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Mobile Video Consumption to Surpass 693 Billion Minutes by 2015
Jul 19, 2011 – Although many mobile video products have only recently launched, providers are experiencing significant growth in usage rates. According to In-Stat, nearly two-thirds of smartphone owners have watched video on their device, while nearly 86% of tablet owners have done so.
News categories: In-Stat, Market Research, Mobile, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet

Social Participation TV to drive interactive behaviour to generate $2.9bn globally by 2016
Jul 19, 2011 – The Mobile Interactive Group (MIG) has released research on participation TV (P-TV) services in particular social channels across global markets. MIG expects mobile to become the main vehicle for interaction between viewer and broadcaster.
News categories: Mobile Interactive Group, Market Research, Mobile, Social TV

Triple-play subscriptions to quadruple
Jul 18, 2011 – More than a quarter of the world's TV households will subscribe to triple-play services (TV, broadband and telephony) by 2016, according to Digital TV Research. The report estimates that this is up from only 7.1% penetration at end-2010.
News categories: Digital TV Research Ltd, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

Connected TV sales growing fast in Europe
Jul 17, 2011 – According to BITKOM, quoting data from the European Information Technology Observatory (EITO), sales of connected TVs in the European Union will reach 10 million units this year, rising to 13 million in 2012.
News categories: BITKOM, European Information Technology Observatory, Digital TV, EU, France, Germany, Market Research, Smart TV, Streaming, UK

CRTC releases 2010 financial results for Canadian broadcasting distributors
Jul 14, 2011 – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has released statistical and financial information on Canadian broadcasting distribution companies.
News categories: CRTC, Cable TV, Canada, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Jupiter Telecommunications announces June 2011 subscriber figures
Jul 14, 2011 – Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that its total subscribing households as of June 30, 2011 reached approximately 3.52 million, up 178,900 year-on-year. By April 30, 2011, J:COM had completed the digital migration of all its systems.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Japan, Subscribers

Jiuzhou, Coship Stand to Gain from Asia-Pacific Set-top Box Growth, Says ABI Research
Jul 13, 2011 – The Asia-Pacific region will lead set-top box growth for the next five years, with shipments approaching 50% of the set-top boxes sold worldwide in 2013-2015 before falling off slightly, according to ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Europeans prefer all in one 'packages' for internet, phone and TV
Jul 12, 2011 – Four out of ten Europeans households are buying 'bundled' internet, phone and TV services from a single provider, a new Eurobarometer survey shows. The E-Communications Household Survey was carried out between 9 February and 8 March 2011.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK

ARM Forecast to Significantly Increase Lead in the Battle for the Digital Home
Jul 12, 2011 – Preliminary findings from Semicast's forthcoming report 'Opportunities for Embedded Processors in the Digital Home' show ARM (LSE: ARM; Nasdaq: ARMH) increased its position as the leading architecture for embedded processors in digital home applications in 2010.
News categories: Semicast, DVD, Gaming, Market Research, Portable, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet