Syndicated Reports
TDG regularly publishes some of the most forward-thinking analyses in the legacy and broadband TV industry. In fact, we predicted the impact that broadband video would have on legacy TV years before the term ‘OTT’ came into existence. And we continue to be years ahead of other research firms in the topics we address and the methods we use to do so.
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Live Linear Encoding — A Primer
Summary Watching TV via the Internet continues to become more common. The technical barriers are giving way and the business reasons for avoiding it...
Testing Price & Brand of Broadband TV Services
Summary To date, over-the-top (OTT) TV offerings have primarily played a supplementary role in the TV experiences of US consumers. In the next few...
The Maturation of Netflix: Forecasts & Analysis
Summary When Netflix first launched in 1998 as an innovative DVD-by-mail subscription service it would have been difficult to imagine that 15 years...
Net-Connected TV User Dimensions
Summary The diffusion of net-connected televisions among US broadband households (BB HHs) is presently around 60%. Assuming broadband diffusion of 90...
The Future of TV: A View from 2013
Summary The future of TV is an app. Smartphones and tablets are leading the way, training millions of users how to visit an app store to choose and...
A Review of 2013 TV Everywhere Deployment Status
Summary The rollout of TV Everywhere is less than halfway complete on a subscriber-weighted basis due to business negotiation friction between the...
In‐Home CE and Home Network Ecosystem ‐ 2013
Summary This report outlines the consumer electronic, home network, and PC ecosystem within the broadband household. We assess ownership, room...
Social TV: Myths, Facts, and the Future
Summary Social TV is real, but it is not what you think. Social TV is not a thing (or an app or an industry) at all, but a behavior, a new way of...
Global Smartphone Streaming Video Consumption: 2012-2017
Summary This paper forecasts the number of smartphones capable of receiving high-quality streaming video (from high-quality mobile networks), and...
Relevance of Audio Quality in Smart TV, Tablet, and Smartphone Purchases
Summary You will see from this report that the quality of audio when watching video — whether on a smart TV, tablet, or smartphone — matters...