A report from IHS Media & Technology says that some well-established cable channels are facing a “perfect storm” from the twin threats of cord-cutting and ever-rising sports rights costs. IHS says that case in point is sports giant ESPN, which has seen overall subscriber numbers crash from 99 million in September 2013 to 88 million […]
Pay-TV is significantly growing in Spain with over 6.7 million subscribers in the first quarter, up 10.4 per cent year-on-year (6.09 million last year), according to an update from regulator CNMC. In the first quarter, pay -TV grew by 6.1 per cent adding 137,000 subs and totalling €556.6 million revenues versus €427.5 million in the […]
There are now more than one billion fixed broadband subscribers worldwide, the Broadband Forum has revealed during Broadband World Forum 2018. The achievement – which has been confirmed by market analysis firm Point Topic – follows the release of Point Topic’s World Broadband Statistics Q2 2018 report which saw the number of fixed broadband subscribers […]
According to retail group John Lewis & Partners, 2018 marked the year that small TVs fell out of favour with UK consumer. Analysis of extensive internal data gives an insight into the products which fell out of favour, the trends that soared and the themes which dominated the year. According to the latest edition of […]
It is a fact that the use of dedicated streaming devices is correlated with lower uptake of traditional pay-TV services. However, research from The Diffusion Group (TDG) finds that one brand is particularly detrimental to legacy interests: Roku. In its ninth iteration of Benchmarking the Connected Consumer, TDG found that 35 per cent of Roku […]
Instagram has overtaken Snapchat as the most used social media app among US teens, according to a study by investment bank Piper Jaffray. A total of 8,600 teenagers were surveyed
According to a consumer survey from Strategy Analytics, the most popular smart speaker model in the US is the Amazon Echo, which accounts for 23 per cent of all smart speakers in use. Including all its models, Amazon accounts for 63 per cent of smart speakers in use, while Google accounts for 17 per cent […]
Pay-TV is the worst rated service in Spain with 18.6 per cent households dissatisfied with it, according to a report from media regulator CNMC. Despite the fact that more and more Spaniards watch pay TV, with 6.1 million pay TV homes in the country, the dissatisfaction with the service(s) is higher than that in electricity […]
Respondents to the Broadband World Forum Survey are optimistic despite an industry undergoing rapid change. Some 69 per cent reported positive growth with 19 per cent reporting business had “rocketed” over the past 12 months. While market competition has propelled investment in gigabit broadband, trials leading to roll out of 5G services, fixed mobile convergence […]
According to the last SVoD Barometer conducted by Médiamétrie, 30 per cent of French online users aged six years and older used an SVoD service during the past 12 months, which is 10 points higher than in December 2017. This means that an estimated 13.6 million people watch series, films, documentaries or cartoons via a […]