GfK adjusts Dutch 3D set sales down

November 22, 2010 11.50 Europe/London By

The number of 3D sets sold in The Netherlands before the end of the year will be around 85,000, said Gfk”s Barbare Schouten at the 3D Days in Ede, Holland.

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Research: Americans are cutting their cord

November 19, 2010 07.16 Europe/London By
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The US multichannel segment fell by 119,000 customers in the third quarter of 2010, compared to a 346,000 gain reported in third-quarter 2009, according to research by SNL Kagan.

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84.1% of US internet users view web video

November 15, 2010 21.40 Europe/London By

The number of US internet users watching online video is growing steadily, reaching 84.1% during October, according to the last figures from comScore. The duration of the average online content video was 5.0 minutes, while the average online video ad was 0.4 minutes.

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New platforms push pay-TV uptake

November 9, 2010 22.14 Europe/London By

Net subscriber addition in the global pay-TV market increased 2% in Q3 2010, according to ABI Research’s recent pay-TV market data. “The global number of pay-TV subscribers reached 692 million in the third quarter of 2010,” said ABI Research practice director Jason Blackwell.

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Online video surpasses peer-to-peer traffic

November 1, 2010 07.42 Europe/London By

Online video has surpassed peer-to-peer usage as the largest generator of global broadband traffic, according to Cisco’s Visual Networking Index Usage report.

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Pay-TV reaches 50% of all Asian TV homes

October 26, 2010 08.03 Europe/London By

CASBAA has announced that pay-TV in Asia has reached the tipping point of 50% penetration of all Asian TV homes. This development opens the door to massive growth in ad revenues over the next five years.

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US digital home entertainment spend up 23%

October 25, 2010 19.57 Europe/London By

Digital distribution, which includes electronic sell-through (EST) and video-on-demand (VOD), is firmly established in the US, having made up 13.5% of the overall consumer spend in home entertainment year-to-date. EST climbed 37% to $432 million (€309 million) and VOD was up 20% to $1.2 billion year-to-date, a combined growth of 23% to $1.7 billion.

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French digital homes surpass 85%

October 22, 2010 08.47 Europe/London By

At the end of the first quarter of 2010, 85.8% of the 27 million television households in France had at least one digital receiver in the home, be it DTT, satellite, cable or IPTV, according to research by Mediametrie on behalf of the media authority CSA.

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US DTH operators profitable after 7 years

October 20, 2010 08.20 Europe/London By
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US DTH operators Dish Network and DirecTV both achieved profitability in close to seven years in operation at a penetration of approximately 7% of television households. According to US research firm NSR these benchmarks generally hold true for the vast majority of DTH markets the world over.

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3D TV not growing as fast as expected

October 20, 2010 08.06 Europe/London By

3DTV is now readily available in retail, but the uptake among consumers has been limited by high prices and lack of content, according to US research firm DisplaySearch. However, with falling prices, increased content availability, and improvements in technology all expected, there will be tremendous growth in 3D TV shipments over the next few years.

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