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Mobile video viewing up over 200 hours a year since 2012
Nov 3, 2016 – Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has launched its annual ConsumerLab TV & Media Report, which details the enormous and rapid shift in TV and video viewing behavior towards mobility. The report also shows that content discovery remains a huge frustration for consumers.
News categories: Ericsson, Zeynep Ahmet, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Worldwide

MPA launches Asia Video Consumer Panel
Nov 3, 2016 – Media Partners Asia (MPA) has launched the ASIA VIDEO CONSUMER PANEL, a research report offering detailed insights into how consumers engage, use and interact with video content in emerging and mature markets, focusing on TV and digital video platforms, including key regional and local OTT video operators.
News categories: Media Partners Asia, BDRC Continental, Aravind Venugopal, Digital TV, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Market Research, Mobile, Philippines, Streaming, Thailand, UX

U.S. virtual reality revenues to reach $38 billion in 2026
Nov 2, 2016 – The global virtual reality industry will experience very modest growth during the next two years, according to Greenlight Insights. Greenlight believes that total U.S. VR revenues will be in an 'inflexion zone' for the next five years, and then reach $38 billion in annual revenues in 2026.
News categories: Greenlight Insights, Road to VR, Clifton Dawson, Digital TV, Market Research, Metaverse, USA, Worldwide

Connected appliance shipments to pass 200m p.a. by 2021
Nov 1, 2016 – According to Juniper Research, connected home appliance shipments are set to reach 202 million globally by 2021, rising from just 17 million in 2016. The additional cost of including basic connectivity is now less than $10.
News categories: Juniper Research, Market Research, Smart Home, Worldwide

Digicel Play smashes 100,000 customer milestone
Oct 31, 2016 – Digicel Play has announced that it has surpassed the 100,000 customer milestone across its markets in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago – a year after the service was first launched in Jamaica.
News categories: Digicel Play, John Suranyi, Barbados, Digital TV, Jamaica, Subscribers, Trinidad and Tobago

Telefonica pay TV subscribers down 25k in 3Q 2016
Oct 27, 2016 – Telefónica has reported results for the first nine months of the 2016. Video revenues in the quarter grew year-on-year by 9.9%, driven by y-o-y growth of pay TV accesses to 8.4 million at September (4.4 million satellite TV accesses).
News categories: Telefónica, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Venezuela

A fifth of Latin America's homes to pay for SVOD
Oct 27, 2016 – Nearly a fifth of Latin America’s TV households will pay for an SVOD package by 2021, up from 10.9% by end-2016. Mexico (28.3%), Chile (23.9%) and Argentina (23.5%) will have the highest penetration rates.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Simon Murray, Digital TV, Latin America, Market Research, Streaming

Videocon d2h adds 0.23 million net subscribers in 3Q 2016
Oct 26, 2016 – Videocon d2h (NASDAQ: VDTH) has announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2016. The company added 0.59 million gross subscribers and 0.23 million net subscribers during the second quarter of fiscal 2017.
News categories: Videocon d2h, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Smart Home and Smart Appliances are next CE sector battleground
Oct 26, 2016 – Smart home automation, smart appliance ownership and smart home surveillance could be primed and ready for growth, though progress is being hindered by widespread confusion, according to research from Futuresource Consulting.
News categories: Futuresource Consulting, Simon Bryant, Europe, Market Research, Smart Home, Worldwide