The global 3D consumer market is thriving in a dynamic environment marked by clear and discernible growth across its major platforms, including cinema, home video and pay-TV video on demand, with international markets continuing to make major contributions to the industry, according to an IHS Screen Digest Cross Platform Intelligence report from information and analytics […]
A jump in video equipment spending is forecast as operators respond to the need to deliver content to a range of devices, according to market research firm Infonetics Research, who also rank Cisco as number 1in the STB market. Commenting on the firm’s new video report, Video-on-Demand (VoD) and Encoder Equipment and Video Subscribers, Jeff […]
TV-loving UK consumers lead the world in using the latest technology to enhance their viewing experience, Ofcom research has revealed. The UK is ahead of other countries such as Japan and the USA for catching up with TV online and is at the forefront of using new technology such as smart TVs and digital video […]
Multimedia Research Group (MRG), the market specialist in the Video and Media ecosystem, has released its latest forecast on the worldwide streaming media player market. The growth of OTT video services is attracting attention to consumer electronics products that can efficiently support streaming media services. One of these products, the streaming media player, has enjoyed […]
Orange has announced the results of Orange Exposure 2012/2013 – an annual independent study by TNS into mobile media habits across UK, France and Spain for the advertising industry. The research provides an insight into the mobile media habits of 11-18 year olds and firmly establishes mobile as the primary screen of choice with smartphone […]
Over 220 million Smart TV sets will be sold worldwide in 2017, up from the 54 million that will be sold in 2012, according to Informa Telecoms & Media’s Smart TV device forecasts. Thirty one per cent of households worldwide will own at least one Smart TV in five years time, with household penetration much […]
Consumers in the US and UK are changing the way they view TV and video content by increasingly taking control of how, when, and where they view it, according to a new survey released by Accenture. About half (49 per cent) of consumers surveyed in Accenture’s Pulse of Media Consumer Survey are viewing OTT video […]
The latest Ericsson Mobility Report reveals that approximately 40 per cent of all phones sold in Q3 were smartphones. Data traffic doubled between Q3 2011 and Q3 2012, and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 50 per cent between 2012 and 2018, driven mainly by video. Ericsson’s research […]
Over half of Americans (53 per cent) indicate having watched digitally streamed TV programming on any device, and streaming is well on its way to becoming a dominant means of viewership among 18-35 year olds, nearly tying top-ranked live feed TV (as it airs) as the way or among the ways they most often watch […]
The number of US households with a smart TV will reach 87 million by 2016, according to research from Parks Associates, which has released a new white-paper, commissioned by Rovi, examining new opportunities in advertising based on the growing adoption and usage of connected TV platforms in the US and Western Europe. “Connected TV systems […]