Digital TV News: TV Time

Young Canadians embrace streaming, abandon live TV
Mar 16, 2016 – The way in which Canadians are watching television is changing, with Millennials leading the way in the adoption of streamed content, a new Canada-wide Insights West poll has found.
News categories: Insights West, Mario Canseco, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Streaming

28% of U.S. TV viewing is now streaming
Jul 8, 2015 – According to a GfK MRI report, more than a quarter (28%) of U.S. TV viewing is now done via digital streaming. Accessing subscription or free online platforms via a computer or mobile device accounts for 16% of time spent with TV content.
News categories: GfK, Christie Kawada, Michael Drankwalter, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

U.S. ownership of connected TV devices to grow 100% by 2017
Jul 21, 2014 – By 2017 there will be 204 million connected TV devices linked to the Internet and able to deliver apps to viewers, more than double the projected number of U.S. Internet households, according to the latest NPD forecast.
News categories: NPD Connected Intelligence, John Buffone, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

U.S. VOD users watch 20% more live TV than non-VOD users
Jun 30, 2014 – According to Nielsen, people in U.S. VOD homes watch an hour and five minutes of live television per day, compared with the 54 minutes of live TV time among non-VOD users. This was found to be true over all VOD platforms.
News categories: Nielsen, Dounia Turrill, Market Research, USA

Maxis signs agreements with content partners for IPTV service in Malaysia
Jun 27, 2012 – Maxis has announced its partnership with 14 content providers, securing content for the company's soon-to-be launched IPTV service. Maxis is planning to offer on-demand movies and series, Free-to-Air (FTA) channels, and interactive applications.
News categories: Maxis, Digital TV, IPTV, Malaysia

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

Four in Ten U.S. Consumers Watch Broadband/Mobile TV at Least Once Monthly
Feb 24, 2010 – Data from Horowitz Associates' annual Broadband Content and Services (BCS) survey of 800 U.S. internet users reveal that 44% watch actual, not user generated, TV content at least once monthly, including viewing online and on handheld devices.
News categories: Horowitz Associates, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Streaming, USA

Q2-09 was a Record-Setting Mobile TV Quarter
Oct 28, 2009 – Issue No. 10 of the quarterly TeleAnalytics Mobile TV Tracking Service (TMTS) quantitatively substantiates the position taken back in Q3-08 that the worldwide Mobile TV adoption/sales would not be much upset by the financial crisis.
News categories: TeleAnalytics, 5G, Brazil, China, Digital TV, Europe, ISDB-T, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Russia, SBTVD, USA

Mobile TV Device Volumes Will Not Decline in 2009
Jul 23, 2009 – TeleAnalytics has calculated that the end-2009 Mobile TV user count will be in the 80.8 million to 81.9 million range. Mobile TV device sales will at worst remain flat, but an increase of up to 2% may be witnessed with respect to the 2008 sales total.
News categories: TeleAnalytics, Brazil, China, Digital TV, Europe, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV, Subscribers, USA