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Downloading TV content via the internet is set to become this year’s broadband phenomenon, according to price comparison website, uSwitch.com. USwitch.com says that internet protocol television (IPTV) is changing the way consumers watch television, with the average UK broadband user already spending 30 minutes a week downloading films and a further 23 minutes a week… Continue reading IPTV To Take Off In 2007

A new report has revealed that US wireless internet users show a deeper engagement with cyberspace. The Pew Internet and American Life Project said that 54% of internet users check e-mail on a typical day, compared to 72% of wireless users. The survey asked 798 US internet users about their wireless habits and sampled almost… Continue reading US Wireless Internet Users Show Deep Engagement With Cyberspace

Eight out of ten internet connections are now via broadband, according to a new report from the Office Of National Statistics. The survey of internet service providers shows that in December 2006, broadband connections accounted for 79.2% of all internet connections. The Office of National Statistics says that the year-on-year increase in broadband connections was… Continue reading UK Broadband Connections Increase

The number of internet users climbed to over 29 million during the fourth quarter of 2006, according to figures released by BMRB. This represents a 9.34% growth from the same period last year.The total number of people going online is now around 5.5 million more than it was two years ago.Usage LocationThe number of home… Continue reading Online Usage Round-Up: Fastest Net User Growth For 65+ Age Group

Residential subscriptions to broadband internet services grew 20% in 2006 to exceed 50 million US households, according to Digital Lifestyles: 2007 Outlook, a new study from Parks Associates. The report estimates that US residential broadband subscriptions will surpass 60 million households by the end of 2007, accounting for 55% of all US households. Kurt Scherf,… Continue reading US Residential Broadband Penetration Grows

New research from Frost & Sullivan reveals that the global set top box market has been experiencing significant growth, due in most part to Internet Protocol Television (IPTV). The World Set Top box Semiconductors Markets report shows that this market earned revenues of $1.77 billion in 2006 and forecasts that it will reach $4.2 billion… Continue reading IPTV Boosts Set Top Box Market

VideoJug, the UGC website offering ‘how-to’ content, has announced a major expansion of its operations as it launches into the US with VideoJug America.The launch sees the appointment of veteran executive and television producer Peter J Schankowitz as CEO of VideoJug America in Los Angeles.VideoJug’s expansion into the US follows the launch of the site… Continue reading UGC Website Expands Operations Into US

A new report from Borrell Associates, The New Frontier: Local Online Video Advertising, US local online video advertising will grow from $161 million in 2006 to $371 million this year. Borrell predicts that in five years local online video advertising will account for more than one third of all local online advertising in the US.… Continue reading US Local Online Video Revenues To Grow

According to Outsell’s second annual study of nearly 3,000 US news users, one in two use the sites Google, Yahoo!, MSN and AOL once or more each day for news. Internet reading is becoming a habit, especially among the young and the Outsell report shows no reversal of earlier trends away from print and broadcast… Continue reading US News Users Turning To Online

A new report from eMarketer has been published which examines the trends which will continue to drive the growth of US internet ad spending for the next several years. The report says that, at first glance, it appears that internet ad spending has kept pace with the online audience, as advertisers last year spent an… Continue reading US Online AdSpend Per User To Increase