Mobile video consumption is a rapidly developing market. Although many mobile video products have only recently launched, providers are experiencing significant growth in usage rates. According to In-Stat survey results, nearly two-thirds of smartphone owners have watched video on their device, while nearly 86 per cent of tablet owners have done so. While the propensity […]
CEA expects the surging sales of mobile connected devices to be significant enough to push the overall industry higher than previously projected: – Tablet computers are projected to grow 157 per cent in 2011, with more than 26.5 million units being shipped to dealers and resulting in $14 billion in shipment revenue. – Smartphone sales […]
IMS Research’s Global Bandwidth Utilisation Model reveal that the telcos who are IPTV providers face substantial challenges adapting their networks to accommodate the onslaught of over-the-top (OTT) video. IMS Research estimates that in 2010 peak bandwidth utilisation was 44 per cent of capacity, and that the bandwidth usage per household is forecast to increase by […]
The BBC is conducting a major survey into the state of mobile phone coverage in the UK. Over the course of the next month, the project will attempt to chart the availability of 3G and 2G services up and down the country. Mobile operators offer their own coverage maps but no independent survey has yet […]
The Asia-Pacific region will lead STB growth for the next five years, with shipments approaching 50 per cent of the STBs sold worldwide in 2013-2015 before falling off slightly. Established players delivering cable boxes to China, including Jiuzhou and Coship, stand to gain in market share as unit shipments and ASP increase in Asia. Huawei […]
Findings from a survey conducted by renowned consulting firm Accenture suggest that an ‘overwhelming’ majority (91 per cent) of senior executives of media and entertainment companies admit that they are not taking full advantage of customer data that can deliver customised content, leaving them ill-prepared to seize the revenue opportunities of today’s digital technologies. The […]
US consumers purchased an estimated 1.75 million 3D Blu-ray discs at retail during the format’s first 12 months on the market, and brought home another 1.7 million units as part of hardware/software bundling deals, according to IHS Screen Digest. From June 22nd, 2010 to June 21st, 2011, 1.59 million 3D Blu-rays feature films were sold […]
Worldwide set top box revenue, as a whole, will decline slightly in 2011 over 2010, with Latin America and Middle East/Africa the only regions showing any increase in shipments. However, despite the general maturation of the market, IP set top box shipments are forecast to increase by over 1 million units in 2011 according to […]
Though connected TV technology can now be found in almost two in five TV households, Knowledge Networks findings reveal that viewers of all age groups still prefer “live” TV over “high-control” technologies. Among all connected TV viewers, almost half (47 per cent) say that watching a programme at its regular time is their first choice […]
In 2011 more than 25 per cent of all flat panel TVs shipped are expected to have some form of internet connectivity. According to the DisplaySearch Q2’11 Quarterly TV Design and Features Report, this number is forecast to grow to 138m units in 2015, or 47 per cent of all flat panel TVs shipped. “The […]