Pay-TV revenues in Asia Pacific will be US$12 billion higher in 2018 (US$43.9 billion total) than in 2012, according to a report from Digital TV Research. It also estimates that pay-TV revenues (subscriptions and on-demand) will grow by US$2.1 billion in 2013 to US$33.9 billion. Simon Murray, the author of the report, said, “China overtook Japan to become the most lucrative pay-TV market in 2012. Pay-TV revenues will more than double in five countries [Indonesia (tripling), Pakistan, the … [Read more...] about Asia Pacific’s pay-TV boom to continue
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RTHK launches digital terrestrial television signal test
Digital TV tests in Hong Kong have gone underway. Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) recently conducted formal signal tests for digital terrestrial television (DTT) channels by broadcasting the services from the Temple Hill station. According to the company, about half of all TV households in the city-state should have been able to receive broadcasting signals from one HD and two SD RTHK channels in this test. The other three transmission stations located at Golden Hill, Castle Peak and Kowloon … [Read more...] about RTHK launches digital terrestrial television signal test
15% of Australian households now own at least one tablet device
The findings of the Australian Multi-Screen Report, released today and covering the first quarter of 2012, have shown that while an estimated 15 percent of Australian households now own at least one tablet device, these new technologies are not distracting consumers from broadcast television. Instead, they are keeping consumers engaged with broadcast television, and enable them to watch when and where they like. Watching any video content on tablets grew from just 2 percent of the total online … [Read more...] about 15% of Australian households now own at least one tablet device
Asia Pacific to add 440 million digital TV homes by 2017
Asia Pacific is undergoing a digital TV boom that will see penetration increase from 36 percent in 2011 to 83 percent in 2017 – or up by 440 million homes, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. Digital TV Asia Pacific forecasts that China alone will provide 268 million of the additional digital TV homes, with India adding 82 million. Of the 440 million digital homes to be added between 2011 and 2017, 103 million will come from DTT. Digital cable will contribute a further 195 … [Read more...] about Asia Pacific to add 440 million digital TV homes by 2017
Digitalizing down under
New technologies such as personal video recorders (PVRs), Internet-delivered video, tablets and smartphones, coupled with rising up-take of digital terrestrial television (DTT), are increasingly impacting Australians’ TV viewing habits. According to the first Australian Multi-Screen Report – compiled collaboratively by Nielsen, and OzTAM and Regional TAM, Australia's official television audience measurement providers, traditional viewing of broadcast content remains strong but … [Read more...] about Digitalizing down under
