Gaming has provided a healthy distraction during the Covid-19 outbreak, promoting social connection and interaction during a particularly unsettling time. While many consumer-focused industries have struggled during the first half of 2020, gaming has shown itself to be resistant to the global pandemic. Following a record-breaking year in 2019, with gaming software generating $143 billion […]

Netflix has weathered the Covid-19 storm extremely well compared to competitors such as Disney, says data and analytics company Globaldata. Netflix’s market capitalisation, at market close on April 21st, was $190.4 billion (€175.2bn), which is higher than Disney, Exxon and IBM, and up from $142 billion on December 31st 2019. It has also announced quarterly […]

The Internet has overtaken TV as the main place Australians turn for their news, according to findings from Roy Morgan Research, which suggest that 12.7 million Australians (60.6 per cent, up 2.8ppts from 57.8 per cent in mid-2018) now use the Internet including: social media – 37.6 per cent; news or newspaper websites or apps […]

Following the news that Facebook is launching its gaming app two months earlier than planned, Rupantar Guha, Senior Analyst of Thematic Research at GlobalData, offers his view on the move: “By launching early, Facebook is attempting to exploit the increase in streaming caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the platform currently lacks the influential game […]

With Netflix about to unveil its all-important quarterly results amid expectations that the ongoing pandemic will boost subscriptions, analyst firm Futuresource Consulting has reflected on 2019 as being Netflix’s best ever year for net subscriber additions (net adds), highlighting countries which are showing significant momentum as well as looking at factors that may see a […]

The BBC has unveiled record numbers of viewers have been watching content on its iPlayer platform during this unprecedented period. March 23rd was iPlayer’s most popular day ever, with a record 20.4 million requests to stream programmes on the service, as the Prime Minister addressed the nation. This is the first time iPlayer has seen […]

UK comms regulator Ofcom has published its latest weekly research on how people are receiving and acting on news and information during the current Coronavirus pandemic. The report summarises the findings from week three of the ‘lockdown’, including how people’s experiences and behaviour has changed since the previous weeks. It shows, among other things, that: […]

Fans missing sports tuned to ESPN and ESPN2 in droves to watch the first two episodes of The Last Dance, the 10-part documentary series about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls’ quest to win a sixth NBA title in eight years. The Last Dance averaged 6.1 million viewers in the US for episodes 1 and […]

Despite resulting in revenue pressures from slowing sales and consumer demand for new products, many major carriers say they still have the cash flow to move ahead with 5G deployments, says data and analytics company GlobalData. “No one can say for sure what impact the Covid-19 pandemic will have on the progress of 5G globally, […]