Wal-Mart has announced it is to acquire online video service Vudu. The acquisition addresses some of the princ...

Digital retail significantly underperformed in 2009 and the continued marketing of an unattractive EST proposi...

New evidence from viewer research in the UK suggests that owners of digital video recorders (DVRs) time-shift...

Elements for strong, sustainable advertising growth are in place

Germany heads the list as TV licence fees continue to face pressure

Dubai leads the building revolution with digital to the fore

The smartphone ecosystem continues to grow and evolve. Almost every type of company with a stake in mobile con...

Mobile Market Monitor: Games Q4 2009 ^NEW

This quarterly report combines Mobile Media Intelligence data and analyst commentary covering publishers' financial results, new title releases, mobile games market revenues and forecasts in areas covered by Screen Digest Mobile Media Intelligence: Europe, North America, Japan, South Korea, India and China.

EPGs and TV Middleware Applications: Market assessment and forecasts to 2014 ^NEW

This report is a collaboration between Screen Digest and Goldmedia and analyses the market and competitive situation for television Electronic Programme Guides (EPGs) in Western Europe. A special focus is the changing role of the EPG: from the electronic equivalent of a programme guide magazine to an interactive, personalized and integrated entertainment guide. The most influential factors for current and future development are analyzed and assessed, including EPG revenue and user potential to 2014.

Big Media Investment in Games: The competitive challenge

This research aims to assess the new games industry strategies of a selection of media companies in the USA and Europe to gauge their likelihood of success and their impact on the games sector. The research comprises six separate chapters, looking specifically at Disney, Warner Bros., Viacom, News Corp, NBC Universal and a selection of major European media companies. Disney, Warner Bros. and Viacom alone have spent over $3bn since 2004 on games company acquisitions and game development investments underlining the scale of their ambition to compete directly with established pure-play games publishers.

Games Market Monitor: Acquisitions and Funding in 2009

The overarching view of 2009's funding and acquisition activity in games is a stark division between emerging facets of online PC gaming and traditional gaming. The former sees a surge of investment interest, while the latter is relegated to acquisition opportunity, as studios are snapped up in the wake of multiple significant closures in 2009. Social gaming, in particular, comes to the fore, with companies such as Zynga and Playfish reaping centre-stage attention amongst booming activity on Facebook and other networks.

Mobile Market Monitor: Funding and M&A trends Q4 2009

Screen Digest continues its research on funding and M&A activity in the mobile industry deriving quarterly as well as industry trends for the period starting Q1 2007. This report looks at Q4 2009 and combines Mobile Intelligence data and analyst commentary covering global mobile funding and M&A deals.