The US press and Government may be arguing over the ‘alternative facts’ of how many people showed up to the inauguration, but according to content delivery specialist Akamai Technologies, video streaming coverage of the 2017 Presidential Inauguration is the largest single live news event that the company has delivered. Live video streaming of the Inauguration […]
Analysts at TechNavio, in a study, say that OLED growth will continue, and enjoying a CAGR of some 18.7 per cent between 2014 – 2019 in the Americas, APAC and EMEA regions. OLEDs are diodes that use organic materials to produce light. The organic material is packed between conductors that are lit up when electricity […]
Installed fibre to the home (FTTH) connections in Spain have increased by more than 50 per cent during 2016 to 22.6 million according to the latest statistical data from the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) on fixed broadband services and deployment of new generation networks with geographic detail based on data […]
Consultancy firm Strategy Analytics has recommended that mobile operators, especially those with multi-screen assets and ambitions to provide superior mobile video and data experiences to customers, adopt eMBMS, or LTE Broadcast, more aggressively. In its report, Time For Operators To Embrace LTE Broadcast, the firm suggests
Parks Associates research shows that 26 per cent of US broadband households now own a smart home device, up from 19 per cent at the end of 2015. “In the last two years, smart
Pace, Cisco Systems, ARRIS, and EchoStar Corporation are the leading providers of set-top boxes in the world today. In 2014, they held a collective share of 29.1 per cent in the global set-top boxes market. A report by Transparency Market Research states
Industry data shared by streaming device specialist Roku reveal incredible momentum for the Roku TV programme in just two years since its launch. As of December 2016, following launch into Mexico, there were 100 Roku TV models available in the North American market. Roku TVs accounted for 13 per cent of all US smart TV […]
US advertisers invested $17.6 billion (€16.8bn) in digital advertising in the third quarter of 2016, according to the latest IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report from IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) and prepared by PwC US. This marks the highest third quarter for digital advertising spending on record, and represents a 20 per cent increase over the […]
A report from IHS Media & Technology Digest says the content side of the Ultra HD supply chain has been “slow to respond” in providing UHD programming to consumers. Report author Richard Cooper says that there are some 400 titles available in UHD across various platforms and formats, although the “vast majority” of these have […]
According to the NPD Connected Intelligence Connected Home Forecast, by the end of 2019, 238 million installed devices are expected to be connected to the Internet and able to deliver apps to TVs, representing 59 per cent growth from 2015 to 2019. Connected TVs are projected to drive 45 per cent of the growth over […]