PTV and satellite sectors compensated for churned cable subscribers (and more) by netting over 770,000 new subscribers per quarter
the total number of TV subscriptions grew by almost two million subscribers since Q3 2008, and the growth in digital cable subscriptions increased the sector's video ARPU by a healthy 7 per cent.
y did subscription TV households shrink since 1 April, 2010
churn contagion has reached the digital side
digital growth seems to be slowing down for most other cable operators as well
They collectively added 380,000 digital subs in Q3 2010, down from 636,000 in Q2 and 860,000 in Q1
reduced digital subscriber growth rates in the near future or even net losses.
ge (in basic or digital subscriptions alike) has been blamed on macroeconomic weakness.
Providers insist that they have not seen evidence of 'cord-cutting'
ite' TV packages, like the one being launched by TWC, are meant to counter the adverse impact of the economy by making subscription TV affordable
confirmed that these losses have been caused, not by higher than usual gross churn rates, but by historically low demand for new connections.
ative of 'cord-abstinence' whereby younger, more tech-savvy households forgo subscription T
Spotify has so far converted less than 5 per cent of its userbase to paying subscribers, while France's Deezer has a meagre 0.3 per cent conversion rate,
Deezer and Spotify are accessible on iOS and Android devices)
Game publishers have begun to tie virtual goods or currency to “real world” purchases from advertising partners (spend $50 at the Gap, get 20 Facebook Credits, for example).
Advertisers can also use in-game ads to get in front of consumers before there is purchase intent.
number of devices connected to IP networks will be twice as high as the global population in 2015.
In 2010, only 3 percent of Internet traffic originated with non-PC devices, but by 2015 the non-PC share of Internet traffic will grow to 15 percent.
TVs, tablets, smartphones, and machine-to-machine (M2M) modules will have growth rates of 101 percent, 216 percent, 144 percent, and 258 percent, respectively
Stephen Fry's endorsement to his 450,000 followers on Twitter also helped
broadcaster and gadget enthusiast has recorded boos, complete with audience participation, while hosting TV show QI and at the recording of the new series of the Radio 4 programme I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. At one point Fry's first boo was being listened to 46 times a second
hen Chris Moyles starting using the service and playing Blackburn's boos on his Radio 1 breakfast show earlier this month that it began to go mainstream
Letting your listeners generate great audio will really transform your radio station
It's difficult to convey emotions in text, but it comes across immediately in the voice,
AudioBoo channels for the library's sound archive to help members of the public build up its research collection.