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 […]
UK consumers are achieving 22 per cent faster broadband speeds at home than they were 12 months ago, Ofcom research has revealed. In November 2011, the average actual UK residential broadband speed was 7.6Mbit/s, compared with 6.2Mbit/s in November/December 2010, and 6.8Mbit/s in May 2011. This increase was mainly as a result of consumers moving […]
According to research from Futuresource Consulting, of the 600 million global broadband homes at the end of 2011, 400 million deployed home networking technology. By 2015, expectations are for 650 million of the 700 million broadband homes to be interacting with networked devices. Growth for broadband equipment including modems and new generation digital media gateways […]
Hybrid STBs are a fast-growing segment of the worldwide STB market says NPD In-Stat. The boxes include a TV tuner and an Internet connection. Hybrid STBs are appearing in all service categories and new usage models and applications have provided momentum. As television services begin employing applications that are Internet-connected, hybrid STBs are emerging as […]
A YouGov survey late last year revealed that 1 in 10 people in the UK owned a Smart TV, but intention to purchase was very low – only 15 per cent of UK consumers said they would buy one within the next 12 months. YouGov re-ran the survey in January to see if Xmas provided […]
Findings from consultancy firm KPMG suggest that streamed TV is becoming more mainstream in the UK, with the use of online streaming services such as BBC iPlayer, ITV iPlayer or 4oD on the rise, particularly among younger people. According to the firm’s latest KPMG Media & Entertainment Barometer, among streaming services offered in the UK, […]