A research report predicts online traffic 2010-2015 will grow 50 per cent a year to 1.26 million petabytes with video by far the biggest factor. Informa’s ‘Congestion up ahead?’ report says that in 2010 online video generated more traffic than P2P for the first time and it predicts the proportion of P2P will now decline. […]
Buyers of Japan’s high-tech consumer electronics kit and gadgets are about to find supplies drying up. Factory shutdowns because of the earthquake are beginning to impact the production of flat-panel TVs, iPads, tablets, games consoles, certain cameras and some ‘smart’ phones. The problems are compounded because of the mandatory electricity black-outs affecting much of the […]
In what is still a young market, several technologies are vying for supremacy, but according to ABI Research the market will most likely favour hybrid solutions. In fact, many companies are already laying the foundation with standards such as P1905.1 and products featuring tri-band solutions in the works. ABI Research expects that just over 50 […]
Overall shipments of consumer connected devices will increase from 262.1 million units in 2010 to 712.1 million units in 2015 according to Infinite Research. Shipment growth is being driven by product manufacturers who are increasingly incorporating cellular and/or Wi-Fi connectivity into their devices. This trend will cause the global installed base of Consumer Connected Devices […]
Sky Deutschland has claimed over one million HD subscribers. The figure includes customers that have STBs to receive HD channels in the operator’s basic package, rather than those who subscribe to a specific HD service. Earlier this month, Sky said it ended December with 593,000 HD subscribers. Sky’s entry level TV package includes Discovery HD, […]
While streaming from “the cloud” is all the rage, when it comes to consumers managing and storing their electronic home video libraries, downloading and viewing digital video on the PC still rules the day. According to In-Stat’s consumer survey, nearly 50 per cent of US broadband households report that they store their electronic video home […]
Consumers increasingly want to access video content across the various video-capable devices they own, and service providers, content owners, online video distributors and device manufacturers are all keen to provide it. However, new technologies are urgently needed to secure multiplatform video content against piracy and unauthorised access, according to a major new report – Content […]
There will be an installed base of 140 million Android portable devices, including smartphones and tablets, by the end of 2011, according to IMS Research forecasts. The market intelligence firm says the recent unveiling of Google’s Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) operating system for tablets, along with enhancements to the Android Market website, will do much to […]
Samsung Electronics maintains the top spot in the global market for a fifth year in a row. According to DisplaySearch, the Korean manufacturer garnered a 22.1 per cent share of the world market with sales of $26 billion. LG Electronics came in second with 14.1 per cent ($16.6 billion in sales), followed by Sony at […]
In 2010, there was a rapid shift toward consumer electronics (CE) devices with networking and web content capabilities. Connected devices are expected to grow exponentially over the next five years. By 2015, In-Stat predicts there will be 1 billion web-enabled, stationary CE devices in operation worldwide. “Smart TVs and Blu-ray players (that support online apps) […]