OTT access revenue in the US topped $11.9 billion (€9.6bn) in 2017, a 41 per cent increase over the prior year and is expected to maintain that momentum for the foreseeable future, according to the Convergence Research Group study, The Battle for the American Couch Potato: OTT, TV, Online. The report says OTT revenue (based […]
The Trump administration’s proposed tariffs on TVs from China would increase the price Americans pay for TVs, costing US consumers an estimated $711 million (€574m) over the next year, according to a study commissioned by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and National Retail Federation (NRF). “These proposed tariffs are bad for the economy, businesses and […]
While the SVoD market only currently stands at around 25 per cent of the pay-TV market in MENA, this is set to increase to more than 50 per cent by 2020 according to a study by information, insight and analytics specialist IHS Markit. A booming industry full of hope and expectations, the OTT market is […]
Netflix’s share price has been in the doldrums for the past two weeks or so (currently about $311 [€251] a share, compared to $331 a month ago) but still vastly ahead of its position a year ago ($140). The buoyancy and – in general – upward trajectory is almost entirely because of a matching optimism […]
The number of subscribers to pay-TV in Korea keeps falling, especially among the younger generation and one-person households. According to research by the Korea Information Society Development Institute, the service termination rate reached 6.86 per cent last year, up from 6.54 per cent the year before. The rate had fallen from 5.97 per cent in […]
China holds a narrow lead in overall 5G readiness ahead of South Korea and the US, according to a report from global telecommunications research firm, Analysys Mason for US mobile industry trade body the CTIA. Underscoring the importance of America maintaining its global wireless leadership, additional research by Recon Analytics found that US 4G leadership […]
Global pay-TV revenues peaked in 2016 at $205 billion (€166bn), according to the Global Pay TV Revenue Forecasts report from Digital TV Research. Revenues will fall by 11 per cent to $183 billion in 2023, despite the number of pay-TV subscribers rising by 9 per cent. Revenues per subscriber are declining as more homes convert […]
According to Dataxis latest research, as at 2017, Latin America reached 18.2 million of active paid account subscribed to an SVoD service. This means an annual increase of 29.8 per cent. Such volume is equal to 25.2 per cent of the total fixed broadband accesses, which indicates it has more room to growth. Netflix remains […]
In 2017, global consumer expenditure on entertainment content (video, games and music) worldwide continued to climb. By 2021, this spend is set to reach $439 billion (€355bn) globally, a 17 per cent increase from 2017, according to the latest Global Entertainment Content Outlook report from Futuresource Consulting. “As expected, TV and Video account for the […]
Paul Gray, Research Director at IHS Markit, expects modest global sales of 8K displays initially, and with China taking the largest portion of potential interest. He says next year, despite the launch of 8K transmissions this coming December from Japan’s NHK public broadcaster, to be less than 1 million units globally. By 2020, and perhaps