Advanced Television

Equipment

Satellite STBs surge in Q2

Market research firm Infonetics has released excerpts from two recent video reports; one tracking equipment sold to telco IPTV, cable video, and satellite video providers, and a second tracking IP, cable, satellite, and hybrid STBs and OTT media servers. “Thanks to a 7 per cent increase in encoder spending by North American cable and satellite […]

October 18, 2012

TV software is key to unlocking pay-tv opportunities

Multimedia Research Group, a specialist in the Video and Media ecosystem, has published its Multiplatform TV Middleware and Applications report. Pay TV has been on a collision course with the Internet for more than a decade, but not only has online delivery not yet cannibalised pay TV revenues to any great extent, it also has […]

October 17, 2012

UK bottom of FTTH league

The UK is bottom of the league for fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connections in Europe according to research by the FTTH Council Europe organisation. The data reveals that the UK has just 0.05 per cent of premises connected to FTTH services. The organisation’s president Karin Ahl said the UK’s lack of progress means it was years behind […]

October 10, 2012

HD channels continue European growth

The first months of 2012 showing a strong acceleration of the launching of new HD channels. From 274 at the end of 2009, the number of HD channels in Europe rose to 612 at the end of 2011 and 941 end of September 2012 (+54 per cent) according to the European Audiovisual Observatory Among the […]

October 9, 2012

Ryder Cup record-breaking figures for Sky Go

Sky Sports coverage of the 2012 Ryder Cup attracted record levels of online and mobile viewing to Sky’s multiplatform TV service Sky Go. Alongside the live HD and 3D coverage on Sky Sports, which reached almost 5 million TV viewers during the course of the tournament, a record-breaking 700,000 Sky customers followed the live action […]

October 8, 2012

4K HD only 1% of market to 2017

Despite some high-profile product introductions, consumer demand for televisions with the ultra-HD 4K resolution will remain negligible for the foreseeable future, with shipments never accounting for more than 1 per cent of the global LCD TV market during the next five years. Worldwide shipments of 4K LCD-TVs will rise to 2.1 million units in 2017, […]

October 5, 2012

US connected home revenues will reach $500m in 2012

Research from Parks Associates estimates 2012 US revenues from broadband connected home service bundles, including control, automation, and security monitoring services, will be approximately $500 million. The international research firm hosts CONNECTIONS Europe on 13-14 November 2012, in Amsterdam, and will present research on technologies, services, partnerships, and monetisation strategies for service providers. GreenPeak Technologies, […]

October 5, 2012

TV to drive demand for 3D-ready devices

The 3D display market is set to grow from 50.8 million units and $13.2 billion in revenue in 2011 to 226 million units and $67 billion in revenue in 2019 worldwide, according to NPD DisplaySearch. 3D TVs contribute heavily to this projection and create the largest revenue stream with anticipated growth from 25 million units […]

September 27, 2012

Research: Dual screening is commonplace

Smartclip, the multiscreen video and brand advertising platform, has published the findings of its research on Connected TV users that found with every new purchase of a television set the penetration of smart TV devices increases. Shirlene Chandrapal, Vice President Connected TV and Mobile at smartclip, summarises the findings of the study which provides an […]

September 27, 2012

CBI/KPMG: Outlook good for UK digital

The overwhelming majority of UK companies are very positive about improvements that have been made to UK digital networks in recent years and are confident that the trend will continue. According to the CBI/KPMG infrastructure survey 2012, Better connected, better business, 82 per cent of companies feel that networks are in a better state than […]

September 26, 2012