Digital TV News: Russ Crupnick

More than one-in-five US pay TV subscribers use TV Everywhere monthly
May 6, 2014 – According to the latest NPD Group TV Everywhere Report, more than one-in-five (21 percent) U.S. Pay-TV subscribers use the TV Everywhere services provided by their Pay-TV operator at least once per month.
News categories: NPD Group, Russ Crupnick, Digital TV, Market Research, TV Everywhere, USA

Apple iTunes Dominates Internet Video Market
Apr 23, 2013 – According to NPD, Apple dominates the home digital-video sector in much the same way that it dominates digital music. iTunes' share of electronic sell-through for television shows reached 67 percent in 2012 with Xbox Video, the nearest competitor, on 14 percent of the market.
News categories: NPD Group, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming

Second Screens Vying for TV Viewers' Attention
Apr 9, 2013 – According to new information from The NPD Group, nearly all (88 percent) U.S. households own at least one device that can be used as a second screen, with 87 percent of U.S. entertainment consumers reported to be using at least one second-screen device while watching television.
News categories: NPD Group, Apps, Digital TV, Market Research, Smartphone, Social TV, Tablet

Telecom TV Services Increase Share of U.S. VOD-Movie-Rental Market
Mar 4, 2013 – According to The NPD Group, in 2012, cable-TV operators continued to control over half (56%) of the overall $1.3 billion U.S. multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) transactional-VOD-movie market, followed by satellite-TV operators (27%), and telecom operators (18%).
News categories: NPD Group, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, USA

Nearly Half Of All Paid Video-on-Demand Movie Rental Orders Generated by Cable Companies
Sep 24, 2012 – According to The NPD Group, although renting movies through Internet video on demand (iVOD) is making inroads with a small but growing group of consumers, cable companies are consumers' first choice when they order on-demand movies on a per-use basis.
News categories: NPD Group, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Streaming

DVDs and Blu-ray Discs Still Consumers' Choice for Feature-Length Movie Rentals
Aug 8, 2012 – According to The NPD Group, rentals of physical DVDs and Blu-ray discs (BDs) from kiosks, brick-and-mortar retailers, and Netflix Movies by Mail accounted for 62 percent of movie rental orders during the first half of this year.
News categories: NPD Group, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Streaming, USA

Web-Connected Devices Lead to Big Changes in How Consumers Interact with Entertainment Content
Jun 20, 2012 – According to The NPD Group, growing consumer use of smart devices that connect to the Internet is changing the face of home entertainment by enabling entertainment content such as subscription video, streaming music, games and mobile apps.
News categories: NPD Group, Blu-ray, Gaming, Market Research, Smart TV, Smartphone, Streaming

Average U.S. Monthly Pay-TV Subscription Bills May Top $200 by 2020
Apr 10, 2012 – According to The NPD Group, the average pay-TV subscription for basic pay-TV service and premium-TV channels in the U.S. reached $86 in 2011. If nothing changes, NPD expects the average pay-TV bill to reach $123 by the year 2015 and $200 by 2020.
News categories: NPD Group, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, USA

The Window for Pay-TV Operators to Control the Video-On-Demand Movie Rental Market is Still Open, But For How Long?
Feb 16, 2012 – According to The NPD Group, the current VOD market for paid movie rentals is ruled by pay-TV services. The emerging Internet video-on-demand (iVOD) movie market may already be leading to consumers reducing their use of pay-TV VOD a-la-carte movie services.
News categories: NPD Group, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Streaming, USA