The global 4K Set Top Box (STB) market size is expected to reach $3.65 billion (€3.2bn) by 2024, according to a report by Grand View Research. Increasing demand for 4K video content, surging sales of compatible 4K TVs and display devices is expected to positively shape the Ultra High Definition (UHD) set top box market’s […]
Low Powered Wide Area (LPWA) Internet of Things (IoT) connections will witness huge growth, from just 20 million in 2014 to 861 million by 2020, which will be equivalent to 55 per cent of all IoT connections, according to Pyramid Research. The company’s report states that huge volume growth is expected from 2018, particularly when […]
The amount of time UK adults spend consuming digital content continues to rise with consumers spending an extra 25 minutes a day on digital devices in 2016 compared to last year, according to an eMarketer forecast. This means that in 2016, UK adults are expected to spend 9 hours and 47 minutes consuming media compared […]
Parks Associates has published European research showing a steady decline in gaming console adoption in France, Spain, and the UK while remaining flat in Germany. Continued consumer adoption of mobile gaming as well as the availability of gaming on streaming media devices has played a key role in the decline. “France’s gaming console adoption dropped […]
More than nine million virtual reality (VR) headsets will be shipped in 2016, according to research by analyst firm IDC. Some of the growth will be down to the first consumer-ready versions reaching customers, said the firm. However, most numerous will be the “screenless” systems that use smartphones as their main display. IDC said it […]
According to the most recent findings from Futuresource Consulting, shipments of 4K Ultra High Definition (4K UHD) sets grew by almost 160 per cent in 2015 to total 32 million units, equivalent to 14 per cent of all sets sold. This is expected to rise to almost 140 million by 2020, by which time 4K […]
Six out of ten viewers in Italy no longer watch programmes only on their TV set, with 45 per cent following programmes simultaneously on the laptop and 43 per cent on their smartphone. The figures come from a recent survey by the “Social TV Observatory” of the DigiLab of the University of Sapienza in Rome. […]
Virtual reality will have a wide and lasting impact on work, education and home lives – but not all of it will be positive, according to a survey of 2,000 UK consumers. The report finds that
Findings from Limelight Networks annual State of Digital Downloads report – which studies consumer perceptions and behaviours around digital content – suggest that nearly half (45 per cent) of consumers are more likely to download digital content of all types than they were a year ago. And the devices to which they are saving movies, […]
According to research from Strategy Analytics global virtual reality headset revenues will reach $895 million in 2016 with 77 per cent of that value accounted for by newly launched premium devices from Oculus, HTC and Sony. These three brands however will only account for 13 per cent of volumes in 2016 as lower priced smartphone-based […]