Forecast: SVoD growth will fall back to 2015 level
SVoDs will have much slower growth in 2021 after the record-breaking 2020, according to Omdia. While global OTT TV subscriptions rose from 849 million in 2019 to 1.06 billion last…
Analysis: MENA pay-TV continue to fall
Pay-TV revenues for the 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region fell by 14 per cent between 2016 and 2020 to $2.74 billion, according to the Middle…
Forecast: Mobile booming subs at 918m by 2024
A study from Juniper Research has found that the number of international roaming subscribers dropped by 73 per cent to 243 million globally in 2020; caused by travel restrictions arising…
Forecast: Peacock to pass 52m subs in 2024
According to a report from Macquarie, the financial services company, Peacock will surpass 52 million subscribers in 2024 with revenues of $1.96 billion (€1.62bn). The US streaming platform, owned by…
Report: Pandemic’s “devastating impacts” on European football
The devastating impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic are clearly reflected by the financial performance indicators of the champions of Europe’s six prominent leagues in the past season, according to The…
Prediction: Freeview to see increased competition
Increased movement and competition on UK DTT platform Freeview is among the developments for 2021 predicted by Chris Parsons, Chief Executive at channel operations specialist MediaPaedia Broadcast. His five predictions…
Analysis: Netflix 2nd-largest TV group in Europe
Analysis by research firm Ampere reveals that Netflix became the second largest TV group in Europe by revenue in 2020. “Since launching in 2012, Netflix has grown rapidly in Europe,”…
ITV Hub streams up 5% in December
The ITV Hub has announced a strong performance throughout December, achieving 81 million programme streams, an increase of 5 per cent year on year. The Christmas period, between 21st December…
Report: Emerging tech shaping the future of comms
A report from UK comms regulator Ofcom shines a light on the innovative, emerging technologies that could shape the communications industry in the future. Communications services and the technologies used…
Survey: Growing objections to Tokyo Olympics
The number of Japanese citizens now objecting to this year’s planned Olympic Games is growing. Not helping enthusiasm is a state of emergency declared last week for the Tokyo prefecture…
Survey: US cord-cutting speeds up
American households are cutting the cord on their cable subscriptions more rapidly than previously reported, according to the second Future of TV survey of more than 2,100 US consumers by…
Data: Young flock to lesser-known streamers
Team Whistle, a US entertainment and sports media company, has shared data on Gen Z and Millennial streaming preferences from Whistle Wise, the company’s proprietary research and analytics service. While…
UKTV increases network share in 2020
Multichannel programmer UKTV has revealed that its both its channels and UKTV Play VoD service saw strong growth for share of commercial impacts (SOCI) and channel viewing thanks to high…
Forecast: India SVoD market at $1.9bn by 2025
India’s online video industry generated an estimated $1.4 billion (€1.1bn) in revenue in 2020 with advertising contributing 64 per cent and subscription 36 per cent, according to a report by…
Data: iPlayer searches outnumber Netflix
BroadbandDeals has analysed monthly average search volume data from SEMRush, to reveal which video streaming service is the most popular in the UK. BBC iPlayer is the UK’s most popular…
Forecast: Moderate growth for Thailand pay-TV to 2025
Thailand’s pay-TV services market is set to recover and post an 8 per cent growth in revenue in 2021 but will slow down again thereafter to post a moderate compound…