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Pay-TV Rises in UK but TV Ownership Falls

by Tom Allen

According to UK regulator Ofcom, 61% of adults in the country take a pay-TV service, an increase from 58% in 2013. DTT coverage is ‘almost universal’ (98.5%), although there was an increase in non-ownership …

NPD: Streaming Players Will Rise Consistently to 2017

by Tom Allen

40% of US internet homes – 39 million – will own a streaming media player (SMP) by Q1’17, says the NPD Group. Only 16% of these homes owned such a device in Q1’14, and …

Mediatek Stretches from Wearables to UltraHD TVs

by Bob Raikes

Mediatek Eyewear refererence design We commented in our report on the Gitex show in Dubai that chip-maker, Mediatek, was taking a higher marketing profile and we found the same at CES, although the company …

Roku Announces New TV Wins and UltraHD Platform

by Bob Raikes

Roku was explaining its strategy in the Westgate (formerly LVH/Hilton) hotel. The firm was very happy as it has signed up Haier and Best Buy Insignia to add to TCL and Hisense as adopters …

Playstation Streaming Set for Samsung

by Tom Allen

The Playstation Now game streaming service will be available on select Samsung smart TVs this year. The service will initially be available in North America only.

TVs and Streamers Up, Apple Down

by Bob Raikes

Connected TV device shipments in the USA reached 12.4 million units in Q3’14, according to Strategy Analytics (up 36% YoY). The rise was mainly driven by demand for new consoles and digital media streamers, …

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TV Ownership Falls in UK

by Bob Raikes

The UK has the highest proportion of connected TVs, according to Ofcom. 22% of UK consumers say that they own a Smart TV, and 84% of these say that they have connected it to …

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Product Roundup Vol 21 Issue 47

by Raverstead

The U3477PQU (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 30), from Acer, will be available in the USA from the 8th December. It will cost $900. The B326HK UltraHD monitor (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 44) …

Samsung Reaches New UK TV Milestone

by Raverstead

Samsung has boasted that it has hit a new TV milestone; its Smart TV platform now has more than 1.5 million users in the UK every week. The figure represents a 50% increase over …

KPN Scraps STB for IPTV Service

by Raverstead

Dutch operator KPN is working with SMiT, a manufacturer of conditional access modules (CAMs), to launch an IPTV service that does not require a set-top box. A product pilot will begin next year, using …

PC-to-TV Connections Higher in Europe

by Super User

A study by Parks Associates has found that Smart TV ownership in broadband households is around 40% in Germany and Spain, but only 33% in the UK. It has also found that PC-to-TV connections …