A study from Juniper Research forecasts that future sports technologies, including professional sports wearables, in-game monitoring and the rapidly growing eSports channels, will see annual spend reach $3.4 billion by 2023. This is up from just $700 million in 2018, posing a significant opportunity for agile start-ups and OTT players. In-game Technologies Provide a ‘New […]
FreeWheel, a Comcast company and advertising management solution, has launched its Q1 2018 Video Monetisation Report (VMR), which shows the continued evolution of premium video advertising in Europe, driven by the growing popularity of live sports content and streaming services. Ad views in the region increased 37 per cent in the first three months of […]
According to Yassine Berhoun, Sports Director at Eurodata TV Worldwide: “The 2018 FIFA World Cup ended on a climax with France victory in an epic European confrontation against Croatia. This clearly shows once again that even at the age of mobile devices and non-linear viewing , major sports events are the only shows capable of […]
According to Dataxis research, pay-TV subscriptions in former European USSR countries (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia) reached 53.2 million in the first quarter of 2018, a 3 per cent YoY growth. In line with global trends, cable TV is declining in all countries of the region (-2 per cent YoY). However, […]
The global unit-share of smart TVs rose from 45 per cent of total TV shipments in 2015 to 64 per cent in 2017. It is expected to reach 70 per cent of all TV shipments in 2018. Global TV shipments are recovering in 2018, due to increased price erosion from declining LCD TV panel prices, […]
A massive 44.5 million tuned in to watch one of the most entertaining World Cup tournaments to date on the BBC this summer, according to figures released by the Corporation. Millions across the country have witnessed moments that will stay with them forever, including England reaching its first semi-final in 28 years. The Three Lions’ […]
According to findings from Decoding the Default, the annual study by Hub Entertainment Research which tracks the TV sources US consumers consider their go-to viewing platform, there is a continuing increase in multiple platform use and a steady move away from live TV as a default source. Highlights from the study:
Global consumers will spend an average of 67 minutes a day watching online video this year, up from 56 minutes last year, according to Zenith’s Online Video Forecasts 2018. By 2020, the average person will be spending 84 minutes a day watching videos online. In that year, China will have the keenest viewers, with the […]
While a part of the content industry seems to have survived the crisis caused by dematerialisation of consumption, it now faces a new threat: GAFA (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon), who are investing more and more in the content industry as well as telecom operators, states an IDATE report. Although they are not the leading […]
According to Dataxis, as at Q1 2018 pay-TV in Latin America reached 71.4 million subscribers, which represents a drop of around 0.1 per cent compared to the end of 2017. Venezuela, Brazil and Mexico were the markets that recorded the highest loss of subscribers. For the first quarter of 2018, América Móvil remained the main […]