Findings from the 2018 Pay-TV Innovation Forum, the survey of pay-TV industry executives globally carried out by content protection and TV solutions specialist NAGRA, and MTM, an international research and strategy consultancy, suggest that the pay-TV industry in Asia Pacific is experiencing significant challenges, driven by the proliferation of high-quality OTT services and widespread piracy. […]
The world’s two largest satellite operators, Intelsat and SES, have enjoyed remarkable valuations of their US-focused C-band spectrum, and the prospects of the FCC permitting a restructuring of that spectrum in favour of 5G. However, the prospective valuations depend on US wireless telcos paying reasonably competitive prices for the spectrum on offer. The formula to […]
Standard Media Index, the advertising intelligence firm, has unveiled US advertising revenue figures for the second quarter of the year (April – June). The National Advertising market gained 5 per cent in Q2, despite a modest decline in National TV when factoring out the World Cup. Looking across platforms, Digital was the strongest performer this […]
In mid-2018 there are now 20.2 million Australians aged 14+, who each had 8,760 hours to spend over the last 12 months equalling a total of 177 billion hours in the year to March 2018. Roy Morgan’s Single Source research of employment and time spent with media breaks down how Australia spends its time between […]
Supported by growth in mobile data, fixed broadband and pay-TV services, the total telecom and pay-TV services revenue in Malaysia is poised to grow at a CAGR of 2.4 per cent over the forecast period 2017-2022, according to leading data and analytics company GlobalData. Mobile services market in the country will be primarily driven by […]
Since rolling out worldwide in 2016, Amazon and Netflix have both stepped up original content production, according to business information provider IHS Markit. Netflix launched 1,257 hours of original first-run content in 2017, well ahead of Amazon Prime Video’s 285 hours. Netflix has also dramatically increased its origination outside the US, with 402 hours launching […]
Nearly 765 million people worldwide will use an SVoD service at least once per month this year, according to the latest forecast from eMarketer. This total will represent 10.2 per cent of the global population and 32.1 per cent of digital video viewers worldwide. eMarketer estimates the global subscription OTT market will grow by 24 […]
TalkTalk is the most complained-about broadband provider, and BT tops the table for pay-TV complaints, according to Q1 date compiled by media regulator Ofcom. TalkTalk drew 29 complaints per 100,000 customers for its broadband service between January and March this year, ahead of BT in second on 23 and Plusnet in third on 20. BT […]
Year-to-date figures show consumers continue to view ownership as an important part of their consumption of screen entertainment, with more than 38 million copies sold across DVD, Blu-ray and digital formats so far in 2018, according to the British Association for Screen Entertainment. With a wealth of box office success stories and critically acclaimed TV […]
Pay-TV penetration in the Americas is set to decline through 2022 due to ongoing cord-cutting trends in North America, where an increasing number of households are swapping their traditional pay-TV subscriptions for OTT alternatives, says GlobalData, a data and analytics company. In Latin America, where cord-cutting is still not affecting any markets yet, GlobalData expects […]