research, “In recent times, Comcast created a residential network gateway project, which ultimately will act as a convergence […]

More American TV households are receiving video programming via an alternate delivery system (ADS) than ever before while MSOs' penetration continued to fall, according to a TVB analysis of Nielsen Media Research data for November 2007. Fifteen DMAs (Designated Market Areas) are now majority-ADS markets, where more viewers are watching via satellite than over wired […]

The Indian media and entertainment industry is set to grow at twice the rate of the country's GDP in the coming few years, driven largely by the emergence of regional players, technology and digitisation. A combined Ernst & Young-Assocham study has highlighted that increasing digital content in the media and entertainment industry will lead to […]

Channel 4 has seen its all-day audience share fall by more than 11 per cent compared with 2006, according to the latest ratings figures. The network’s all hours share, including ratings for S4C in Wales, was the hardest hit of the five main channels in the slow decline of terrestrial television viewing, down 1.1 percentage […]

Research conducted by Nielsen Online revealed almost 21 million Britons visited a TV, video or movie-related website in September 2007 – a 28 per cent increase in visitors on the previous year. Internet TV services are available to the 12 million UK households with a broadband connection. Worldwide, that figures rises to more than 300 […]

Mobile video messaging services are at the centre of the technology convergence that is helping mobile customers realise greater levels of self-expression and online community participation. According to principal analyst Dan Shey of ABI Research, "Mobile video messaging is perfectly positioned to take advantage of the convergence of increased mobile device capabilities and consumers’ desire […]

According to researcher Dell'Oro Group, the worldwide set-top box market contracted 2 per cent on a sequential basis in the third quarter of this year. Despite strong growth in the IPTV and satellite set-top box market that was not enough to offset the decline in the cable market. “Cable operators slowed their acquisition of set-top […]

UK families enjoy some of the lowest prices for telephone, broadband and television in Europe, and more households are buying bundles of these services, according to Ofcom. Britain had the best value “triple play” deal in 2006 when compared with similar packages in France, Germany, Italy and the US, the survey found. The survey also […]

The manner by which consumers create and share content, enjoy a variety of programming and entertainment applications, communicate, and enhance productivity at home and on-the-go is evolving as digital technologies become more mainstream, according to a new Parks Associates white paper titled, Consumer Technology: Key Trends and Outlook for 2008. According to the new paper, […]

Juniper Research forecasts that Mobile WiMAX 802.16e will begin to take off over the 2010 to 2013 period, exceeding 80 million mobile subscribers globally by 2013. Report author Howard Wilcox said: “We are seeing more and more Mobile WiMAX 802.16e trials and network contracts – over 50 have been announced so far in 2007 alone: […]