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Brian Sullivan, Sky customer group managing director, has said that HDTV can expect a bright future, with customers now more willing to replace their old TV sets. Sullivan, speaking at Broadcast‘s HD Here And Now conference, said that Sky had predicted there would be 10 million HD TV sets in the UK by 2010 but… Continue reading HDTV Looks Set For Growth

A new report from Adams Media Research forecasts that annual consumer spending on downloads of movies and TV will top $4 billion in 2011. The market researcher says that video downloads will grow gradually as internet TV devices gain increasing acceptance amongst consumers, with Tom Adams, Adams Media Research president, saying: “The internet is going… Continue reading Consumer Spending On Movie & TV Downloads To Increase

Viacom in the US is set to become the first major TV/movie producer to sign a deal with Joost, the forthcoming television and video over the internet project from the founders of VOIP service Skype.The deal involves licensing hundreds of hours of programming from Viacom’s properties, like MTV, Comedy Central, Spike TV and Paramount Studios.… Continue reading Viacom To Strike Content Deal With Skype Founders

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

US viewers with digital video recorders (DVRs) still watch, on average, two thirds of advertisements, according to new research from the Nielsen Company. In a presentation to US TV networks on the way in which viewers use personal video recorders, Nielsen revealed that 20% of US households own a DVR or similar device, with this… Continue reading US DVR Users Still Watch Two Thirds Of Ads

Mobile TV stands in next to last place, in terms of popularity, among all existing mobile services, according to the Chief Marketing Officer’s Council (CMO). In a forum at last week’s 3GSM World Congress, the CMO revealed that global market penetration for mobile TV currently stands at 7%, behind gambling at 8% but ahead of… Continue reading Lack Of Consumer Interest In Mobile TV

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

Western Europe and North America continue to lead the digital satellite pay-TV market in subscribers and revenue, but the fastest growth over the next several years will come from other areas, especially Asia, according to a new report from In-Stat. Key satellite market trends include consolidation in established markets, interactivity, HD, launches, and bundling, the… Continue reading Rapid Growth For Digital Satellite TV In Asia

The number of IPTV households is forecast to grow from 5.8 million homes globally in 2006 to over 80 million in 2011, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics. The technology research firm says that penetration of pay TV subscribers within this larger group of connected IPTV households will reach 51% by the end… Continue reading IPTV Households To Grow To Over 80 Million

A new report from Informa Telecoms & Media forecasts that there will be 151 million HDTV homes worldwide by the end of 2011 – more than three times the number at the end of 2006. Adam Thomas, the report’s author, said: “The public has really taken to high-definition, attracted by falling prices for impressive looking… Continue reading HDTV Could Be In 151 Million Homes Globally By 2011