The US video game industry generated a record $43.4 billion (€38bn) in revenue in 2018, up 18 percent from 2017, according to new data released today by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and The NPD Group. “The impressive economic growth of the industry announced today parallels the growth of the industry in mainstream American culture,” […]
MTG’s Turtle Entertainment, the operator of the eSports company ESL, and Epic Games have announced that their first international Fortnite competition will take place at IEM Katowice Expo 2019. ‘ESL Katowice Royale – Featuring Fortnite’ will span two weekends feature prominent Fortnite influencers. The first of its kind tournament will be split into two weekends […]
GTT Communications, a global cloud networking provider to multinational clients, has announced the expansion of its global media transport services for ATP Media, the broadcast and media arm of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), to include distribution of select ATP 250 matches. The addition of ATP 250 tournaments expands GTT’s long-standing distribution of the […]
ALi Corporation, a Set-Top Box (STB) chipset provider, has initiated further effort to penetrate the Indian market, with the next-generation STB (set-top box) chipset F8 series. The new value SoC by ALi Corp. will reach its wide deployments in 2019. The F8 STB chipset series, formally M3711C, was launched in Q3, 2018 as the next-generation […]
The BBC is looking at Belgium, Ireland and The Netherlands for a new international headquarters after Brexit to allow the corporation to continue to broadcast across the EU. Belgium’s prime minister, Charles Michel, has revealed he held discussions on the possibility in Davos with the BBC’s director-general, Tony Hall. “Belgium is often on the shortlist […]
An OTT report from Parks Associates predicts OTT services will accelerate their global expansion over the next five years, with more than 310 million connected households having at least one OTT service by 2024 – equating to some 586 million subscriptions overall. OTT Video Services: Disruptive Globalization estimates approximately 200 million households had at least […]
A BARB white paper shows that 11.6 million homes in the UK had at least one of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or NOW TV in Q3 2018 – a year- on-year increase of 22 per cent. Netflix is the main driver of this increase, having added 2.2 million homes compared to Q3 2017. Amazon too […]
Hulu, the US SVoD service, has announced that it will lower the price of its ad-supported subscription plan to $5.99 (€5.28) per month – down from the current $7.99 – from February 26th. The $11.99-per-month “ad-free” plan will stay at its current price, as will the $12.99 Hulu/Spotify combo subscription, which Spotify handles billing for. […]
Amazon is widely reported to be relaunching its Prime Video OTT service in India. Netflix is already present in the market as well as dozens of other OTT offerings including the well-established Hotstar service. The new business HQ will be based in Mumbai, and the company is currently hiring senior staff. Hotstar currently leads in […]
Research from Mediamétrie finds that 40 per cent of French households are four-screen equipped (TV, smartphone, computer and tablet). This accounts for 44 million viewers. Last year, 4.5 million viewers daily watched TV programmes on a computer, a tablet or a smartphone, for an average of 1 hour and sixteen minutes. This viewing time is […]