The smart set-top box and dongle market is expected to pass 18 million units in 2013 – higher than originally forecasted due to the arrival of Google’s Chromecast device. According to analysis firm ABI Research, overall the market is expected to grow with a 10.8 per cent CAGR (2013 to 2018) with less saturated and […]
Consumers are expected to spend $555 per person on new consumer electronics devices this year, a 9 per cent increase over 2012, according to the 2013 Household Penetration Study from global information company, The NPD Group. According to the report, nearly three-in-four (72 per cent) consumers expect to buy a consumer electronics product over the […]
The number of pay satellite TV (DBS or DTH) homes will reach 251 million by 2018, up from 178 million at end-2012 and 103 million at end-2008, according to a new report from Digital TV Research covering 97 countries. From the 73 million pay satellite TV subscribers added between 2012 and 2018, India will provide […]
Worldwide fixed-line broadband subscriptions continue to grow at a healthy pace in 2013. According to ABI Research, fibre-optic broadband market share will reach 19 per cent by year-end 2013, from 16 per cent in 2012. “The number of broadband subscribers is growing on all DSL, cable, and fibre-optic
Global Pay-TV STB shipments continue to grow, with demand expected to peak at 180 million units in 2016, according to research from Futuresource Consulting. “Despite the overall STB market topping out this year, this is entirely due to erosion of the free-to-air segment. We’re going to see the trinity of cable, pay satellite and IPTV […]
In the wake of US DTH satellite pay-TV operators DirecTV and Dish reporting subscriber numbers for the second quarter of 2013, analysis from SNL Kagan unit Multimedia Research Group suggests that subscriber declines are not necessarily hurting set-top box suppliers. According to Michelle Abraham, Senior Research Analyst at SNL Kagan,
Newly-released streaming media and connected TV research from Parks Associates indicates that the number of US broadband households with a streaming video media device, such as a Roku or an Apple TV, has doubled since 2011, reaching 14 per cent in 2013. In the report – Connected TV: Trends and Innovation – the firm notes […]
The average residential UK broadband speed reached 14.7Mbit/s in May 2013, Ofcom research reveals. The report into fixed-line residential broadband speeds shows that the average actual UK speed has risen by 22 per cent (2.7Mbit/s) in the six months to May 2013, and 64 per cent (5.7Mbit/s) in the year since May 2012. The report […]
By 2017, tablets will be owned by over one in eight people on Earth, and will be a “mainstay” device among consumers and businesses in developed nations according to research from Forrester. Tablet PCs are already popular mass-market devices, but by 2017 there will be 905 million users worldwide, up from just 15 million users […]
According to research firm YouGov, sector players controlling hardware and content will be in the strongest position to benefit from changing trends in media consumption. The current fragmented market will also be consolidated, suggests the company, with major players set to shake-up the market. The future of content on demand is likely to see increased […]