Even before the enforced lockdown in New Zealand, data from research firm Roy Morgan shows Netflix, Lightbox and Amazon Prime Video experienced double digit growth in viewership and new entrant Apple TV captured a large audience over the past twelve months. Netflix is the most watched service, with well over two million New Zealand viewers. […]
Strategy Analytics wireless smartphones team has released ‘China Smartphone: Consumer Purchase Intentions Post Covid-19’ based on a survey of 1,300 consumers March 21st – 25th. The report concludes that although Chinese are more optimistic about a rapid sling shot return to normal than US or European consumers, smartphone replacement and 5G adoption have certainly been […]
Content demand data specialist Parrot Analytics has tracked increases and decreases in demand for various content genres since the global Covid-19 pandemic gave rise to lockdowns around the world. Its resultant study shows differences in genre trends between the US and Europe, as well as between specific European markets. For the US study, Parrot Analytics […]
Police and counter-terrorism authorities are investigating acts of arson against mobile phone masts in the UK. Mobile industry trade body the GSMA condemns these acts of violence designed to weaken communications networks in a time of crisis. “Our vision at the GSMA is to unlock the power of connectivity so that people, industry and society […]
Covid-19 is prompting a shift in UK households’ digital activity. According to EY’s survey of 2,000 UK consumers, many consumers are increasing usage of services they already have – 29 per cent have used TV streaming services more often, 30 per cent report an increase in home working via collaboration applications and 35 per cent […]
The implications of Covid-19 are as wide ranging as they are long lasting. As the world attempts to navigate the current pandemic, consumer behaviour is changing in key ways. A new report from the User Experience Strategies Service (UXS) at Strategy Analytics has examined the likely long-term impact of the pandemic on consumer usage of […]
TV consumption in Portugal during the second half of March skyrocketed by over 40 per cent on the previous month, with an average daily viewing time of 7 hours and 7 minutes per person. The data, provided by local media Media Capital, which owned national commercial broadcaster TVI, also highlighted a drop of audience for […]
Mobile app intelligence specialist Apptopia, and customer engagement platform Braze have revealed key findings from a joint report, 2020: The Year of Streaming, analysing the state of the streaming industry, with streaming poised for a breakout year in 2020. Disney+ has demonstrated that new streaming services can enter a crowded market and be successful, and […]
French TV measurement company Médiametrie has released its TV audience share data for March 2020 and which shows that daily viewing has jumped from 3 hours 50 minutes (in February) to 4 hours 29 minutes as viewing hours rose sharply as people are confined to their homes. Médiametrie says adding in viewing on ‘other devices’ […]
Despite proactive reductions in streaming quality by many of the largest OTT providers, European business hours broadband consumption has risen at varying levels, with a blended growth rate of approximately 65 per cent and overall usage growing more than 30 per cent, according to broadband industry analytics and technology solutions provider OpenVault. The insights comparing […]