Research: TVs still dominate US video consumption
Findings from market research and consulting company Parks Associates indicate that TV sets still dominate home entertainment, accounting for over one-half of all video consumed by US broadband households each…
Report: $240bn mobile ad spend in 2020
App Annie, the mobile data and analytics company helping brands and publishers win on mobile, has released The State of Mobile 2020 report. This annual appraisal provides insight into mobile’s…
Survey: SVoD fatigue among US consumers
The majority of Americans (59 per cent) are not willing to pay more than $20 a month for streaming TV services, according to a survey of more than 2,600 US…
Data: UK video category grows by 9.5%
Figures released by the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) and based on data from the Official Charts Company and Futuresource Consulting, show that the home entertainment sector grew by…
Multiview experience for Austrian MotoGP viewers
Fans watching live broadcasts of MotoGP races in Austria have been given an exclusive opportunity to personalise their viewing experience thanks to pioneering broadcast technology developed by Austrian advanced streaming…
IDC: EU connected device data revenue opportunity of $10.5bn by 2022
International Data Corporation (IDC) has revealed its European predictions for 2020 and beyond. The predictions were presented in a live webinar hosted by Thomas Meyer (GM and group VP) and…
Guilty pleas in major US streaming case
A resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, has pleaded guilty to multiple criminal copyright and money laundering charges related to his running of iStreamItAll, one of the biggest illegal television show…
Report: Short-form streaming originals to boom
Snapchat, Facebook Watch and Quibi are driving a boom in short-form content according to a report by Ampere Analysis. Already making up 9 per cent of all VoD series globally,…
Research dismisses that older generation are technophobes
Tech-savvy baby boomers are as switched on as Gen-Z according to research, with 64 per cent of those aged 55+ owning a laptop and 76 per cent owning a smartphone,…
Survey: TV in rapid decline among Comic Con attendees
A survey by Pop Culture Marketing agency Experience12 reveals that TV has fallen even further from favour among MCM Comic Con attendees with just 34 per cent saying it’s their…
Research: Brits give up solo binging for multi-screening together
Family time as we once knew it is becoming more technical these days. Many families gather around the TV only to divide their time between multiple screens (vs just the…
Research: Americans biggest binge-watchers
Around the world, streaming video viewing has reached an all-time high of six hours, 48 minutes a week, with 82 per cent of people who watch online video reporting binge-watching,…
Study: ‘Mobile mixed reality’ will exceed $43bn by 2024
A study from Juniper Research finds that the global value of the mobile mixed reality market will exceed $43 billion (€ 38.6bn) by 2024, rising from $8 billion in 2019.…
IDC: Consumer tech-spend $1.7 trillion this year
Consumer spending on technology is forecast to reach $1.69 trillion (€1.53tn) in 2019, an increase of 5.3 per cent over 2018. According to the latest Worldwide Semiannual Connected Consumer Spending…
Movies Anywhere launches on Verizon Fios
Verizon Fios and Movies Anywhere – the digital movie collection app – have announced that Movies Anywhere is now available to Fios TV customers in the US. Movies Anywhere is…