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Report: AR/VR now a two speed market

AR/VR has become a two speed market, with mobile AR set to have over twice the installed base at launch in 2017 than the entire AR/VR headset market by 2021. Apple ARKit, Google ARCore and Facebook Camera Effects platforms could have 900 million installed base by the end of 2018, with their launch changing the […]

October 3, 2017

OTT TV revenues to reach $83bn

Online TV episode and movie revenues for 138 countries will reach $83 billion (€70.4bn) in 2022; more than double the $37 billion recorded in 2016, according to the Global OTT TV & Video Forecasts report from Digital TV Research, which estimates that $9 billion will be added in 2017 alone. The US will remain the […]

October 2, 2017

IDATE: OTT becoming natural candidate for regulation

The OTT competitive landscape is dominated by a handful of players with a worldwide approach, according to an IDATE report. They clearly have a dominant position in data-based markets such as search, ecommerce, cloud, social networks, online advertising, says the research and consultancy firm. This obviously raises regulation

October 2, 2017

Report: UK broadband, mobile markets ‘concentrated’

The Social Market Foundation (SMF) – an independent, non-partisan think tank – says that big companies in UK sectors such as broadband, mobile telephony and personal banking don’t face enough competition, meaning that consumers are hit with a lack of choice, higher prices and underinvestment, suggesting that part of the increased concentration seen in the […]

October 2, 2017By Colin Mann

France: Catch-up continues to grow

Catch-up TV totalled 506.9 millions views in July in France, down 7 per cent over one month but up 1.5 per cent over the year to 3.9 billion videos viewed. Some 79.5 per cent of French broadband users watch catch-up, and  TV remains the most popular device to watch on. According to the CNC monthly […]

October 2, 2017From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Analyst: VR headsets to drive near-term growth

International Data Corporation (IDC) is forecasting the combined augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headset market to reach 13.7 million units in 2017, growing to 81.2 million units by 2021 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 56.1 per cent. According to new forecast data from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual […]

October 2, 2017

LatAm mobile market reached 689m lines in Q2

According to Dataxis, Latin American mobile market reached 689.6 million lines in the second quarter of 2017 and generated revenues of $ 16 billion, with a monthly ARPU (average revenue per user) of US $ 7.75. The top ten groups accumulated 90.8 per cent of the lines and 85.1 per cent of the revenues. In […]

September 29, 2017

Ofcom: BT broadband and TV still earn most complaints

BT has continued its run as the UK’s most complained about ISP, according to Ofcom data. The company attracted 28 complaints per 100,000 customers for the service during Q2 (April to June 2017). BT has now been ranked the worst out of the UK’s six major broadband providers for the fifth quarter in a row, […]

September 28, 2017

RTL: “Global linear TV consumption stable”

European media network, RTL, has launched its latest annual Total Video Key Facts – a television yearbook and interactive database reference on global TV trends. The main findings:

September 28, 2017

US continues to add linear OTT pay-TV subs

The pay-TV market in US fell to 0.1 per cent to reach 100.2 million subscribers in the second quarter of 2017 compared to the previous quarter. However, linear OTT pay-TV continue to add subscribers (+49.6 per cent with 4.4 million subscribers) and thus contribute to the prevention of the global trend of market erosion that […]

September 28, 2017