Forecast: India’s pay-TV market to see sluggish growth
The total pay-TV services revenue in India is expected to grow at a lethargic compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.7 per cent from $3.19 billion in 2020 to $3.30…
Sky’s IPL cricket attracting female viewers
Sky’s coverage of India’s Premier League cricket (IPL) is again proving to be the most-watched event in world cricket. Sky saw a total of 1.18 million individuals tune in to…
Survey reveals biggest Bake Off earners on Instagram
Ahead of the new season, a survey has revealed how much former Great British Bake Off (GBBO) contestants earn on social media platform Instagram. OnlineCasinos has ranked the stars from…
Forecast: W. Europe to hit 191m SVoD subs by 2025
Western Europe will have 191 million SVoD subscriptions by 2025; more than double from 90 million at end-2019, according to Digital TV Research. About 35 million subscribers will be added…
AVIA: “Covid speeds up India’s move to digital TV”
The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) held its annual Future of Video India seminar amidst a time of great change in the region. The media and video industry in India…
Report: US broadband traffic back on the rise
Over 72 million homes and businesses across the US subscribe to broadband delivered by cable providers. With the rise of the Covid-19 pandemic, these connections are more important than ever,…
Analyst: Scripted content badly hit by Covid delays
Research by Ampere Analysis has revealed that producers of high-end scripted content will face Covid-related delays for far longer than their unscripted counterparts. While producers of new unscripted content –…
Survey: Need for real-time QoE control among streamers
A survey from Edgeware and streaming media expert Dan Rayburn has highlighted streaming TV providers’ limited visibility into their customers’ QoE and means to correct quality-impacting problems in real time.…
Malaysia: Huge decrease in streaming piracy
A study of the online content viewing behaviour of Malaysian consumers has revealed a 64 per cent decrease in consumers accessing piracy websites over the past 12 months. The survey…
Forecast: VR headset market expected to recover in 2021
As the world continues to deal with the pandemic, the market for virtual reality (VR) headsets is expected to decline 6.7 per cent in 2020 before returning to double-digit growth…
Research: Broadband access equipment revenue rebounds
According to a report by Dell’Oro Group, total global revenue for Broadband Access equipment increased to $3.3 billion (€2.7bn), up 6 per cent from Q2 2019. Growth came from spending…
Research: Studio ‘sales to own services’ now 30%
The share of content licensed to services owned by Studios across European markets has increased from 18 per cent in 2018 to 30 per cent in the last year, according…
Survey: Broadband providers support common platform
Nearly nine out of ten (88.7 per cent) of the UK’s challenger broadband network providers support the creation of a common platform through which they could provide wholesale services to…
Research: Finns favour TV screen for streaming
A TV screen is still the most popular choice for keeping up with the content in paid streaming services in Finland according to DNA’s Digital Lifestyle survey. DNA Hubi device,…
Report: IoT managed service providers connect 50m+ devices
A report from the IoT market research firm Berg Insight says that IoT managed service providers have more than 50 million IoT subscribers worldwide. In Europe and North America, these…
Analyst: US Disney+ subs to surpass Hulu by 2024
According to research firm eMarketer’s latest estimates for OTT video services in the US, Disney+ will have 72.4 million users in 2020, representing 32.1 per cent of OTT viewers. The…