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Andy Eardley, director and co-founder of the TV App Agency, on smart TV connectivity and how to encourage users to interact.

New research from Harris Interactive shows that over half of Americans have streamed TV programming across a variety of devices.While streaming may not be currently overtaking traditional TV viewership methods, 30% of Americans have the ability to watch streamed programming on their TV sets (19% via set top boxes or game systems, 17% via Internet-compatible… Continue reading 53% of Americans have watched TV shows via streaming

Leichtman Research Group has revealed that the 13 largest multi-channel video providers in the US lost about 53,500 net additional video subscribers in Q3 2012.This figure compares to a net gain of about 17,000 in Q3 2011, and a net loss of 28,000 in Q3 2010. The 13 largest multi-channel providers account for 94% of… Continue reading US multi-channel video providers lost 50k subs in Q3 2012

Nintendo has announced that a key application for the Wii U will not be available at launch, with owners having to wait until December to activate Nintendo TVii. The next-generation console is due for release in North America this Sunday (18 November) among industry hype and expected high demand.Nintendo TVii was only announced in September… Continue reading Nintendo’s second-screen experience delayed

A new report from Informa Telecoms & Media claims that the over-the-top TV market will be worth $37 billion by 2017. This global amount will be made up of the three key video-revenue streams of advertising, subscriptions and transactions. Advertising will still be the largest revenue stream in 2017, as it is in 2012.Accroding to… Continue reading OTT market to be worth $37b in 2017

British Sky Broadcasting and internet TV firm Roku plan to create a set-top box to distribute to subscribers of its internet-television service.The box will connect to TVs, enabling owners to view films, sports and other content from NOW TV, the digital pay on demand launched by Sky in July. This has been seen as a… Continue reading BSkyB and Roku to create set-top box

The release of Apple’s iPad Mini helped fuel substantial growth in worldwide shipments of 7-inch tablets over 2012.A forecast from IHS iSuppli, global sales of tablets with displays in the 7-inch size range are expected to boom by about 100% this year to 34 million units.This is up from 17 million in 2011. Sales will… Continue reading Shipments of 7-inch tablets doubled in 2012

Over half (55%) of people in Britain have connected their TV sets to the internet. This demonstrates consumers increasingly want to connect their ‘main screens’ (TV and computer), which could drive a big increase in sales for Smart TVs (TV’s that connect directly to the internet without needing another device), according to a YouGov study on the nation’s TV habits.

BT Vision has signed a distribution agreement with Discovery Networks UK to add Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Real Time to its rapidly increasing line-up of linear TV channels.

YouView may have to change its name after losing a High Court appeal.