Just about every large-screen display now sold in Western Europe and North America is ‘3D enabled’. However, Blu-Ray packaged media sales remain sluggish, and take-up of 3D transmissions is – at best – modest. However, a new study from IHS-Screen Digest says that Japan’s enthusiasm for 3D Blu-Ray is “growing steadily” despite Japan’s economic climate. […]
A report from international market research and consulting firm NSR – Ultra-HD via Satellite – finds, over the long term, Ultra-HD channels represent a respectable, but niche opportunity for satellite companies. This nascent market is expected to start at a low base in 2015 with just 15 channels being demanded by the global cable TV, […]
The constant evolution and innovation in the world of TV technology have been successfully fueling consumer demand and driving consistent growth in the industry over the last few years. In the Southeast Asia region, flat panel TVs have continued to register a surge in demand in 2012, selling over 8.3 million units in the first […]
The technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) practice at Deloitte has revealed its predictions for the media sector in 2013. Jolyon Barker, global lead for Deloitte’s technology, media and telecommunications industry, comments: “Deloitte predicts that the television industry in 2013 will commence the roll-out the next generation of high definition TV, known as 4K, offering four […]
The number of FTTH lines in Spain has doubled year-on-year to 288,012, and now represents 2.5 per cent of all fixed bandwidth lines in the country, according to a report from Telefonica called “The Information Society in Spain 2012”. Households are increasingly embracing FTTH with a growth of 138.2 per cent in 2012 from 101,000 […]
According to Nielsen’s new US Consumer Usage Report 2012, nearly 120 million people within television homes own four or more TV sets – 75 per cent of which are HD capable and just 4 per cent of which are Internet-connected. Nearly 50 per cent of those homes own a DVR, whilst 33 per cent has […]
According to TV market forecast published in the NPD DisplaySearch Quarterly Advanced Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report, 4K LCD TV shipments are projected to exceed OLED TV shipments through 2015. This is a result both of the delay in commercialisation by OLED TV makers, as well as increased promotion of 4K LCD TVs by […]
Consumers are using the built-in features on their HDTV at a high rate, with an increasing number gaining access to Web-enabled content directly through their televisions, according to research by The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). More than one in five US adults owns a smart app-enabled HDTV and almost all (90 per cent) use the […]
There are now more than one hundred million smart TVs installed in homes worldwide, according to research from Strategy Analytics. By the end of 2012, the global installed base of smart TVs had reached 104 million. In leading markets like the US household penetration now exceeds 20 per cent. The report predicts that annual smart […]
The Internet connected HDTV screen has so far failed to break beyond the bounds of its TV-centric heritage, with little use for the big screen beyond the obligatory video services, reports research firm the NPD Group. Nevertheless, writing in the NPD Group Blog, John Buffone, Director, Devices, NPD Connected Intelligence, suggests the connection is being […]