US digital advertising revenues reached a landmark high of $28.4 billion (€25.3bn) in the first quarter of 2019. This is the industry’s strongest Q1 on record, according to the latest IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report figures released by IAB and prepared by PwC US. Digital revenue for Q1 2019 estimates rose 18 per cent over […]
European and US internet audiences are increasingly watching online video on smartphones and Smart TVs, reports Ampere Analysis. Growth is strongest in Europe, with a
Following the success of BBC Click’s personalised, interactive episode, the Corporation’s R&D team is continuing to explore object-based formats powered by its StoryKit tool. For its latest project, it commissioned independent production company Spirit to produce Instagramifaction, a documentary about the good, the bad and the ugly of the world’s fastest-growing social network. Following research […]
Strategy Analytics latest data on the VR headset market shows a decline in annual hardware revenues for the first time. Data shows this revenue decline is confined to the low value segment, where Google’s Cardboard and Daydream products are losing traction. The VR Headset Forecast by Device Type shows continued growth in the Console and […]
BT internet traffic saw an 40 per cent increase in traffic in the space of an hour when Fortnite Season 10 was released in the UK at 9am on August 4th. Fortnite, played by 250 million gamers, recently
The UK’s fascination with this summer’s Women’s World Cup has helped create an extra 2.4 million fans of women’s football since the tournament began. MediaCom, in association with talkSPORT, who surveyed 2,000 consumers across the UK before and after the tournament, found that half (50 per cent) of this year’s viewers hadn’t watched the 2015 […]
Research from Parks Associates finds the average standalone pay-TV service ARPU (average revenue per user) declined 10 per cent from 2016 to 2018, when consumer-reported monthly spending on pay-TV declined from $84 (€75.70) to $76. According to 360 View: Entertainment Services in the US, pricing pressure for
Digital listening share has increased to 56 per cent, up from 50.2 per cent in Q2 2018, boosted by the growing popularity of smart speakers and listening online and via apps, according to RAJAR Q2 2019 data. Across all platforms, digital listening grew by 58.9 million hours or 11.6 per cent year on year. Listening […]
UK and global consumers overwhelmingly agree that online digital technology has positively impacted their lives according to the State of Digital Lifestyles research report from Limelight Networks, a provider of edge cloud services. The survey of consumers in nine countries shows digital device adoption is on the rise, but performance frustrations and security concerns remain. […]
ABI Research, a global tech market advisory firm, expects the virtual reality (VR) market to hit an inflection point within the next two years, driven by new incremental advances in technology and hardware (including lower prices), increased traction in the enterprise/commercial markets, and healthy interest in the new standalone HMDs. Despite this expected growth, reaching […]