No current technological barriers exist that would prevent cable and satellite television providers from adding programme-carrying capacity to their systems in the near future, according to a study commissioned by the National Association of Broadcasters, National Religious Broadcasters and the National Black Religious Broadcasters. The study counters pay-TV providers’ claims that continuing to provide broadcast […]
Findings from a recent survey carried out by Strategy Analytics in the run up to International CES in Las Vegas make encouraging reading for vendors of UHD TV sets. Writing in the Strategy Analytics blog, David Mercer, VP and Principal Analyst, reports
While CES serves as a showcase for new products like Ultra-HD TVs, these products won’t ship in high-enough volume in 2014 to rescue the traditional consumer electronics (CE) device from a decline in revenue this year, according to IHS. Worldwide CE manufacturing revenue will fall to $250 billion in 2014, down 2 per cent from […]
As attendees get a glimpse of the Consumer Electronics industry’s future at International CES, research from Gallup suggests that the devices Americans own have changed over the past decade, with ownership of laptops (64 per cent) and iPods/MP3 players (45 per cent) up most dramatically from 2005. Compared with 2005, fewer Americans today have desktop […]
Revenues for the consumer electronics (CE) industry are projected to grow 2.4 per cent in 2014, reaching a new record high of $208 billion, according to The US Consumer Electronics Sales and Forecasts, the semi-annual industry report released by technology trade body the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The forecast was announced by CEA President and […]
According to a research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, the total value of the global mobile marketing and advertising market will grow from €6.9 billion in 2012 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 26 per cent to € 27.9 billion in 2018. This will then correspond to 19.3 per cent of […]
In light of swift reductions in pricing, analytics firm IHS has boosted its forecast for Ultra-HD liquid-crystal display (LCD) television sets. IHS now predicts 38.5 million Ultra-HD LCD TV sets will ship in 2018, up from 1.5 million in 2013, according to the TV Systems Intelligence Service at IHS. Shipments will fly up more than […]
Sky IQ, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BSkyB specialising in TV viewing behaviours, has published a range of predictions for 2014 from the musings of Liam Plowman Strategy & Propositions, Sky IQ Customer Intelligence Services. These predictions include TV advertising becoming as personalised as online, new ad releases being hotly anticipated throughout the year; not just […]
Contrary to some recent melodramatic predictions, the TV industry is not dying but is undergoing a process of rapid change, according to a report from Strategy Analytics. The report found that the global installed base of TV-addressable screens is in fact in the middle of a second wave of rapid expansion. The first wave peaked […]
The IABM (International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers) has published the key findings of its latest business intelligence reports. The Industry Index report covers the performance of 70 companies in the North American and European broadcast and media technology sector, providing a benchmark and allowing them to track emerging trends. One of the key findings was […]