
Web traffic continues to increase, with impressions from set top boxes and smart TVs up by 138%, according to Netbiscuits quarterly web trends report.
The Business of Multiscreen Television

Web traffic continues to increase, with impressions from set top boxes and smart TVs up by 138%, according to Netbiscuits quarterly web trends report.
A Consumer Reports survey in the US concludedes that bundling TV, internet, and phone services point to big savings.
North American cable subscriber losses are slowing down, according to Multimedia Research Group, but is forecasted to regain 2012 levels by 2017.

Pay TV revenues in Asia Pacific will be $12 billion higher in 2018 ($43.9 billion total) than in 2012, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. In fact, the Digital TV Asia Pacific report estimates that pay TV revenues (subscriptions and on-demand) will grow by $2.1 billion in 2013 to $33.9 billion.

Tablet owners watch more TV news, not less, with 43% of tablet users saying they consume more TV than they did five years ago, and most saying they use tablets alongside TV, according to a new study from the BBC.
Relative newcomer Money Drop was the top format title by value created in 2012; pushing Come Dine With Me into second place, according to a new 172-page report that covers 16 territories.

Connected TV sets and mobile devices are increasingly popular with French viewers for watching catch-up TV.
The most recent non-proprietary video compression standard, High-Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC), also known as H.265, was placed into final draft for ratification in January 2013 and is expected to become the video standard of choice for the next decade. … [Read More...]
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