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Teens Are Turning Their Backs on TV

by Tom Allen

Nielsen has found that young Americans are watching less and less TV. OTT portals, such as Netflix and Hulu, are putting traditional TV under pressure. It is still the most popular medium, but may …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 28

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 22

by Tom Allen

Pope Benedict did not follow the same rule, but presumably Gogglebox wasn’t his show of choice.The Vatican is notoriously free of vice, but Pope Francis has revealed that there is another aspect of modern …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 22 - Issue 22

As Screens Grow, HD Will Suffer, Says Noland

by Tom Allen

Katie Noland is an R&D technologist at the BBC. She spoke about a survey undertaken last year, investigating average viewing distances in the UK. A small but growing number of people are sitting in …

Only 7.5% Say Linear TV Will Remain Important

by Tom Allen

The Connected100 survey, by the Connected100 research group, has shown that the key TV innovation drivers in coming years will be OTT (87.5% of respondents) UltraHD (77.5%) and TV Everywhere (70%). Linear broadcast (7.5%) …

TV Viewing Falls, Makes Way for Mobiles

by Tom Allen

Market researcher Accenture has bad news for the TV market. In a new research report titled ‘Digital Video and the Connected Consumer’, TV was the only product category to experience double-digit usage declines across …

Is 2015 the Break out Year for Streaming Video on Demand?

by Steve Sechrist

Nielsen recently reported that US Households with Streaming Video On Demand (SVOD) spend an average of two hours and 45 minutes watching the mobile device screens, beating the homes with traditional TV, which had …

Apple Preparing TV Service (Again…)

by Tom Allen

There have been many rumours about an Apple TV service, stretching back four years or more. Now the all-knowing ‘people familiar with the matter’ have told the Wall Street Journal that the company plans …

Motive Signs Tablet TV Licenses

by Tom Allen

Motive and Tablet TV have entered into two licensing agreements for the service’s US and Canadian launch of mobile and VOD content services. They cover the technology used in the service and define the …

UK TV is Unchanged in 2014

by Tom Allen

Traditional TV use was very slightly down in the UK in 2014, with 98.4% of viewing done on TV sets, compared to 98.5% in 2013. Viewing on mobiles was up a similar amount, from …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 10

Nintendo Abandons European TV Plans

by Tom Allen

Nintendo has changed its plans for the Tvii platform (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 38). Available in the USA and Japan since 2012, the service is no longer destined for a European launch, ‘Due …

Apple TV Zombie Rises Again

by Tom Allen

Apple is (apparently) writing the next chapter in the story of its long-rumoured TV service (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 10). Having failed to secure content deals with TV providers, the company is now …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| TV Viewing| Vol 22 - Issue 07

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 …