Looking for Real-Time Entertainment? Xbox Marks the Spot.
As we reported in our Fall 2011 Internet Phenomena Report, 55% of all Real-Time Entertainment traffic in the United States now goes to devices other than PCs. By far the biggest driver of that traffic...
View ArticleSuper Bowl Causes a Super Dip in Internet Traffic
In the U.S., Sunday’s big game was not only the most watched Super Bowl ever, it was also the most watched television program of all time. With so many people tuned in to their TVs, we thought it...
View ArticleThe Lang, O’Leary, and Sandvine Exchange
The fine folks at the CBC’s Lang & O’Leary Exchange got a hold of our recently released Global Internet Phenomena Report: 1H 2012 and invited me down to have a chat about some of its findings. It...
View ArticleKeeping Tabs on Tablets at The Cable Show
Take a trip around The Cable Show in Boston last week and it’s hard to imagine that just three years ago nobody would have had a tablet in their hands. Fast forward to 2012 and virtually every cable...
View ArticleGoing for the Streaming Gold
The London 2012 Olympic Games have only been officially underway for three days now and in the US many of the events are setting television rating records. TV is not the only way to watch this year’s...
View ArticleOlympic Update: Men’s 100m Race
The Men’s 100m track race is considered by many to be the marquee event of the summer Olympics. The race is such a big deal, the family reunion I was attending made our lunch and dinner plans around...
View ArticleSuper Bowl XLVII: The Return of the Super Dip
For the second year in a row, the Super Bowl was streamed online for viewers in the US. While many might think the big game might cause big demand on fixed access networks, the truth is while everyone...
View ArticleTraffic Spotlight: MLB Opening Day
I love baseball. In fact, as I write this blog post I am about to head out from work to watch the Toronto Blue Jays home opener live and in person tonight. While Sandvine’s hometown/national team is...
View ArticleThe Importance of Measuring Peak Growth
Last week, we published our latest Global Internet Phenomena Report. In it we reported that mean monthly usage on North American fixed access networks is virtually unchanged from our last report...
View ArticleSANDVINE: A LOOK BACK AT 2013
It’s early 2014 and we are recovering from the holiday season and starting to get back to our routines. What better time to look back at the events of 2013 and see how they impacted internet usage...
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