TIGA, the network for video games developers and digital publishers and the trade association representing the games industry, predicts that the UK video games industry would increase investment and expand employment in 2017. TIGA made the comments in its latest Business Opinion Survey 2016/17. The report was based on a survey of 50 games businesses […]
The Productivity Commission, the Australian Government’s principal independent review and advisory body on microeconomic policy and regulation, has suggested that timely and cost-effective access to copyright content is the best way to reduce infringement, recommending that the Government should make it easier for users to access legitimate content by clarifying the law on geoblocking. The […]
Limelight Networks, a specialist in digital content delivery, has announced that several Internet events in mid-December, including popular video game releases and software downloads, drove record traffic levels for the company. The convergence of these events resulted in Limelight exceeding 2015 peak traffic levels by 28 per cent and surpassing the previous global traffic record […]
Strategy Analytics has tracked the apps available across the dedicated VR app stores for Samsung GearVR, Oculus Rift, and the VR apps available on Steam. Data collected from the storefronts at the end of November 2016 was analysed in the report VR Apps Data Nov 2016: Games and Education Top App Categories in VR App […]
French media conglomerate Vivendi confirmed December 7th that it now held 25.15 per cent of games developer Ubisoft (and 22.92 per cent of Voting Rights). Vivendi, in its declaration filed December 7th with the Autorité des Marchés financiers, the French securities regulator, and published by the AMF on its website, has specified its objectives over […]
Juniper Research has identified 2017 as the watershed year for eSports, or the competitive playing of video games at a professional level, forecasting that there will be over 190 millon unique viewers next year across mobile and online channels. The company argues that whilst to date revenues have largely been derived from subscriptions to online […]
AMC Networks International Iberia has launched Machinima, the first pay-TV channel in Spain dedicated to video games. Machinima is available on Samsung smart TVs, iOS and Android devices and via web streaming for €0.99 a month or €9.99 a year. The service is free for the first month. Eduardo Zulueta, President of AMC Networks International […]
The co-founders of Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), the largest open source virtual reality consortium in the world, have announced an update for Steam that provides support for OSVR content on the digital gaming distribution platform. The news means that universal VR content is now accessible through a single point of distribution. “This is a […]
A Juniper Research study has forecast that there will be nearly 60 million smartphone VR headsets shipped in 2021, an increase of around 240 per cent on an expected 16.8 million this year. However, the lower price of these devices means they will only account for 7 per cent of hardware revenue. While millions of […]
ITV has selected digital fan interaction technology company, Monterosa, to deliver the next generation of its I’m a Celebrity app when it returns for its 16th series in the jungle later this month. Having introduced the I’m a Celebrity app for the first time last year, ITV has now tasked Monterosa with creating a modernised, […]