BT has released a study into modern families and how they use technology in their homes. The study on British families and the homes they inhabit has uncovered the full extent of how families use technology to spend time together, and apart, in the home. While technology use in the home is growing, 43 per […]
The Futuresource Audio Collaborative event in London earlier in November 20118 saw the unveiling of the latest analysis from Kids Tech, Futuresource Consulting’s ongoing monitoring into how children consume media and interact with devices. Addressing conference attendees, Carl Hibbert, Associate Director at Futuresource, focused on the UK segment of the research and cross-referenced US, German, […]
The AR/VR industry seems to have made its mind up on platforms, based on responses to Digi-Capital and AWE’s Global AR/VR Industry Survey. While there are still opportunities for niche players and start-ups, clear standouts are now top of mind across the XR industry. At the top level, mobile AR matters more to the industry […]
Black Friday is here and following media articles over the last few days talking about the authenticity of Black Friday deals, GfK has provided some live pricing data from its Online Pricing Intelligence (OPI). In the television category, there are less models being promoted this year. Half of models (49.2 per cent) are on sale […]
Brits are ditching their DVD players and desktop PCs and increasingly turning to newer technology – with smart TVs and smart watches on the rise – according to findings from comms regulator Ofcom. Shoppers in the UK are predicted to spend billions of pounds again this year on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and much […]
According to a report by WitsView, a division of TrendForce, the global shipments of branded LCD TV sets for 2018 are forecast to total 218 million units, an increase of 3.4 per cent compared with last year. The market has been driven by stock-up demands for the World Cup and lower prices of TV sets. […]
5G wireless home broadband will provide UK households with a cheaper, more flexible alternative to fibre connections, offering customers double the current average download speed. According to an independent report from Ovum, commissioned by Three UK, the technology is expected to deliver speeds of 80-100 Mbps, which is on average double what customers in the […]
The TV flat-panel manufacturing sector is building a large number of screen fabrication plants in order to supply TV manufacturers with 65” and 75” units. Sweta Dash, president of market research company Dash Insights,
Wi-Fi 6 chipsets are forecasted to break the 1 billion annual shipments barrier by 2022 just three years after the first commercial deployments expected for 2019, according to ABI Research. Although it has taken several years to develop and ratify, market adoption of this standard is anticipated to be swifter than the rollout of 5G […]
US Internet users are more likely to watch online video on a smart TV or smartphone than their European counterparts. They are less likely to view online video via computer, according to Ampere Analysis. There is little difference for viewing via a tablet: – Computer (61 per cent in the US vs 65 per cent […]