For the first time, IPTV reception has drawn level with DTT in France, registering a penetration rate of 55 per cent of TV homes in the second half of 2017, according to data from the CSA’s Observatory for audiovisual equipment. The CSA forecasts that IPTV will rapidly become the primary TV reception mode on all […]
Findings released by analyst firm Parks Associates suggest that US consumers will purchase more than 485 million connected consumer devices in 2021, including smart home, connected health, mobile, and connected entertainment products. By 2022, sales will exceed 520 million units. “The consumer IoT and smart home industries are approaching the goal of wider consumer adoption, […]
Sales analysis from IHS Market shows that the demand for larger screen sizes showed better than expected results for the first 3 months of the year, normally a weaker portion of the year. According to the Large Area Display Market Tracker, shipments of large displays increased by 6 per cent in unit and by 10 […]
Metova, a provider of mobile, connected car, connected home and IoT Solutions, has announced the results of a survey revealing the sentiment of consumers in the US on connected home technologies and privacy. Of note, over 90 per cent of respondents indicated owning a connected home device such as an appliance, TV, Amazon Alexa or […]
Almost 12 million DAB receivers were sold in 2017 in Europe and Asia Pacific, a new record for yearly sales. Almost half (5.9 million) of the sales were for automotive devices, with key markets showing a significant increase in the number of cars sold with DAB fitted as standard. Cumulative sales for DAB receivers have […]
Parks Associates research reveals 17 per cent of US broadband households own an Internet-connected entertainment device and a smart home device. The IoT research firm also notes that 13 per cent of consumers own both a connected health device and a smart home device. “Adoption of multiple connected devices alters consumer behaviour as connectivity opens opportunities […]
South Korea’s electronics giants, LG and Samsung, are enthusiastic supports of the ‘bigger, and even bigger’ trend in terms of TV screens. Japan’s Sony and Panasonic are also happy with the public’s enthusiasm for ever-larger screen sizes, and China’s production factories are gearing up to tap into this growth in demand. Over the past seven […]
News reports of experiential location-based virtual reality (LBVR) in shopping arcades, theme parks and movie theatres are taking the global press by storm. Companies including FoxNext, Zero Latency and Disney’s ILMxLab with Star Wars are demonstrating that LBVR is a viable business for investment, which is clearly enticing mainstream consumers to satisfy their VR curiosity. […]
The continual expansion of display real estate, faster data speeds, specialised data plans and improved video displays, presents a real opportunity for live TV streaming services such as Sling TV to be marketed as mobile, according to the findings of a recent study from the User Experience Strategies (UXS) service at advisory services, consulting and […]
The Trump administration’s proposed tariffs on TVs from China would increase the price Americans pay for TVs, costing US consumers an estimated $711 million (€574m) over the next year, according to a study commissioned by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and National Retail Federation (NRF). “These proposed tariffs are bad for the economy, businesses and […]