The BBC’s cult sci-fi TV drama series Doctor Who has emerged as the television show most Britons would like to see in a three-dimensional offering, according to a survey carried out by Japanese TV manufacturer Panasonic. Iconic British animated characters Wallace and Gromit came second in the poll results, followed by another BBC offering – […]
Acetrax, the movie retailer on connected TVs from Samsung, LG and Panasonic, has revealed the most popular film streamed through its service this year in the UK has been Sherlock Holmes, closely followed by Clash Of The Titans and Harry Potter. The Acetrax Movies App allows users to register directly on their TVs and instantly […]
Forecaster Oliver & Ohlbaum’s survey found four per cent of current Freeview homes plan to get YouView instead of pay-TV, and a total 18 per cent of existing pay-TV homes said they are ‘likely’ to switch away from their current provider to use YouView instead. However, O&O CEO Mark Oliver believes the threat is relatively […]
A worldwide broadcasting industry that is in steady recovery, although somewhat lagging in North America, is the overall picture painted by the latest Industry Trends Survey released by the IABM (International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers). The survey results reflect a North American broadcast and media technology market that is at least six months behind the […]
NSR research predicts there will be a global maximum of 200 channels in 3D in 10 years time. It says much of the current hype is only propelled by the determination of flat screen makers to develop a new market but it sees no genuine swelling of demand and believes 3D TV will not exceed […]
Research and analysis by the Arab Advisors Group reveals that as of September 2010 the three main Satellite pay TV operators in the region offered a combined total of 124 channels. There are five satellite Pay TV providers that cater to the Arab region; Namely: Arab Television and Radio Network (ART), Orbit Showtime Network (OSN), […]
Oracle has published research which it says reveals that while telecoms companies are focused on providing a more personalised and compelling customer experience, the processes and systems they have in place leave them unable to achieve this goal. The research also found that many Communication Service Providers (CSPs) are planning to broaden their range of […]
Avail-TVN, a digital media services company in North America, has published the results of a survey measuring consumer behaviours and attitudes toward VOD. In the survey, conducted by Frank N. Magid Associates, nearly two-thirds of consumers – 63 per cent – say that availability of television programme episodes on-demand makes them more likely to watch […]
Many illegal file sharers believe they are the ‘Robin Hoods of the digital age’ and are motivated by altruism and a desire for notoriety, according to analysis of people motivations illegally download digital media. The research by Joe Cox, from the University of Portsmouth Business School, is the first study to distinguish between the characteristics, […]
The amount of ‘cord-cutters’ – multichannel homes with a high-speed Internet connection that drop their cable/telco/satellite subscriptions, but retain their broadband connection to watch television – netted out to only 0.11 per cent of the television population over the past three months, according to an extensive ESPN analysis of Nielsen’s national people meter sample. ESPN […]