US consumers want their internet TV, according to market research firm In-Stat. Already, 26% of respondents report viewing internet TV more than once per week. However, rather than a substitute […]
BitTorrent’s Oscar goes to…. District 9
The Torrent Freak website has said that if every (illegal) download on BitTorrent counted as a vote, District 9 would be crowned the winner with 12,639,000 downloads, closely followed by […]
Traditional TV securing OTT presence
DVB World 2010 – Lisbon: Online TV is increasingly being dominated by broadcasters controlling access to their content, rather than making it available to third party sites, according to Screen […]
Digital TV revenues outstrip analogue
Cable Congress 2010 – Brussels. The annual Cable Congress opened today on a highly positive note with an overall revenue growth of 3%, €17.9 billion up from €17.4 billion in […]
People want to pay for online content – maybe
Consumers are most likely to pay—or have already paid—for the same content they normally pay for offline, including theatrical movies, music, games and select videos such as current television shows.
Bmcoforum claims mobile TV progress
More countries have started commercial mobile broadcast TV services in 2009 or laid the basics for market offers in 2010, according to the bmcoforum.
Growing interest for OTT and Connected TV
Nearly 37% of broadband households in North America are extremely or very interested in viewing over-the-top video content on the home TV, according to market research firm, In-Stat.
Research says US consumers embrace 3D
Americans will embrace 3D, according to consumer insight research from Austin based Zpryme. Following this year’s CES, the consultants followed up the consumer buzz with a timely 3D snapshot.
1.2 million 3D sets shipped this year
3D-Capable TVs will reach 1.2 million shipments in 2010, according to research by DisplaySearch. In 2013, a total of 15.6 million will be reached.
Over-the-top not yet a threat to pay-TV
Despite the growing amount of video available online, less than 8% of US broadband households are considering canceling their pay-TV services in favour of online video, according to Parks Associates.