According to research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments will reach a modest 5 million units in 2019. Early 5G smartphone models will be expensive and available in limited volumes. Samsung, LG and Huawei will be the early 5G smartphone leaders this year, followed by Apple next year. Ken Hyers, Director at Strategy Analytics, said, […]
Netflix has reported its biggest increase in subscriber numbers since it launched 12 years ago, adding 9.6 million in the first quarter. Some 1.74 million new customers signed-up in the US and 7.86 million elsewhere – both above the average analyst estimates. The streaming giant said the gains were better than expected and left them […]
Following the European Parliament’s vote on the ‘Platform-to-Business’ (P2B) Regulation on April 17th, broadcaster associations in Europe have issued the following statement: “We welcome the adoption of the Regulation on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services, also known as P2B Regulation. This outcome is a first step towards balancing online […]
Launched by the European Commission with the European Audiovisual Observatory who is managing the project, Lumiere VOD, a new directory of European films, will help professionals, the public authorities and citizens to find information about European films and their availability online in VoD services throughout the European Union. Access is free. Lumiere VOD was launched at […]
Data from digital piracy data analysis specialist MUSO reveals that Winterfell – the first episode of the eighth season of Game of Thrones, which aired on April 14th – was pirated 54,261,910 times globally within the first 24 hours of its premiere on HBO. With HBO totalling the ‘official’ viewing figures to 17.4 million, MUSO’s […]
Spanish pay-TV has maintained strong growth with 6.8 million pay-TV subscribers at the end of 2018, according to the latest data from CNMC. In the last quarter of 2018, pay-TV services gained 87,000 customers on the previous quarter. Some 91.8 per cent of all pay-TV subscribers are subscribed to a convergent package. In terms of […]
The number of SVoD subscriptions in North America will climb by 110 million from 160 million in 2018 to 270 million in 2024. These figures are gross – many homes take more than one SVoD platform. Digital TV Research forecasts that 77.8 per cent of TV households (94 million) will subscribe to at least one […]
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has revealed it is working with the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) on the launch of a new OTT service. Luis Rubiales, president of RFEF, said that the two organisations could have a streaming platform ready within a year, to compete with La Liga’s OTT service. Recently, La Liga became the […]
UKTV, the multi-channel broadcaster, has introduced live streaming on its VoD service UKTV Play. Available immediately, viewers will be able to watch Dave, Drama, Yesterday, Really and Home, live on the UKTV Play website. The channel streams will also be available on UKTV Play’s mobile and TV apps in the coming months. Tom Davidson, general […]
A survey of consumers conducted by Hub Entertainment Research and Dynata reveals widespread password sharing among viewers who watched the April 14th Game of Thrones (GoT) premiere from an online platform. Highlights from the study include: