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 […]
Does the recent recognition for Netflix in the Emmy nominations reflect the content that American audiences actually care about? Parrot Analytics investigated US audience network demand, and compared this to the number of Emmy nominations received per network, to see if the hype is justified. The blue line marks where a network would be if the […]
France may have lifted the World Cup, but they were not the only winners as big brands basked in World Cup glory. And according to the latest Harris 24 survey conducted by Harris Interactive, food and drink companies had the most impact with UK consumers during Russia 2018. The study looked at attitudes towards the footballing spectacle, […]
Nearly half of Brits (45 per cent) are more worried about keeping their kids entertained whilst travelling than they are about printing boarding passes, or exchanging foreign currency according to Amazon research. With this summer predicted to be one of the busiest for travel since records began, following a record-breaking 770,000 flights handled in the UK last […]
The number of UK subscriptions to streaming services such as Netflix has overtaken those to traditional pay-TV for the first time, marking a major shift in the UK’s viewing habits, according to findings in regulator Ofcom’s Media Nations report, a comprehensive study of major trends in the UK’s television, radio and audio sectors. The amount […]
Free-to-air TV channels are the most widely watched by viewers on pay-TV platforms in Spain. A study from Mediaset reveals that an average of 67.9 per cent of pay-TV viewers watched FTA TV channels from January 1st to July 15th. In that period, TV consumption via pay-TV platforms amounted to 23 per cent of the […]