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Liberty Grows in CEE in Q3

by Bob Raikes

In its quarterly report, Liberty Global, which recently bought Multimedia Polska (Liberty Global Acquires Multimedia in Poland) did well in Eastern Europe, with 98,000 new customers in Q3, 53,000 in Hungary, Slovakia and the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Liberty Global| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 23 - Issue 44

Ericsson Highlights Switch to Mobile Viewing

by Bob Raikes

Ericsson has released the 2016 version of its ConsumerLab report, a comprehensive survey of 30,000 online and 24 in-depth interviews across 24 countries that the company has published and made freely available. Quite a …

Tags:Ericsson| OTT Video| TV Viewing| Vol 23 - Issue 44

More Spanish Viewers Choose IPTV

by Yvette Raikes

According to the Spanish regulatory authority CNMC, IPTV saw an almost 1 million rise in subscribers during the year to the end of March, bringing the total to 3.06 million. In the previous year …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Spain| TV Viewing| Vol 23 - Issue 44

Next Gen TV Station in Cleveland Broadcasts World Series

by Milos Pavlovic

In a defining moment for the future of television, a local TV station in Cleveland is ushering in the era of Next Gen TV broadcasting with the first live ATSC 3.0 broadcast of a …

Tags:ATSC| TV Viewing| USA

Sky Q Adds Sports Split Screen

by Bob Raikes

Sky in the UK has a new STB and service that it is calling “Sky Q” and that is based on a gateway, supporting multiple other screens over a home network. Now the company …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Sky| STBs| TV Viewing| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Freeview Play Update adds Support for New TV Technologies

by Isaac Oburu

Digital UK has today published an updated technical specification for Freeview Play, setting out new features and requirements for products developed during 2017. Freeview Play combines live television with catch-up TV and on-demand services …

Tags:STBs| TV Viewing| UK (United Kingdom)

TV Change Doesn’t Fit the Human Brain

by Bob Raikes

It’s often said about we humans that we are very bad at understanding and dealing with exponential change. And yet, that is the nature of a lot of the changes in the technology world …

Tags:TV Viewing| Vol 23 - Issue 32

90% of Video Providers Plan UHD by 2020

by Tom Allen

Video service providers and content producers believe that the majority of consumers and operators will adopt UltraHD TV by 2020, and are willing to pay more for such services. These results came from a …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 32| Worldwide

U.S. Cable Industry to Grow in the Next Ten Years

by Isaac Oburu

Click to enlarge SNL Kagan has released a report indicating that the U.S. cable industry is in for a bright next-ten years in terms of revenue. The report focuses on year 2016 up to …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 33

Ofcom: VoD Use Still Rising

by Tom Allen

In the 2016 Communications Market report, UK regulator Ofcom has found that 27% of households now own a smart TV; almost 60% of adults used a VoD service in 2015; and 26% watch paid …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 31

Samsung Announces U.S. Availability of the SERIF TV

by Isaac Oburu

Samsung Electronics America, Inc., the leader in home entertainment for over 10 years, today announced that the Samsung SERIF TV is coming to the U.S. this summer. A true collaboration with acclaimed Parisian design …

Tags:Samsung| TV Set Market| TV Viewing

OTT to Soar in Europe

by Tom Allen

OTT TV TV and video revenues will more than double in Western Europe between 2015 and 2021 – but growth rates will vary dramatically by country, says Digital TV Research (DTVR). “OTT adoption is …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| TV Reception| TV Viewing| Vol 23 - Issue 28