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Next year is set to be the year of connected TV, with the launch of YouView and more and more internet-enabled television sets. However, awareness of IPTV has still not reached mainstream levels, with less than half of the population understanding the latest TV proposition.

informitv’s William Cooper wonders “whether ITV will see significant benefits from YouView. Even by the most optimistic projections, YouView could take years to reach a few million homes”…

In the future, viewers are more likely to opt for pay-TV over free-to-air services, despite free-to-air having a greater reach, according to new research from Motorola Mobility.

The main reason people watch catch-up TV is to avoid falling behind with the linear TV schedules, according to new research by Thinkbox and Decipher.

As Thinkbox and Decipher released their new ‘Tellyporting’ research at the Soho Hotel this morning, an expert panel continued the future of TV debate, which is generating excitement from all angles.

Fox has become the fourth major US network to block its content from Google TV. ABC, CBS and NBC have also blocked access to their online video portals from the Google TV browser.

I attended two events on connected TV last week, and, accepting natural bias, one (our own!) enthused me and left me scratching my head at the number of “hedging your bets” alliances that are going on out there across numerous exciting platforms; whilst the other left me, well… just plain concerned.Let’s start positive. Our second… Continue reading The future of TV excites us… rather more than our millionaire MPs!

Will YouView be the catalyst for consumers and their understanding of connected TV opportunities? Quite possibly.

Connected TV might be dominating industry discussion, but has VoD really altered TV viewing? The subject divided opinion at yesterday’s ‘The Internet Comes to TV’ event, run by MediaTel Group and Rovi.

After an embarrassing intro, which saw the chair of this morning’s Westminster Media Forum call on the CEO of YouTube rather than YouView, Richard Halton delivered a rather one-sided presentation about the service.