According to Display Research, 3D LCD TV panel shipments increased to 1.9 million units in Q1 2011, jumping 104 per cent from the previous quarter. This growth represents a 3.9 per cent penetration among all LCD TV panels shipped. In addition, panel manufacturers are aggressively working to further increase 3D TV panel penetration in 2011, […]
The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) has published the findings of a study that looks at the first-hand experiences of nearly 3,100 3DTV owners in the US. Overwhelmingly, consumers reported a positive entertainment experience, minimal price premiums, and enthusiasm about the future of 3D content. Respondents were asked to assess a number of 3DTV factors, including: […]
A new survey of senior engineers at over 350 US stations has found that many stations are in danger of being overwhelmed by the challenges of their rapidly expanding online and mobile efforts and that stations need to do a better job of deploying workflow and quality control systems to help them better handle their […]
Since the beginning of 2011, more than 1 million new households have installed a stand-alone DTT box in their home, while nearly 2.8 million DTT receivers (including integrated TVs and decoders) have been sold. Of the total receivers sold between January and March, about 62 per cent (1.7 million) are integrated, 33 per cent are […]
The first episode of this year’s Doctor Who, entitled ‘The Impossible Astronaut’, has set a DVR record. Kantar Media’s analysis of BARB data – the official UK TV ratings – shows that the episode was the most recorded TV event of all time. A combination of an incredibly warm Easter Saturday and an unusually early […]
A second study (see 3D TV shipments up 500% in 2011 May 6th) has predicted the 3D TV set market is poised to grow dramatically in 2011—by almost 500 per cent, this time according to In-Stat. “Over the next few years, a greater percentage of large-screen TV sets will ship with the 3D feature,” says […]
Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its STB Features and Vendor Leadership: Global Service Provider Survey, which captures service providers‚ requirements for IP-based STBs to deliver video services. “Although low-cost set-top boxes designed to deliver basic video services over broadband infrastructure were the hallmark of IPTV services, strong competition and the need […]
Britain’s ambitions to have the best superfast broadband in Europe have been hit by a double blow over the past six months according to broadband analysts Point Topic. The roll-out of next-generation broadband technology by BT and alternative networks has lagged a long way behind plans and take-up of the services where they are available […]
Ireland’s Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte has published a report on TV viewing methods in Ireland which reveals that only about one-third of Irish terrestrial TV homes were aware of analogue switch off at the time the research was undertaken. The report, which was commissioned from Behaviour and Attitudes, surveyed 1,100 TV households. It provides an […]
In a filing with the FCC, Ron Wheeler, SVP of Content Protection for Fox Group stated that “in the course of renegotiating a contract with one of Fox’s multichannel video programming distribution (“MVPD”) partners, the MVPD has told Fox that it intends in the near future to make its subscription and on-demand video services available […]