New research conducted by comScore has shown that nearly two in five US tablet owners read newspapers and/or magazines on their device in August, with one in ten reading publications almost daily.
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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
Marketing firm Aegis Group has reported that revenue for the third quarter was up 14.5%, in constant currency, and 10% at reported rates.
ITV has revealed the first details of its major, business-wide rebrand – which will see a new unifying brand identity from January 2013.
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
A pretty unspectacular month sees the top programme chart dominated by news programmes. The fallout from BBC Two’s Newsnight problems saw a big rating for a special version of BBC One’s current affairs programme Panorama.
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
Just one day after hitting low audiences figures, rustic soap Emmerdale (7pm) bounced back with an hour long special (a revolutionary idea, this – it’s like the usual two episode fare on Thursday night but without sticking a random and blatantly obvious substandard filler show in the middle).Thursday night saw Debbie take a break from… Continue reading TV Overnights: Emmerdale batters EastEnders
Simon Andrews, founder of the full service mobile agency addictive!, rounds up this week’s mobile news.
