Live sports content is driving consumer mobile video viewing according to research from QuickPlay Media. A survey of UK mobile subscribers between the ages of 18-44, revealed more than half (52 per cent) of mobile video users watched at least one Olympic event on either a smartphone or tablet. Furthermore, of those who have watched […]
In the next five years, electronics retailer Flanco predicts that smart TVs will be the main type of TVs purchased by Romanians. Romanians spend on average over four hours a day watching TV, but at the same time, they are social networks enthusiasts, averaging over four hours surfing the Internet, according to the company. One […]
In Q1 2012, Americans spent nearly 35 hours per week watching video across screens and close to another five hours using the Internet on a computer. Amercians spend 1 hour 38 minutes per week on gaming devices and among owners of gaming devices that have the ability to stream video content (also referred to as […]
The number of older viewers in the US watching TV shows and movies weekly on tablets has skyrocketed in the last year while usage among tablet owners under 45 has plateaued, according to an annual survey of consumer video viewing habits conducted by Altman Vilandrie & Company and Research Now. The survey showed tablet owners […]
While many TV forecast that spending more time watching programmes on non-TV platforms such as iPads means spending less time watching “regular” television, just the opposite is the case. According to research from TDG, 88 per cent of adult tablet owners use the device to watch video, with television programmes ranking high on their content […]
Multimedia Research Group (MRG) has released its latest forecast on the worldwide set-top box market, revealing that 2012 will see a record high for global STB shipments. Demand for digital STB products is rising, particularly in Asia, Latin America, and a number of countries in Europe. Mike Paxton, Senior Analyst at MRG explains “The expansion […]
Farncombe, a provider of Digital TV technology consultancy, has released early results of its Security and Piracy Survey conducted in August 2012. Among a wealth of industry input, the survey found that the pay-TV industry’s main piracy concern over the next five years is shifting from control word sharing, which is viewed as the largest […]
A survey by Quixel Research has found that 88 per cent of current Apple customers in the US would be interested in buying an Apple television. Furthermore, among non-Apple owners, 80 per cent of owners of a flat-panel TV say they’d be extremely, very or somewhat interested in an Apple TV. “This potential Apple (interactive […]
People in markets such as China, Brazil and India use the opportunities offered by web-connected television more than those in the UK, US and Germany. This is according to research carried out across thirteen countries by GfK, the consumer research experts. A study by consumer research experts GfK found that western consumers are stuck in […]
Released to coincide with the giant IFA technology fair in Berlin, a study by SSI Survey Sampling, says that the introduction of colour to TV broadcasting was the “most important development in the history of TV” for 36 per cent of respondents. HD TV got the vote of 20 per cent of those surveyed, and […]