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UK TV Viewing Down as Generation Gap Widens

by Tom Allen

Ofcom’s annual public service broadcasting report shows that TV viewing is, on average, down by 26 minutes per day in the UK since 2010, and that there is a growing gap in viewing habits …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 27

France: Cable Climbing at Expense of DTH

by Tom Allen

Audience measurement company Mediamétrie says that around 75% of the French population (43.7 million people) now take satellite, cable or IPTV services. DTH reception has declined since 2012 to about 15.2 million, while cable …

UK eSports is Getting Busy

by Tom Allen

The UK’s first dedicated 24-hour eSports TV channel will go live on the 23rd June. ‘Ginx eSports’ will be available on Sky, but ITV has also invested. In addition, the UK’s first eSports Industry …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 23 - Issue 24

Dutch TV Continues Down

by Milos Pavlovic

The Dutch TV market continued to decline in Q1, says Telecompaper, with connections falling for the fourth straight quarter. Connections were down by 8,000 (0.1%). Although digital TV was up 0.4%, this was not …

Sky Records 1 Million On-Demand Customers

by Tom Allen

Sky has announced that more than 1 million customers in Germany and Austria have connected their Sky+ receivers to the internet, six months after the Sky On Demand service was launched.

Is the End in Sight for the Couch Potato?

by Tom Allen

We attended the Digital Television Group (DTG) Summit in London in mid-May, which this year was themed around the topic of ‘tomorrow’s consumer’. Charles Dawes – senior director of international marketing for discovery firm …

Tags:DTG Summit 2016| EPGs| Rovi| TV Viewing| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Samsung Amplifies Longstanding Partnership with 20TH Century Fox

by Isaac Oburu

Samsung Electronics today unveiled a shared vision with 20th Century Fox (Fox) to further elevate the consumer viewing experience, and the TV industry at large. A new video released by the company highlights its …

Tags:Fox| Samsung| TV Viewing

Digital Penetration Rises to 75% Globally

by Tom Allen

Between the end of 2010 and end of 2015, digital TV penetration jumped from 40.4% to 74.6% of global households, says Digital TV Research. The figure represents an increase of about 584 million homes, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| TV Viewing| Vol 23 - Issue 19| Worldwide

Are SDR TVs Superior to HDR TVs in Bright Environments?

by Chris Chinnock

Some recent testing of 4K HDR TVs by HDTVTest suggests that as the ambient light in the room increases, the benefit of the HDR technology diminishes rapidly (http://tinyurl.com/hnlfmwr). Reviewers came to this conclusion after …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 23 - Issue 16

French IPTV Consumption Rising

by Tom Allen

A study by Médiamétrie has shown that around 3 million viewers in France aged 15+ now watch live or catch-up IPTV on a PC, tablet or smartphone every day. This is 200,000 more than …

Tags:France| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Cable Subscribers – Where Are You?

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a recent article, Tom Allen of Display Daily reported on data from the Leichtman Research Group that the cable subscriber base in the US has dropped by about 385,000 subscribers in 2015 (US …

IA Bureau Dispels TV Myths

by Tom Allen

The ‘TV-centric living room’ is in decline, according to the Internet Advertising Bureau UK, due to the rise of internet-connected devices. In a new study (http://tinyurl.com/j35jfny), the IAB found that only 50% of UK …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 06