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Motorola: DVRs drive 29 percent of TV viewing
Nearly one-third of the content that cable and satellite TV subscribers watch each week is programs recorded on digital video recorders, Motorola Mobility said Tuesday. The set-top and mobile device manufacturer said it found in its fourth annual Media Engagement Barometer study that live TV viewing remains the most popular option.
Video gateways lead parade of top cable technologies
Video gateways, so-called "super DVRs," are seen as a way for MSOs to beat back competition from satellite providers like DirecTV , with its Genie, and Dish , with its Hopper.
Consumers use online streaming as DVR substitute
Online video is a substitute for DVRs, not television, a study by TVGuide.com has revealed.
Comcast, Dish pursue radically different advertising strategies
If every multichannel provider were to deploy DVRs containing technology similar to the " Auto Hop " commercial skipper that Charlie Ergen's Dish Network ( Nasdaq: DISH ) unveiled Thursday, there would
Deloitte: 9% of consumers have cut cord on pay TV
About 9 percent of U.S. cable and satellite TV subscribers have cancelled their pay TV subscriptions, and about 11 percent of consumers are thinking about cutting the cord on pay TV, Deloitte reports
Verizon to deploy media gateway devices in FiOS homes
Verizon ( NYSE: VZ ) plans to begin deploying gateway devices in homes of its FiOS TV subscribers later this year which will allow it to deliver live TV and DVR programming to multiple TVs connected
Nielsen: TV homes will decline in 2012
About 3 percent of U.S. homes don't have a TV, which is the highest level since 1975, according to Nielsen. The ratings firm also projects that the number of TV homes will decline from 115.9 million
LRG report: Cable VoD viewing rises to 62% in September
About 62 percent of digital cable subscribers have accessed video-on-demand programming in the last month, compared to 52 percent last year, according to a report from Leichtman Research Group. LRG
Motorola: Most U.S. MSOs pursuing network DVR launches
Following Cablevision's ( NYSE: CVC ) lead, most U.S. cable MSOs will launch network-based DVRs within the next 18 to 24 months, according to top cable gear vendor Motorola Mobility ( NYSE: MMI ). "By
Study: Millennials watch more video through DVRs, VOD and Web
In addition to watching more video online than older viewers, millennials are watching more content through DVRs and video-on-demand platforms, according to a study from The Boston Consulting Group.
