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Half of Mumbai households have STBs

With the deadline for conversion of cable system to digital format in four metros ending on October 31st, just half of households in Mumbai have been covered with STBs. A review by the I&B Ministry has revealed that 50 per cent of cable TV homes in the metropolis have already been installed with STBs. While […]

August 6, 2012

TivùSat: 55,000 smart card activations in July

During the month of July, Italian DTH platform TivùSat activated 55,316 new smart cards, reaching a total of 1,576,685 active cards. The regions that registered the highest number of smart card activations in July were Sicily, Lombardy, Lazio and Calabria. TivùSat viewers can currently access 55 TV and 40 radio channels, including the main services […]

August 3, 2012From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Connected TVs to reach 650m by 2017

A report from Juniper Research forecasts that the number of residential TVs, connected to the Internet via different platforms such as Blu-ray players, set-top boxes and consoles, and also via built in wireless or Ethernet connectivity, will reach almost 650 million by 2017. The report finds that Smart TVs are becoming mainstream amongst consumers, similar […]

August 1, 2012

50% of operators to deploy caching, CDNs

Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its July Fixed-Mobile/CDN Routing Strategies and Router Leadership: Global Service Provider Survey, for which carriers with carrier Ethernet switches (CES) and IP edge routers were interviewed to assess their needs and analyse trends in the router and CES market. “The three-headed monster of video, mobility, and […]

July 25, 2012

Smart TVs becoming the mainstream in US

Over 30 per cent of consumers in the US who plan to purchase a TV set in the next 12 months want an Internet-connected TV or Smart TV, according to a consumer survey from IMS Research. Internet connectivity is becoming more important to consumers in the US. Consumer metrics indicate that the Smart TV feature […]

July 24, 2012

Mobile integration key to 57m smart STB market

Smart STBs often garner less attention than other connected CE devices like TVs and game consoles – Apple has referred to its Apple TV as a “hobby” although it leads the market with around 4 million units shipped through 2011. Roku has had recent success (e.g. passing 2.5 million units in 2011), but the future […]

July 24, 2012

BRIC countries to drive DTT receivers market

The global active base for Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Receivers is projected to reach 2.4 billion units by 2018, driven by TV digitisation in BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) countries, according to GIA research. Future growth in the demand for DTT Receivers will also be driven by the widespread adoption of digital TV standards […]

July 23, 2012

DVR households to reach 337.6m by 2018

Globally, the number of television households with Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) is projected to reach 337.6 million by the year 2018, driven by falling prices, and satellite and cable operators’ move to offer DVRs in bundled form along with other services. The time-shifting and ad-skipping capabilities of the DVRs are driving adoption among consumers, reports […]

July 20, 2012

Access Zeebox research data

Zeebox, the social TV provider, has released all the results of its latest sample research in the UK and US. The company says it has has published the survey data in order to generate feedback from other market participants. You can access the research here. Among other findings: In the UK 28 per cent of […]

July 18, 2012

More popular 3D content drives 3D TV market

Growing demand for high-quality audio and video content among viewers, keen desire among television broadcasters to allow more channels in same spectrum and that too at lower costs, and stringent government mandates ordering termination of all analogue TV broadcasts, have been driving increased adoption of digital television, thereby driving the market for 3D TVs, says […]

July 18, 2012