March 2008
MarchMar 29 Saturday 08
Cable Finds its Switched Digital Video Mojo
With all the talk about the growth potential of telco IPTV service offerings, some market analysts may believe that cable TV service providers have lost their edge. However, cable has apparently found a technology to breath new life into their legacy infrastructure.
Fragmentation of Mobile Multimedia Market
A recent consumer survey conducted by ABI Research demonstrates that today's mobile phone owners use a mix of mobile content obtained from the Web, from their personal collections, and from their wireless carriers.
As an example, the mobile phone service consumer is more …
Discover IPTV Innovation, Move to France
The total number of IPTV subscribers grew by 117 percent in 2007 to reach 12.34 million, up from 5.71 million at the end of 2006, according to the latest research from Informa Telecoms and Media.
The biggest world region by far remains Western Europe, which passed 6.9 …
MarchMar 27 Thursday 08
Mobile Messaging Services Revenue Growth
SMS is finally taking off in the Americas, mobile e-mail continues its strong growth in developed regions, subscriber growth is driving messaging adoption in Asia-Pacific, and social networking is lifting the messaging boat across nearly all regions.
The combination of …
Nokia has Most Loyal Customers in APAC
According to the latest IDC Asia-Pacific market study, mobile phone shipments in the APEJ region -- excluding Japan -- in 2007 hit 366 million units, an 18 percent increase from 2006. Shipments are further projected to exceed 400 million units in 2008, representing a 10 …
MarchMar 26 Wednesday 08
Consumers of News Have Differing Needs
ComScore released the results of a study of the differences in online behavior among heavy, medium, light and non-newspaper readers. The results showed that non-newspaper readers are likely to be younger, and they are actually heavier than average online news consumers.
Smartphones and the Experience Provider
According to ABI Research, the market for mobile smartphones will grow from around 10 percent of the total handset market in 2007 to 31 percent of the market in 2013. Looking forward, it's all going to be about designing the user experience.
A new study projects this …
MarchMar 25 Tuesday 08
9.8 Billion Videos Viewed Online in January
ComScore released January 2008 data from the comScore Video Metrix service, revealing that YouTube.com accounted for one-third of the 9.8 billion videos viewed online in the U.S. during the month.
The total number of videos viewed in January was down slightly from the …
Home Powerline and Wireless Technologies
Integrators are cautiously optimistic about the prospects for 2008 sales of home systems and controls technologies despite the current slowdown in new home construction, according to Parks Associates and EH Publishing.
The two firms presented a summary of their latest …
MarchMar 23 Sunday 08
Are B2B Technology Firms Customer-Centric?
According to a CMO Council market study, the significant disconnect between vendors and their channel, on one hand, and customers, on the other, begins with a basic disagreement about what it means to be customer-centric.
Customers say that, above all else, centricity …
MarchMar 22 Saturday 08
New Generation of Entertainment Hardware
Global TV shipments rose 4 million to almost 200 million units -- worth over$100 billion last year -- and growth will accelerate to reach 280 million units -- worth $160 billion by 2012 -- according to a new consumer electronics industry report from Understanding & …
U.S. Consumers Choosing Pay-TV by Price
ABI Research conducted an online survey of more than a thousand U.S. consumers aimed at discovering how people view their Pay-TV service providers -- what technologies and programming they use, and their price sensitivity towards available service offerings.
The TV …
On-the-Go Mobile Phone Purchases to Rise
A new Harris Interactive study finds that mobile phone users are increasingly comfortable making banking and purchase transactions while on-the-go -- a virtual unknown until now.
The survey finds 16 percent of mobile phone subscribers already use mobile banking services, …
MarchMar 20 Thursday 08
SaaS Driving U.S. Managed Services Growth
The growth of hosted applications, or SaaS (software as a service), as well as other related services provisioned by a third-party provider, are driving steady U.S. managed services revenue growth, according to the latest market study by In-Stat.
As most business …
MarchMar 19 Wednesday 08
U.S. Bloggers Consume Digital Media Sites
ComScore released the results of a study using its comScore Segment Metrix tool, which showed that heavy users of U.S. blog sites -- heavy bloggers -- are significantly more likely than the average Internet user to consume news and entertainment content online.
"As blogs …
Worldwide Market for Digital Satellite STBs
The pay direct-to-home (DTH) television industry is characterized by two broad growth patterns -- maturing markets with decaying rates and high growth emerging markets, according to the latest market study by In-Stat.
In mature markets, growth will come from premium …
MarchMar 15 Saturday 08
Disruption in U.S. Entertainment Distribution
The ongoing fragmentation of U.S. entertainment distribution continues unabated. Historically, the radio broadcasting business model was disrupted when television networks entered the marketplace -- likewise, both will be disrupted by the online digital media era. Hulu, …
MarchMar 14 Friday 08
IPTV Threatened by Over-the-Top Video
Last year, subscribers to telco IPTV services worldwide numbered only about 13.5 million, but ABI Research now forecasts their ranks to grow to more than 90 million by the end of 2013. Is that a realistic projection, based upon current events that clearly disrupt the …
Ultra-Wideband Still in Search of Demand
In 2006 analysts said that it appeared that the market launch of ultra-wideband (UWB) was imminent. Several factors conspired to delay that, but ABI Research now expects UWB to see very strong growth starting in 2008, finding its first success in computers, and …
New Tracking Service for Mobile Advertising
M: Metrics unveiled its competitive tracking service for mobile advertising, in the United Kingdom, revealing the first definitive metrics for measuring mobile advertising inventory.
The measurement firm reports that online retail companies such as Electronic Arts, Glu …