Nearly 50% of consumers are using another electronic device while watching TV at home, according to findings from a new wave of 'Living with Digital' consumer research carried out by Futuresource Consulting.

The worldwide satellite STB market has experienced slow to negative growth in recent years as both the number of subscribers and the conversion from SD to HD has impacted the market. That trend is about to change as new In-Stat (www.in-stat.com) research forecasts that digital satellite STB unit shipments will grow by nearly 14% in 2012.

IDATE has released recently its report "Online Video: Uses, Markets, delivery technologies/CDN” which spotlights both the online consumer and video delivery market with a segmentation of key services and key metrics on usage. It analyzes revenue models (ad, pay, freemium, bundling) and proposes key player and event case studies. It assesses the key technology for online video delivery (including CDN) and presents the main solutions regarding platforms, protocols and delivery solutions. It identifies the key drivers and provides forecasts.

In its new Traffic and Market Data report, which provides insights into current trends, Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) forecasts a 10-fold increase in mobile data traffic by 2016. The report is based on measurements the company recorded over several years in live networks covering all regions of the world.

According to a new market report from the telecom research firm Berg Insight, the global market for location-based services (LBS) platforms and middleware will see steady growth in the coming years, with demand primarily driven by emergency call and lawful intercept mandates. Annual revenues for mobile location platforms, including A-GPS servers and middleware platforms, are projected to grow from about US$ 150 million in 2010 to US$ 300 million in 2016.

comScore, Inc. released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that 182 million U.S. Internet users, nearly  50% of the U.S. population, watched online video content in September  for an average of 19.5 hours per viewer. The total U.S. Internet audience engaged in 39.8 billion video views.

Top 10 Video Content Properties by Unique Viewers

Sales of digital home devices will increase between 2011 and 2015, with more than 2 billion units expected to be sold in 2015, according to a report by consulting firm IDATE. The Digital home and connectable devices market report which provides readers with a detailed inventory of the internet-ready device market: TVs, set-top boxes, digital media boxes, computers, portable media players, etc.

--Global mobile video traffic will account for more than 60% of global mobile data traffic by 2016, according to a new report entitled Mobile TV & Video: Market Drivers and Challenges Report 2011-2016 by Visiongain. The global mobile video market will increase at a CAGR of 28% with revenues reaching $22.5 billion by 2016."

Growth continues in the IP set top box market as boxes will be used by pay-TV providers other than telco TV operators. New telco TV subscribers and replacement cycles are other growth drivers, according to a new report by Research and Markets entitled "Worldwide IP Set Top Boxes." This PowerPoint report provides five-year unit shipment, revenue, ASP, HD, HD DVR, and bill of material forecasts for IP set top boxes. Worldwide market share data for 2009 and 2010 is also included.

IP set top boxes are mostly used by telcos who offer video services over their fiber and DSL networks

The availability of wireless access to the Internet away from the home or office is not only becoming more pervasive, but consumers are actively seeking it out.  A 2009 study by Wakefield Research for the WiFi Alliance indicated that 79% of the 480 business-class passengers polled would take the availability of in-flight Internet into account when choosing an airline.