Smartphones are now in 80 per cent of US homes – a six percentage point increase year-over-year (YOY) – and US consumers now own 27 million more smartphones than they did just last year, according to research from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). Furthermore, CTA’s research analysis shows 16 per cent of US households now […]
Other than a few cinemas in India, and pockets of specialist 35mm projection, the world’s cinemas are now totally digital. A report from IHS Technology says that more than 155,000 screens around the world are now available to distributors. The shift to digital projection started in 2005 with the establishing of the Digital Cinema Initiatives […]
Customer satisfaction with subscription television is down 1.5 per cent to 64, tied with Internet Service providers for last place among 43 industries tracked by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). New ACSI results show that wireless service is the only telecom industry to improve. Internet service providers, fixed-line telephone and cell phones are unchanged, […]
High dynamic range (HDR) features will be on some HD television sets and help boost 4K’s momentum. ABI Research forecasts that HDR TV shipments will grow at a 41 per cent CAGR and reach 245 million units in 2022. 8K TV sets are still years away from permeating the global market, with market hype currently […]
Research from Parks Associates shows that more than 75 per cent of US broadband households use Wi-Fi for connectivity in the home and 50 per cent use 3G/4G services. “Wi-Fi is synonymous with Internet for many consumers today,” said Harry Wang, Senior Director of Research, Parks Associates. “With a growing number of consumer electronics connecting […]
4K TV sales are poised to grow by a further 38 per cent in 2017 to account for more than a third of the worldwide TV market, according to latest projections from Futuresource Consulting. This comes in the wake of a strong performance in 2016 when 4K surpassed 25 per cent of total TV sales, […]
Innovative technologies for displaying TV content without the glass oblong or staid grey box are set to offer consumers a new viewing concept and a “fantastic opportunity” to re-invigorate living room design, according to a report released by Futuresource Consulting. The trend has already taken hold in the Chinese market, which has recently witnessed substantial […]
The arrival of linear 24×7 streaming video services, such as DirecTV Now and YouTube TV, is increasing the relevance and uptake of streaming media devices. ABI Research identifies that worldwide streaming media adapters will reach nearly 56 million shipments in 2022 and forecasts all those devices shipping in North America and western Europe will be […]
According to the findings of The Changing TV Experience: 2017, from The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), most US adults (56 per cent) own a streaming-enabled TV, a 56 per cent rise from just two years ago, a fundamental shift in the way that Americans watch television. Almost all Americans (92 per cent) own
Research by SlotsMillion, the Virtual Reality Casino, has found 92 per cent of people are aware of Virtual Reality (VR) – with 23 per cent having tried the new technology. Of the 2,000 people surveyed by Opinium, a strategic insight agency, on behalf of the VR developer, 2 per cent have spent at least 25 […]