Seven months after new rules against unjustified geo-blocking began to apply, general consumer awareness of the new rules against restrictions for online shopping and cross-border sales is already high. A Eurobarometer survey shows that just a few months after the new rules on geo-blocking started to apply, 50 per cent of EU citizens are generally […]
Attendees to this year’s Glastonbury Festival will upload some 35 social media posts, take 143 photos over the whole festival, and make a combined 25.3 million calls, according to a study by EE. Researchers who studied the habits of 1000 Glastonbury-goers also found that on average, they will watch 16 performances and perhaps pine for […]
Consumers will spend 800 hours on mobile internet this year, increasing to 930 hours by 2021 to account for 31 per cent of global media consumption in that year, up from 27 per cent in 2019, predicts Zenith’s latest Media Consumption Forecasts. However, the growth of mobile internet is slowing
A study from university researchers looks behind closed doors to reveal how UK viewing habits are shifting away from traditional broadcasting with more data-intensive streaming options now the default for many. A viewing revolution is taking place. The advent of Internet TV, video sharing platforms such as YouTube, and other on-demand services in recent years […]
A Parks Associates report finds that smart home solutions will increasingly rely on voice control, video and data analytics, sound recognition, and AI to simplify the user experience. Technology Convergence and the Smart Home reports US broadband households now own more than 10 connected devices, including a mix of connected CE, smart home, and connected […]
IHS Markit has offered its insight following Apple’s unveiling of its new streaming TV and news service from Apple Apple’s commitment to content across all media forms, as well as credit and payment options, indicates the company will continue to invest in its expanding service provision businesses, according to Maria Rua-Aguete, executive director, IHS Markit, […]
The European Parliament has voted in favour of the new Copyright Directive designed to bring tangible benefits to citizens, all creative sectors, the press, researchers, educators, and cultural heritage institutions. Vice-President for the Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip and Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Mariya Gabriel welcome the outcome in a joint statement: “We […]
The European Commission has made commitments offered by Disney, NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. and Sky legally binding under EU antitrust rules. These commitments address the Commission’s concerns regarding certain clauses in these studios’ film licensing contracts for pay-TV with Sky UK. These clauses prevented Sky UK from allowing EU consumers outside the UK and […]
Nick Read, CEO of Vodafone, told MWC in Barcelona that European MNOs are in danger of wasting the digital media opportunity. He said: “Our reputation with consumers is just ahead of the tobacco companies, and we only have ourselves to blame for the activities of regulators [enforcing free roaming] given the protectionist approach that has […]
Advanced network communications and technology solutions provider Windstream and app-based TV video delivery solutions specialist MOBITV are to launch an app-based television service, Kinetic TV, which will enable Windstream’s residential customers to access content when and where they want it, powered by the MOBITV CONNECT Platform. This television service will launch in phases, starting in […]