Digital TV News: Russ Crupnick

Few Connected Device Owners Rent iVOD Movies . . . At Least for Now
Dec 15, 2011 – According to The NPD Group, even with the increasing number of iVOD-capable devices -- which includes TVs, gaming consoles, streaming-media players, tablets, and smartphones -- the vast majority of these devices were not used to rent iVOD movies.
News categories: NPD Group, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet

Consumers Look Beyond Their TV-Service Providers in Search of More Video Content
Nov 9, 2011 – According to The NPD Group, many U.S. consumers are supplementing their pay television offerings from cable TV, satellite TV and IPTV operators. Subscribers are seeking TV programming and movies from Netflix and other video streaming services.
News categories: NPD Group, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Streaming, USA

U.S. Blu-ray Disc Player Sales On the Rise
May 6, 2009 – According to the latest point-of-sale (POS) tracking data from The NPD Group, first quarter (Q1) sales of stand-alone Blu-ray players in the U.S. grew to more than 400,000 units, an increase of 72 percent over Q1 2008.
News categories: NPD, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Market Research, USA