Virtual reality (VR) could be big soon, says a Digi-Capital study. And augmented reality (AR) could be bigger, but might take longer to get there. At the start of last year it looked like consumer AR could launch in 2016. AR now appears largely focused on enterprise users this year, with most consumer AR expected […]
Conviva, a specialist in OTT video experience optimisation, has released its final Viewer Experience Report Update for 2015. The report reviews a year in which OTT services became core lines of business for leading media publishers and service providers, and new
The findings of a joint virtual reality (VR) research study of content creators in the Hollywood community reveal that participants are passionate about the new medium and think it is likely a game changer. The study, conducted by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) was designed to paint a […]
This past week at the giant CES show in Las Vegas some of the world’s leading TV manufacturers announced that their TV sets would also handle ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) connectivity. At CES the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) issued its own forecasts stating
Connected TVs were the most popular devices to watch BBC iPlayer on over the festive period – with unique browsers on connected TVs up 32 per cent on the same period in 2014. Connected TVs accounted for 38 per cent of unique browsers, followed by 24 per cent on tablets, 22 per cent on computers […]
Among the standouts at this year’s CES is virtual reality (VR), which involves the use of a head-mounted display that tracks the user’s head movements and translates them into an immersive wide-angle video display. A TDG report outlines the forces shaping the diffusion of this technology, and offers detailed global and US forecasts for both […]
A European consumer survey examining 4K consumer adoption and preferences revealed by Parks Associates at CES 2016 suggests that some 17 per cent of broadband households in the UK, France, Germany, and Spain are planning to buy a flat-panel TV in the next 12 months and over 50 per cent consider 4K an important or […]
Amazon has reported that Christmas 2015 was a record-breaker for Amazon Prime, Amazon Original Series and Amazon devices. More than three million members worldwide joined Prime during the third week of December, bringing milestone growth to the membership programme which
A report on consumer fixed broadband performance in the United States – Measuring Broadband America – prepared by the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology and Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau reports “significant growth” in broadband speeds and in the uptake of these higher speeds by consumers, though results are not uniform across technologies. “Spurred […]
A survey by TV Licensing has revealed that over 9000 UK households are still watching TV in monochrome nearly 50 years after the first colour broadcast. Despite a huge spike in the number of people using HD TVs, 4K TVs, smartphones and tablets to watch content over the last decade, 9,356 families still use a […]