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Forecast: Online viewing to reach 100 mins a day

The average person will spend 100 minutes each day watching online video in 2021, up from 84 minutes this year, according to Zenith’s Online Video Forecasts 2019 report. That’s the equivalent of watching 25 continuous days of video in 2021. The amount of time people spend viewing online video has grown rapidly across the world, […]

September 17, 2019

Secret Cinema expands into China with SMG

Secret Cinema, the specialist in the field of immersive storytelling, has announced its first international expansion into China, in collaboration with SMG Live. They will launch with the current UK show, SMG presents Secret Cinema’s production of Casino Royale, in Shanghai on November 23rd.  Secret Cinema was founded in the UK in 2007 by film enthusiast and […]

September 4, 2019By Nik Roseveare

Survey: Early adopters lead for VR, smart speakers

Early adopters in various economies are dominating demand for leading-edge electronics devices, with these elite consumers owning 61 per cent of all virtual reality (VR) headsets and 43 per cent of all smart speakers and 49 per cent of all smartwatches and, according to a multinational survey conducted by IHS Markit. The early adopters represent […]

August 28, 2019

Billie Eilish concert to air in VR

US singer-songwriter Billie Eilish will stream the Madrid stop of her current world tour concert in Oculus Venues, produced and broadcast live in VR by Supersphere. The concert will take place on September 3rd and will be broadcast live from the Wiznek Center in Madrid, Spain. “It’s really nice to be able to have something […]

August 27, 2019By Nik Roseveare

Hasbro buys Entertainment One for £3.3bn

In a move that enhances Hasbro’s storytelling capabilities and franchise economics in TV, film and other media to strengthen its brands, play and entertainment company Hasbro, Inc. and independent producer Entertainment One (eOne) have entered into a definitive agreement under which Hasbro will acquire eOne in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately £3.3 billion (€3.64bn). […]

August 23, 2019

8K coverage for Rugby World Cup

Organisers of the Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan have suggested that Asia’s first tournament will set new standards in rugby broadcast production, providing a record global footprint and attracting new fans and showcasing the sport in higher quality than ever before, with 8K coverage being offered to the Japanese domestic market via NHK, and […]

August 21, 2019By Colin Mann

British Airways VR trial

British Airways customers will be transported to their own 3D cinema in the skies as the airline exclusively trials a new virtual reality headset in what it says is a UK first. From now until the end of 2019, customers travelling on select flights in First from London Heathrow to New York JFK will be […]

August 15, 2019

Match of the Day moves into VR studio

Match of the Day, now in its 55th year, returns to BBC One and BBC iPlayer this August to provide audiences with all of the highlights of the new Premier League season. This season sees Gary Lineker and the team relocating to a new home for Match of the Day, Match of the Day 2, […]

August 14, 2019By Nik Roseveare

Research: Sony captures a third of VR hardware revenues

Strategy Analytics latest data on the VR headset market shows a decline in annual hardware revenues for the first time. Data shows this revenue decline is confined to the low value segment, where Google’s Cardboard and Daydream products are losing traction. The VR Headset Forecast by Device Type shows continued growth in the Console and […]

August 6, 2019

Report: VR market feeling growing pains

ABI Research, a global tech market advisory firm, expects the virtual reality (VR) market to hit an inflection point within the next two years, driven by new incremental advances in technology and hardware (including lower prices), increased traction in the enterprise/commercial markets, and healthy interest in the new standalone HMDs. Despite this expected growth, reaching […]

July 31, 2019