Digital TV News: David Mercer

33 Billion Internet Devices by 2020
Oct 14, 2014 – Nearly 12 billion internet-connected devices will be in use worldwide by the end of 2014, according to Strategy Analytics. That is equivalent to 1.7 devices for every person on the planet, a ratio which will rise to 4.3 by 2020.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, David Mercer, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV, Worldwide

7 billion global addressable TV screens by 2017
Jan 3, 2014 – Contrary to some recent melodramatic predictions, the television industry is not dying but is undergoing a process of rapid change, according to a recent report from Strategy Analytics.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, David Watkins, David Mercer, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, Smartphone, Tablet, TV Everywhere

Ultra High Definition TVs to Reach 10 Million Households Worldwide by 2016
Jan 4, 2013 – Ultra High Definition (UHD) TVs will be installed in nearly 10 million households worldwide by 2016 according to the latest report from Strategy Analytics. By 2020 more than 130 million households worldwide will own a UHD TV.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV

One Hundred Million Smart TVs Now In Use Worldwide
Jan 3, 2013 – According to new research from Strategy Analytics, by the end of 2012, the global installed base of smart TVs had reached 104 million. In leading markets like the US household penetration now exceeds 20 percent.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV

Global Blu-ray Disc Player Installed Base to Hit 100 Million in 2012
Nov 7, 2012 – Despite the slower than expected growth in the Blu-ray disc player market, the global installed base of standalone Blu-ray Disc (BD) players will hit the 100 million unit mark by the end of 2012, according to a recent Strategy Analytics forecast.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Market Research

42 Million Homes Now Watching Connected TV
Oct 17, 2011 – The number of homes using the internet to watch television shows and movies on the TV screen has reached more than 42 million across the US and Europe, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics' Connected Home Devices (CHD) service.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, Streaming

3DTVs Will Command 56 Percent Price Premium for Early Adopters
Aug 15, 2011 – US consumers who expect to buy a 3DTV during the next year plan to spend 56 percent more than those buying a regular HDTV, according to the latest research from the Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices service.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart TV

PS3 Passes Xbox 360 in Global Active Devices
Mar 31, 2011 – Sony's PS3 games console passed Microsoft's Xbox 360 to become the number two TV console worldwide by the end of 2010, according to the latest research published by Strategy Analytics. Nintendo's Wii remained the number one global TV console.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Gaming, Market Research

More Than A Third of U.S. Homes Will Buy 3DTV in Next Three Years
Mar 21, 2011 – Ownership of 3DTVs will accelerate rapidly over the next three years, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics. The report predicts that 34 percent of US homes will own a 3D-ready TV by 2014.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Blu-ray, Camcorder, Digital TV, Europe, Gaming, Market Research, Metaverse, Portable, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet, USA, Video Exchange