Forecast: UK TikTok users to surpass 13m in 2021
Widespread lockdowns across the UK last year drove people to social media, leading many new users to TikTok in the process. Aside from the organic growth, TikTok expanded its operations…
Study: Rural UK pays 76% more for worse broadband
Broadband Savvy has released the results of a study into the cost and performance of UK broadband in different geographies, conducted by OnePoll. The study compared broadband speeds paid for…
Survey: UK audiences eager for cinema return
Survey findings confirm that eagerness amongst cinema audiences to return to the big screen is at an all-time high. This comes as many cinemas across the UK are given the…
Survey: Record year for UK TV market
The Digital TV Group (DTG), the centre for UK digital TV, has published the full findings of its national TV trends survey in the annual State of the Nation report,…
Analysis: Sports viewing shifting to online
Findings from target audience company GWI’s new data set, GWI Sports, indicate that consumers are increasingly turning to streaming services to watch sports events. The service aims to give sports…
Research: UK broadband speeds on the rise
Average download speeds increased by a quarter last year, according to research into the UK’s broadband speeds from comms regulator Ofcom. Ofcom’s UK Home Broadband Performance research looks into the…
NSR: “Satellite backhaul a $25bn service”
Northern Sky Research (NSR) in its latest report on the wireless backhaul sector, says not only is it worth $25 billion by 2030, the sector is “just scratching the surface…
Research: Brits streaming 2 working days a week
Almost one in five (19 per cent) Brits now spend over 16 hours – or the equivalent of two working days – watching streaming services every week, yet a quarter…
Data: 1 in 5 UK homes can get full-fibre broadband
More than one in five UK homes can now access faster, full-fibre broadband, according to new figures published by comms regulator Ofcom. Ofcom’s latest Connected Nations data highlights broadband and…
FTTH in 182.6 million EU homes
The total number of homes passed with Fibre to the Home (FTTH) and Fibre to the Building (FTTB) in the EU39 reached nearly 182.6 million homes in September 2020, compared…
Study: Tech platforms disadvantage local broadcast journalism
Radio and television stations are not adequately compensated for their news content on technology platforms because of an imbalance in market power, according to a new study by BIA Advisory…
Study: 5G already changing smartphone use behaviour
A new report by Ericsson ConsumerLab highlights the impact that 5G is already having on smartphone users worldwide and what they expect the technology to deliver in the future. Indoor…
Forecast: 5G connections to triple in 2021
Despite the ongoing pandemic, connections to 5G networks worldwide will triple this year to 670 million and remain on track to reach 3.6 billion in 2025, according to a new…
Survey: UK consumers distrust ads in ‘toxic environments’
More than 85 per cent of UK consumers would reduce or stop purchasing products they buy regularly if they discovered an ad for that product had run next to Covid-19…
Analyst: 1.5bn SVoD subs by 2026
SVoD subscriptions for 138 countries will increase by 591 million between 2020 and 2026 to reach 1,495 million – or up by 65 per cent, according to the Global SVOD…
Report highlights ITV’s nations and regions role
A report from analyst firm Mediatique highlights the important role played by UK commercial PSB ITV in the nations and regions, but also the risk that globalising trends in TV…