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2016 a banner year for U.S. 4K UHD TV sales
Nov 9, 2016 – Q4 shipments of 4K Ultra HD televisions in the United States are expected to reach 4.5 million units, driving total 4K UHD sales for 2016 to 10 million units, the CTA has announced.
News categories: Consumer Technology Association, Gary Shaprio, Steve Koenig, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, USA

Canal+ France subscribers down 542k; International up 505k in year to end-3Q 2016
Nov 9, 2016 – Vivendi has released financial statements for the first nine months of 2016. Canal+ Group had a total of 11 million individual subscribers, a year-on-year decrease of 19,000.
News categories: Vivendi, Canal+ Group, Vincent Bolloré, Africa, France, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Vietnam

DISH Network TV subscribers down 116,000 in 3Q 2016
Nov 9, 2016 – DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) has reported results for the quarter ending September 30, 2016. Net Pay-TV subscribers declined 116,000 in the third quarter, compared to a loss of 23,000 in the third quarter 2015.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, USA

Brazil adds 47 thousand pay TV subscribers in 3Q 2016
Nov 8, 2016 – According to Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), the country’s pay TV subscriber base ended September 2016 at 18.96 million, with 47 thousand subscribers being added in the quarter to leave the total 558 thousand down on one year before.
News categories: Anatel, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Smartphone VR to claim over half of VR device shipments by 2021
Nov 8, 2016 – A Juniper Research study has forecast that there will be nearly 60 million smartphone VR headsets shipped in 2021, an increase of around 240% on an expected 16.8 million this year.
News categories: Juniper Research, James Moar, Digital TV, Market Research, Metaverse, Mobile, Worldwide

Film and series channels make up 61% of pay on demand services in Europe
Nov 8, 2016 – Films and TV fiction are clearly the main driver for on-demand services. Pay on demand services specialized in film and TV fiction account for two-thirds of all pay-on demand services in Europe, compared with only 14% of TV channels.
News categories: European Audiovisual Observatory, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research

U.S. home entertainment spending up 3.8% YoY in 3Q 2016
Nov 3, 2016 – DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group has released its Third Quarter 2016 Home Entertainment Report. U.S. consumer spending on home entertainment products rose 3.8% in the third quarter versus the previous year.
News categories: Digital Entertainment Group, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

Voice control is standout new category for smart home devices
Nov 3, 2016 – Voice control became a standout, new category for smart home devices over the past 18 months, finds ABI Research. But its future is even brighter due to its solid marketing efforts, as well as its ability to leverage digital assistant adoption on smartphones and deliver genuine consumer value.
News categories: ABI Research, Jonathan Collins, Market Research, Smart Home, Worldwide

Charter video customers down 47,000 in 3Q 2016
Nov 3, 2016 – Charter Communications has reported results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016. Residential video customers decreased by 47,000 in the third quarter of 2016, versus a decrease of 20,000 in the year-ago period.
News categories: Charter Communications, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA