The relentless march toward digital media technology has driven the evolution of consumer electronics from specialised electronic devices to multipurpose, networked computing devices, with the advent of ‘smart CE devices’ having a profound effect on the digital multimedia home, according to research firm NPD In-Stat, who forecast that smart CE device unit shipments will surpass […]
Coinciding with the Dubai CABSAT show, sales analysis specialist GfK reports that Saudi Arabia’s technical consumer goods have again demonstrated extremely strong growth throughout last year. Camera sales did best of all (up 60 per cent y-o-y) although telecommunications (smart phones) and IT sectors represent greater value in revenue terms. The top three contributors in […]
Findings from ACG Research’s Q4 2011 worldwide and regional market size and share reports for the Service Provider Video Infrastructure (SPVI) market indicate that the SPVI market grew 5 per cent sequentially to reach $4 billion for the quarter, although down 3 per cent year to year. Regionally, EMEA and the Americas gained quarter-to-quarter; APAC […]
Market research specialists GfK says that the Japanese market for technical consumer goods (including telco-based products as well as eco-friendly TVs, fridges and air-conditioners) have slumped to their lowest volumes since 2008. Quarterly sales were ranging from Yen 2.25 trillion (Q1/08) to a high point of Yen 2.73 trillion (Q4/2010) but the latest four quarters […]
Market research specialist GfK says that global demand for LCD-equipped TV sets will grow this year by 7 per cent to some 225 million units, compared with 2011’s 211 million units which was itself an 11 per cent increase on 2010. GfK says that emerging markets will continue to drive this growth, “which will be […]
Freeview, the UK’s biggest digital television service, has revealed that after strong quarterly sales of 1.3 million Freeview HD televisions and STBs, the number of Freeview HD units sold reached 4.4 million by the end of December 20111. The strong sales performance of Freeview HD is echoed across the product portfolio; year-on-year sales of Freeview […]
Nielsen has issued a report showing that the number of US households that bypass cable or satellite TV and subscribe only to broadband Internet access has grown dramatically in the past year, and not surprisingly, they spend dramatically more time watching TV over the Internet. Nielsen said it is too soon to determine whether these […]
The Autumn 2011 IPTV Market Leader Report from MRG is now tracking over 934 IPTV Operators globally, an increase from 913 just six months ago, and revealing over 50 million IPTV subscribers worldwide. “Although the MLR only tracks pure-play IPTV deployments worldwide, it clearly reflects that IPTV Operators are using other hybrid delivery methods including […]
Ad executions on tablet devices are more effective than on smartphones because they are more memorable and more likely to generate direct sales, according to Nielsen. It found that 40 per cent of tablet owners and 30 per cent of smartphone users responding to its UK Connected Devices survey agreed that “advertising is acceptable” on […]
According to a report by IMS Research, shipments of residential data modems and gateways will reach 135 million in 2012, and shipments of IP-enabled consumer electronics devices will approach 2.5 billion, rising to 3.5 billion in 2015. “While the concept of a converged multi-screen ecosystem is not new, the reality is that previous attempts to […]