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• US TV Viewers Embrace High Definition ; Rarely Use Pay-Per-View, According to ABI Research Survey

  - 2008-03-25

  NEW YORK -- In December of 2007 ABI Research conducted an online survey of 1002 television and video consumers in the United States. Its aim was to measure American consumers' viewing and content/service purchasing habits and preferences - information of critical importance to all members of today's video entertainment value...

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• ABI Research Consumer Survey Clarifies US TV Viewers' Often Baffling Habits

  - 2008-03-06

  NEW YORK -- ABI Research conducted an online survey of 1002 consumers in December, 2007, aimed at discovering how US residents view their service providers, what technologies and programming they use, and their price sensitivity towards available service offerings. The details of this revealing survey are contained in a free...

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• Apple TV Leads a Struggling Breed of Retail-Based Internet Video Devices, Says ABI Research

  - 2007-12-17

  NEW YORK -- A new breed of retail-based Internet video delivery devices has emerged over the past few years, the most notable being Apple TV. However ABI Research notes that these devices have had difficulty resonating with consumers, largely due to their higher prices and competition from legacy set-top boxes,...

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• The Launch of Hulu Signals a New Phase in the Broadband Video Market; but Risks Exist for Large TV Networks in an Online World, According to ABI Research

  - 2007-11-05

  NEW YORK -- Recent news concerning NBC and News Corporation's Hulu joint-venture includes the launch of its recent site in beta mode, signaling that the broadband video market has entered into a new phase.

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• DLNA and Universal Plug and Play Will Enable 2.7 Billion Phones, TVs, and Other Devices to Join Home Networks by 2012, Says ABI Research

  - 2007-10-25

  NEW YORK -- One of the untold stories of home networking has been the success of Universal Plug and Play and DLNA, two software frameworks aimed at aiding consumers in creating connections between disparate devices on the home network. UPnP is pervasive in nearly all home networking hardware shipped today...

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• For Mobile TV, Says ABI Research, Technology Is No Longer the Issue

  - 2007-10-09

  NEW YORK -- As recently as 2001, some mobile communications experts were saying that mobile television might be a reality within 20 years, but would probably arrive much later because the technical problems were so difficult. Yet only half a dozen years later, according to a new study from ABI...

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• PC/TV Integration: ABI Research Forecasts PC-Based TV Tuner Card Shipments to Exceed 40 Million in 2011

  - 2007-03-29

  NEW YORK -- Any computer equipped with a TV tuner card can display and record television programming. A new study from ABI Research shows the total worldwide PC TV tuner market growing from about 15 million units 2006 to 41 million units in 2011.

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• Looming Analog Switch-off Dates Are Forcing TV Broadcasters to "Think Digital," says ABI Research

  - 2007-01-24

  NEW YORK -- With Digital Terrestrial Television DTT subscriber numbers set to expand from less than 36 million in 2006 to 89 million in 2012 and broadcasters preparing for digital switch-over, the market dynamics of local and regional over-the-air video transmission is quickly changing. The result will be growth in...

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• ABI Research Finds Japanese and South Korean Mobile Handsets Leading the World in Mobile TV, Digital Imaging, and Display Innovation

  - 2006-10-25

  SINGAPORE -- Japanese and South Korean consumers are early adopters of new technologies, and today, nearly 14% of all mobile handsets in South Korea support Digital Mobile Broadcast television. This high percentage is just one indicator of the continuing flow of innovation coming from Korean and Japanese handset designers, a...

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• Study: 4 million users to sign up for mobile TV in the U.S. next year.(Metrics)

  - 2006-09-25

  Roughly 4 million U.S. consumers will subscribe to mobile broadcasts from dedicated, multimedia networks such as Qualcomm Inc.'s MediaFlo by the end of next year, according to new figures from ABI Research. The market research firm predicted that carriers will increasingly ...

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