With more people taking up new activities every day, there is an increase in the data available for analysis. Smart watches have led the game in this area, tracking and recording a myriad of user data to provide useful goals and achievements for them to track on their fitness journey. There are also spatial reality
According to a report by Dell’Oro Group, total global revenue for broadband access equipment dropped to $2.5 billion, down 15 per cent year-on-year from Q1 2019. The first quarter activity, which is seasonally slow to begin with, was hurt by supply chain disruptions throughout Asia-Pacific as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. “The first half […]
Findings from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) indicate that 80 per cent of US TV households have at least one Internet-connected TV device, including connected Smart TVs, stand-alone streaming devices (such as Roku, Amazon Fire TV stick or set-top box, Chromecast, or Apple TV), connected video game systems, and/or connected Blu-ray players. This is an increase […]
Cisco, Huawei, and Nokia’s revenue shares for the overall telecom equipment market declined in Q1 2020 relative to full-year 2019 revenue shares according to a Dell’Oro Group report. Stefan Pongratz, VP and Analyst at Dell’Oro Group, commented: “We just wrapped up the 1Q20 reporting period for all the Telecommunications Infrastructure programmes covered at Dell’Oro Group. […]
Parks Associates research finds that smart speakers are serving as a gateway to smart home adoption, as 16 per cent of US broadband households purchased a smart speaker prior to purchasing a smart home device. Of the 29 per cent of US broadband households that own both a speaker and a smart home device, nearly […]
As millions of Americans adjusted to working from home and having to practice distance learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic, research from Comscore shows engagement with streaming services and year-on-year in-home data usage surged in the beginning of May 2020. When it comes to viewing entertainment through devices like streaming boxes/sticks and smart TVs, the […]
Research from analyst firm Parks Associates finds that 67 per cent of US broadband households own and use at least one Internet-connected video device, either a smart TV, streaming media player, Internet-connected gaming console, or connected PVR/DVR. The firm’s Connected Entertainment Ecosystems: Competition & Cooperation report notes that these devices get plenty of use but […]
Smart speakers are driving the home audio market forward, leading to Amazon and Google taking top spots in the brand share rankings according to data from Futuresource Consulting’s Worldwide Home Audio tracker. That is despite the supply chain challenges and disruption caused by Covid-19, which have applied downward pressure on the overall home audio market, […]
Global sales of smart speakers in Q1 2020 reached 28.2 million units, an increase of 8.2 per cent on Q1 2019, according to research from Strategy Analytics. Amazon remained the leading brand with a share of 23.5 per cent, up from 21.5 per cent in the same period a year ago. Google retained second place […]
France’s TV regulator the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA) and its partners within the Observatory of audiovisual equipment for households in mainland France have revealed its latest findings for television and radio, two media which it says are of major importance during the health crisis. According to the CSA, trends observed in recent years are […]