DTT in Spain is increasingly losing audience numbers to pay-TV. In 2017, DTT had an average audience share of 77.1 per cent, down 2 per cent on one year earlier. Last month, its reach fell even more to 75.9 per cent. By contrast, pay-TV, with 6.6 million subscribers, had an average audience share of 22.3 […]
Fans of true crime drama series The Assassination of Gianni Versace – American Crime Story have made the show BBC iPlayer’s most popular programme in March. The first episode of the hit US drama saw 1.6 million requests to take the top spot in March, in a month that proved a big one for drama. […]
Over 90 people representing law enforcement, rights owners, platform operators, media technology providers, broadcasters and other trade associations from Europe, the US, the Far East, Middle East and Latin America participated in the second AAPA (Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance) workshop on illegal streaming, held in London, recently. The workshop allowed for an exchange of views about […]
In recent years, TV networks have started to position ad inventory more like digital: highly targeted and performance accountable. But advanced targeting inventory likely “accounts for 3 per cent or less of all national TV ad volume, most of which is transacted on the basis of age/gender audience segments”, said Gerard Broussard, author of an […]
More Australians than three years ago are using Optus fixed broadband and mobile phone services following Optus’s purchase of the exclusive Australian rights to English Premier League football. Optus signed a three year broadcast deal for the Australian rights to the Premier League in late 2015 for A$63 million (€39.2m) per year and has this […]
Amazon Prime Video was the fastest-growing VoD service in the UK last year according to figures from UK ratings body Barb. New series of
The US delivered more AR/VR revenue than China last year, but Chinese growth in the next 5 years could see it dominate AR/VR long-term – and not by a small margin. Digi-Capital’s Augmented/Virtual Reality Report Q2 2018 shows that China has the potential to take more than $1 of every $5 spent on AR/VR globally […]
According to the State of Digital report from GroupM, the media investment group of WPP, offering intelligence on consumer media consumption and advertising investment trends worldwide, time spent with online media will overtake time spent with linear TV for the first time, globally, in 2018. GroupM tabulated consumers’ time spent with each media format, globally, […]
Pay-TV subscribers in Spain grew by 8.6 per cent in 2017 to a total of 6.6 million, with IPTV leading the market with 4 million subscribers, according to the latest figures from the CNMC. IPTV gained 569,000 subscribers in 2017 against a drop of 109,000 for DTH. Convergent packages are driving IPTV growth with 11.7 […]
Ofcom has revealed which broadband and phone companies are falling far short in serving their customers, and those who are setting a strong standard for satisfaction. In a comprehensive survey of telecoms customer service, the media regulator shows how each major provider performs on measures including customer satisfaction, complaints and call waiting times. Overall, eight […]