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Fox, ESPN dominate pay-TV sport in LatAm

According to Dataxis estimates, Fox Sports and ESPN respectively reach a global penetration of 34 per cent and 31 per cent over the total number of TV households in Latin America for 2017. In all the countries studied, except in Brazil and Venezuela, ESPN and Fox Sports have the highest penetration rates among all sport […]

April 6, 2018

Grand National 2018 mobile betting to break records

With an estimated two-thirds of Britain’s adult population betting on this year’s race, Ooyala is predicting a record year for bets placed via mobile phone. Jim O’Neill, Principal Analyst at Ooyala, commented: “The Grand National remains the most valuable jump race in Europe with a prize fund of £1 million but even this historic event […]

April 6, 2018

BARB confirms multiscreen measurement

The UK’s Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board (BARB) has revealed the next stage of Project Dovetail, which has the objective of delivering total reach of programme and commercial audiences across multiple screens. The rise of online delivery of programmes and commercials has been a catalyst for Project Dovetail. Dealing with audience fragmentation has been an aspect […]

April 5, 2018

Analysts: Netflix value – hype, logic or passion?

A research paper – Netflix: A Clash of Heart vs. Mind – from analysts at MoffettNathanson (MN) dissects the current value of Netflix and states that the MN team is finding Netflix the single most frustrating stock to cover. “We have continually failed to remember what makes great growth stocks and instead have ‘wasted’ our time analysing […]

April 5, 2018By Chris Forrester

Research: 40% US homes ‘pay-TV polygamists’

US audiences may be moving away from traditional cable, satellite and IPTV packages but the trend is being tempered by the emergence of ‘pay-TV polygamists’ – households taking more than one subscription as they add OTT services – according to research contained in a report, Show the Love with Customer Experience, from subscription, billing and […]

April 5, 2018

Analyst: APAC to add 78m pay-TV subs

The Asia Pacific pay-TV sector is bucking the downward trends in much of the rest of the world. Subscribers will grow by 78 million and revenues by $2.73 billion between 2017 and 2023, according to the Asia Pacific Pay TV Forecasts report from Digital TV Research. “China and India together will account for 81 per […]

April 5, 2018

MPAA: Global entertainment market expands

The global entertainment market is expanding on multiple fronts, according to new theatrical and home entertainment data released by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Consumer spending for the combined theatrical and home entertainment markets reached $88.4 billion (€72bn) worldwide. The global box office reached a new record high of $40.6 billion in 2017 […]

April 5, 2018

France: 3.8m have watched or attended eSports

eSports are undeniably one of the hottest new online activities. In France, 3.8 million internet users aged 15 and over have already watched or attended a live eSports competition (Q3 2017) according to research from Médiamétrie. Halfway between sports and a video game, eSports enjoy a huge potential pool of players and spectators: online gaming […]

April 5, 2018

Report: US cellular industry major economic contributor

The US wireless [celluar] industry contributes $475 billion (€387bn) annually to America’s economy and supports 4.7 million jobs, according to a new report commissioned by US wireless communications industry trade body the CTIA. The analysis, developed by professional services company Accenture, finds that the US wireless industry accounts for 2.6 per cent of total US […]

April 5, 2018

SES tops 1bn viewers

SES has released the latest data from its Satellite Monitor team, and says that its broadcast signals are now reaching 351 million TV homes, well up on the 2016 total of 325 million homes. SES extrapolates the ‘homes reached’ data to number of viewers and claims more than 1 billion individual viewers. SES added it […]

April 4, 2018By Chris Forrester