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Australia: Online video delivering for marketers

The television viewing experience has changed forever according to research released by IAB Australia . The research explores new ground in the ongoing dramatic shift on consumers’ television viewing habits and offers marketers insights into reaching audiences as connected TV ownership and multiscreening becomes more prevalent. According to the study, The Changing TV Experience: Attitudes […]

August 28, 2015

Tablet screen sizes getting bigger

Large screen sizes are gaining favor as the Tablet transforms into a productivity device, with shipments growing 185 per cent year-on-year in 2015. According to a Strategy Analytics’ Tablet & Touchscreen Strategies report, Apple’s iPad Pro will join a market that is primed for growth, thanks to the success of Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 and […]

August 27, 2015

Half US Internet homes own connected TV device

The CE industry reached a milestone in the second quarter with half of US Internet homes now owning a Connected TV device. This includes connected TVs, video game consoles, streaming media players, and Blu-ray Disc players that consumers connected to the Internet allowing them access to apps such as Netflix and Hulu. The total number […]

August 26, 2015

25m Smart TVs for major LatAm markets

According to findings from business intelligence firm Dataxis, Multiscreen scenario in Latin America, focused on the five largest Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico)- by Q4 2014 there was a total of 78.3 million digital, 75.8 million HD-ready, 24.8 million Connected TV (Smart TVs) and only 60,900 4K TV sets installed. Dataxis […]

August 25, 2015

IoT boosts wireless charging

A study from Juniper Research has found that wireless charging adoption for mobile devices will increase rapidly in the coming years, with nearly 40 per cent of households in the US and over 20 per cent in Europe using wireless charging by 2020. The research found that leading retailers using the IoT to generate an […]

August 25, 2015

4K boosts TV makers profits

The four major panel makers in the market saw revenues decline in the second quarter of 2015 but profits remained high as a result of sales of high-end products such as Ultra HD (4K) TV panels, according to Digitimes Research. Panel makers including

August 21, 2015

Roku heads US streaming device sales

A report from Parks Associates on streaming media devices reports that four brands – Amazon, Apple, Google, and Roku – accounted for 86 per cent of all units sold to US broadband households in 2014. This market

August 21, 2015

Structural shift in broadcast tech Industry

Spending on products and services in the $48 billion (€42.8bn) broadcast and media technology industry shifted dramatically between 2012 and 2014, according to a Global Market Valuation and Strategy Report (GMVR), published by IABM, a joint venture between IABM and Devoncroft Partners. The GMVR draws on

August 21, 2015

TDG: Internet STBs in 21% of US broadband homes

According to a new analysis from TDG, The In-Home CE and Home Networking Ecosystem, 2015, Internet set-top boxes (iSTBs) such as Apple TV and Roku are now present in 21 per cent of US broadband households, up from

August 20, 2015

Pay-TV operators embracing role as software companies

In advance of IBC 2015, video platform performance enhancement and service readiness specialist S3 Group has released results from a survey of nearly thirty US and European pay-TV operators and their key suppliers, which serve more than 77 million total subscribers, about efforts to become more nimble, software-oriented companies. The results show the pay-TV industry […]

August 18, 2015