Carphone Warehouse, the British mobile phone retail chain, in conjunction with the London School of Economics, has released its fifth Mobile Life report, a comprehensive study into the technology usage habits of children and adults in the UK and US. While the press release stresses online safety concerns for children, with a significant difference between… [Read more…]
January 30, 2007 by Ingjerd Jevnaker
Online TV and video will generate global revenues of $6.3bn (£3.2bn) by 2012, according to Informa’s report Online TV and Video: Beyond User-Generated Content. The report found that revenues will increase by ten times in the next five years. UK revenues will leap from $42m (£21.5m) in 2006 to $364m (£186m) in 2009 and $708m… [Read more…]
January 27, 2007 by Ingjerd Jevnaker
DAVOS: The Internet is set to revolutionise television within five years, due to an explosion of online video content and the merging of PCs and TV sets, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said on Saturday. “I’m stunned how people aren’t seeing that with TV, in five years from now, people will laugh at what we’ve had,”… [Read more…]
January 23, 2007 by Ingjerd Jevnaker
JupiterResearch has found that there is no industry consensus regarding business models or expectations for video delivered via TV, PC and mobile devices. Detailed in a new report, “Programming for Three Screens: Leverage PC and Mobile Video to Support Core TV Efforts,” media company and consumer interest in broadband video continues to grow, but strategies… [Read more…]
January 8, 2007 by Ingjerd Jevnaker
Teens are more likely to reinforce existing friendships than seek new friends through social networking, according to a survey by Pew Internet and American Life Project (the organisation that produces reports on how the internet impacts on families, communities, civic and political life). The survey of 935 US teens found that 55% use social networking… [Read more…]
December 1, 2006 by Ingjerd Jevnaker
Demand for video now rivals music online, according to a recent survey. The study, commissioned by iCrossing and carried out by Harris Interactive, noted that video formats like movies, clips, television shows, and sporting events are rapidly attracting more attention from media-hungry consumers. Specifically, the poll found that 46 percent of online adults in the… [Read more…]
November 30, 2006 by Ingjerd Jevnaker
A quarter of UK internet users go on social networking sites, according to a report by the European Interactive Advertising Association. The survey of 7,000 people across Europe revealed teenagers and young adults spend the most time on social networks, with 32% visiting one at least once a month, compared to the European average of… [Read more…]
November 27, 2006 by Ingjerd Jevnaker
(from BBC News, published Monday 27/11) Video sharing site YouTube has taken online viewing to the masses The online video boom is starting to eat into TV viewing time, an ICM survey of 2,070 people for the BBC suggests. Some 43% of Britons who watch video from the internet or on a mobile device at… [Read more…]
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October 9, 2008 by Ingjerd Jevnaker
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