Dublin, Ireland, March 15, 2013--IPTV subscribers experienced strong growth in 2012. The success of IPTV, particularly in Asia, is due to strong growth in maturing markets like China and South Korea. Currently, China has the most IPTV subscribers worldwide and that trend will likely continue, accroding to a new reporrt by Research and Markets.
Santa Clara, Calif., March 14, 2013—According to the latest NPD DisplaySearch Quarterly Large Area TFT Panel Shipment Report, TFT LCD panel suppliers are forecast to ship 2.6 million 4K×2K LCD TV panels (also known as Ultra HD) worldwide in 2013, up more than 40-fold from 63 thousand in 2012.
El Segundo, Calif., March 7, 2013--For years, US consumers have had three simple criteria when buying a television: price, size and picture quality. While those factors remain, American television buyers now are placing increased importance on technology features, including Internet connectivity and 3D display, according to the Smart TV Consumer Survey conducted by the IHS Screen Digest TV Systems Service from information and analytics provider IHS.
Frisco, Tex., March 5, 2013– The value of traditional pay-TV service like cable, satellite, and telco TV appears to be waning. While close to 90% of broadband subscribers are still on the pay-TV dole – a testament to its importance in daily consumer lives - the perceived value of the service relative to prices paid has declined in the last 12 months, according to TDG Research.
London, UK, March 4, 2013--The overall infrastructure video equipment market will grow to reach US$3.8 billion dollars in 2017, up from $2.8 billion in 2012. Video encoders represent the fasted growing sub segment of the market, growing over 10% annually, compared to the market as a whole which grows at a 6% pace. Classic video servers, which are experiencing a high rate of integration as well as replacement with more modern IP-based architectures, increase at about 3% annually.
Sydney, Australia, March 1, 2013--Television remains a key part of everyday life according to the latest Australian Multi-Screen Report covering the fourth quarter of calendar 2012. Australians watch an average 91 hours and 5 minutes (91:05) of TV per month, with playback viewing within seven days of broadcast accounting for 6:30.
Geneva, Switzerland, February 27, 2013 – New figures released by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) confirm strong sustained demand for information and communication technology (ICT) services, with uptake spurred by a steady fall in the price of broadband Internet.
London, UK, February 18, 2013--Visiongain's latest defence and security report, The Global Military Communications and COTS Market 2013-2023, values the market for militarycommunications spending to reach US$17.46 billion in 2013, as both mature and emerging national markets invest in the inherent operational advantages demonstrated by utilising effective and advanced military communications networks.
Dublin, Ireland, February 15, 2013--According to a new research report by Berg Insight, mobile location-based service (LBS) revenues in Europe are forecasted to grow from 325 million in 2012 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.5 percent to reach 825 million in 2017.
The North American LBS market is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 9.2 percent from US$ 835 million in 2012 to reach US$ 1,295 million in 2017. Berg Insight estimates that 40 percent of all mobile subscribers in Europe use some kind of location-enhanced application on a regular basis. In North America, the larger installed base of GPS-enabled handsets and smartphones has enabled higher uptake of LBS.
Report Features Insights on Key Trends from 2012 and What They Mean for the Year Ahead
Reston, Va., February 15, 2013--comScore, Inc. released today the 2013 U.S. Digital Future in Focus report. This annual report examines how the prevailing trends in social media, search, online video, digital advertising, mobile and e-commerce are defining the current digital marketplace and what these trends mean for the year ahead.