Parks Associates research shows US broadband households with a streaming media device watch more video on the television on average than households without one of these devices, at 22 hours versus 18 hours per week. Streaming media device owners watch double the amount of Internet video on the television, consuming
European research from Parks Associates shows 8 per cent of UK broadband households have at least one smart watch. These wearables, which can connect to the Internet, create new health, mobile payment, and smart home opportunities for companies in the IoT ecosystem, according to the firm’s consumer research project Connected Consumer in Europe. “The IoT […]
Western Europe is enjoying a spectacular boom in the sales of Ultra-HD TVs. According to data from analysts at GfK, the UK market is seeing the greatest enthusiasm for Ultra-HD. In the 12 months to August 15th, sales have
Ooyala’s Q2 Global Video Index shows that nearly half of all video plays and ad impressions for publishers occurred on mobile devices. Since Q2 2012, mobile video plays have grown at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 111 per cent, with the share of video plays on mobile devices
Scores for network performance and reliability have improved, the number of U.S. households connected to digital service has grown and satisfaction has increased across wireline offerings, according to three new US wireline studies: the J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Residential Television Service Provider Satisfaction Study; the J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Residential Internet Service Provider Satisfaction Study; […]
The popularity of OTT SVoD has influenced the increase of connected media devices in consumers’ homes. In turn, connected media devices continue to change consumers’ TV/video viewing behaviour by bringing a variety of sources of media and entertainment to the larger screen. From family TV night via broadcastTV, to binge watching and content stacking via […]
Insight and analytics source IHS has raised its outlook for the broadband customer premises equipment (CPE) market, which includes DSL, cable, fibre-to-the-home (FTTH), residential gateways and mobile broadband CPE. In a September report, the firm noted it increased its 2019 worldwide broadband CPE forecast by 8 per cent, to $12.4 billion. “The primary source for […]
Growth in Ethernet switching continues, with worldwide revenue up 9 percent sequentially in the second quarter of 2015, reaching a total of $5.6 billion, according to the IHS Infonetics Ethernet Switches report. “A rebound in North America and China, coupled with strong uptake of 40GE solutions in data center environments, drove Ethernet switch revenue in […]
IHS has conducted in-depth interviews with service providers across the globe who use residential gateways to provide broadband services and found that only 31 per cent of respondents plan on virtualising their residential gateways by 2017. “Despite the obvious benefits of virtualising residential gateways in the home-namely shortening of provisioning time and elimination of truck […]
Last week, Apple announced the release of a new-and-improved Apple TV device – a move which will make the TV streaming stick/device space even more competitive, especially with names like Periscope reported to be building dedicated apps. According to a GWI Device report, currently about 15 per cent of Internet users who have a streaming […]