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By the end of 2008 there will be 100 million direct-to-home satellite pay TV subscribers globally, meaning that satellite will continue its reign as the top digital TV platform, according to a new study by Research and Markets. The report also examines satellite radio and points to Howard Stern’s departure from traditional radio to begin… Continue reading Satellite Industry To Grow

The global entertainment and media (E&M) industry has entered a solid growth phase and will increase at a 6.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to $1.8 trillion in 2010, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Global Entertainment and Media Outlook: 2006-2010. Digital video recorders, along with high definition television (HDTV) and digital television, will enhance the appeal of… Continue reading Solid Growth Forecast For Media Industry

A new report from Research and Markets says that the global digital media market is on the verge of massive changes owing to the convergence of telecoms, media and IT, with the changes driven by new developments in broadband technology and consumer electronics. The report forecasts that video streaming technology will be mainstream and fully… Continue reading Digital Media On The Verge Of Huge Changes

Families with two telephone lines are 70% more likely to have broadband than those with only one, according to new research from Point Topic. The analysis also shows that Sky+ subscribers have 62% broadband penetration, while those people relying on terrestrial TV have only 26%. In addition, DSL is revealed as the most widely used… Continue reading Families With Two Telephone Lines 70% More Likely To Have Broadband

One in four online advertisers in the States will use ‘behavioural targeting’ by next year, according to a leading authority on the impact of the Internet and emerging consumer technologies on business. JupiterResearch, in the report titled “Effective Targeting”, says advertisers and agencies that have tested early online behavioural targeting services are yielding positive results.… Continue reading ‘Behavioural Targeting’ To Boom In US

Internet adspend in the US (not including search) is predicted to increase by 13% in 2006, according to research by TNS Media Intelligence. The figure is from a revised full year forecast, which adjusts the earlier figure of 9.1% growth in 2006. Internet adspend reached 19.4% in the first quarter of 2006 (see Online Adspend… Continue reading US Internet Adspend Predicted To Increase By 13%

By 2010 there will be 34 million digital video recorder (DVR) subscribers (29.5% of households) in the US, up from 13.5 million (12.3% of TV households) at the end of the first quarter of 2006 and 18 million (16.4% of TV households) at the end of 2006, according to a new study released by Magna… Continue reading US VOD And DVR Households To Increase By 2010

Four in ten or 37.4% of American teens spend at least three hours a day online outside of school, according to a Burst Media survey of more than 1,800 connected teens between the ages of 13 and 17. Just one in five or 19.6% say they are spending less than an hour online outside of… Continue reading Third Of US Teens Online For Over Three Hours A Day

US PC in-game advertising will increase from $80 million in 2005 to more than $400 million in 2009, according to new research from Parks Associates (see US In-Game Adspend To Reach $1.8 Billion By 2010). Most in-game ads are currently from the automotive, food and beverage, apparel and lifestyle industries, aimed squarely at “core gamers”,… Continue reading In-Game Advertising To Increase To More Than $400 Million In 2009

Thanks to the growth in usage of video game consoles online and the continued boom in broadband take-up, the online game market is expected to grow from $3.4 billion in 2005 to $13 billion in 2011. A new study from DFC Intelligence, entitled The Online Game Market, places massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG’s) at the… Continue reading Online Games Could Hit $13 Billion By 2011