Digital TV News: GfK
Subscribing to multiple VOD services rises over 50% in the U.S. in 3 years
Oct 12, 2016 – One streaming video service may not be enough. GfK research in the US has found that 16% of the viewing population have multiple SVOD services in their homes, up from 10% three years ago.
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GfK, David Tice, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA
Buying, renting videos by title not making leap to the digital marketplace
Aug 22, 2016 – As the sharing economy goes mainstream, consumers seem to be setting aside the ambition to be video collectors. With so much content now available at will, ownership and renting of individual titles has become surprisingly rare, according to a study from GfK.
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GfK, David Tice, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Streaming, USA
Young UK adults spend more time watching video on laptops than on TV
Jul 27, 2016 – TV sets are still the preferred viewing device for video-based content among the UK adult online population overall, but younger adults show significant deviation from this trend.
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GfK, Julia Lamaison, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, UK
One-quarter of US households live without Cable, Satellite TV reception
Jul 13, 2016 – According to GfK, levels of broadcast-only reception and internet-only video subscriptions in the U.S. have both risen over the past year, with one-quarter of all TV households now going without cable and satellite reception.
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GfK, David Tice, Digital TV, Market Research, USA
KT and SK Broadband launch UHD with Elemental
May 25, 2016 – Elemental has announced that KT and SK Broadband have both launched UHD services using Elemental HEVC software. Asia represents one of the world’s fastest growing UHD markets, with Korea reported as the largest UHD TV market in the region.
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Elemental, KT, SK Broadband, David Godfrey, BroadcastAsia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Satellite
Orange’s New Livebox available starting May 19th
May 12, 2016 – The New Livebox was designed by Orange to meet essential needs expressed by its customers. In particular, it responds to a change in uses by offering ultra-powerful connectivity on all of its screens, in every room of the home.
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Orange, Fabienne Dulac, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Mobile, Set Top Box, Smart Home
UHD TV market in APAC doubled in 2015
May 11, 2016 – Amidst a slightly weakened TV market in the Asia Pacific region in the first three months of the year, a shining star in the form of the UHD/4K segment turned in a stellar performance.
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GfK, Gerard Tan, Asia, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV
Hong Kong has world's most connected population
May 10, 2016 – The GfK Connected Consumer Index shows which countries have the world’s most connected consumers, both overall and in detail across each of eleven different device types, together with trends over the last five years.
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GfK, Stanley Kee, Asia, Market Research, Mobile, Worldwide
Genius Digital to provide audience analytics for Malaysia's Astro
Mar 23, 2016 – Genius Digital has announced that it has been deployed by leading Malaysian media broadcaster, Astro, to provide real-time audience behaviour data to enable the operator to deliver more compelling and profitable TV services.
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Genius Digital, Astro, Tom Weiss, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Malaysia
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