Advanced Television

Consumer Behaviour

Survey: Equal gender share for Women’s World Cup audience

An international survey of 114,973 internet users by GlobalWebIndex reveals the audience gender disparity is not as varied as people think between women’s and men’s event. By gender, the audiences of the Men’s and Women’s World Cups are not significantly different, with 39 per cent of the Men’s World Cup audience being female, compared to […]

May 23, 2019

Report: Broadband usage continued to grow rapidly in Q1

Driven in part by the rise in Internet-only subscribers and an increasing number of “power users,” overall broadband usage continued to grow rapidly in the first quarter of 2019, according to a report by OpenVault – a provider of industry analytics and technology solutions for broadband operators. The OpenVault Broadband Industry (OVBI) report, a quarterly […]

May 23, 2019

France: 42m listen to radio daily

Over 42 million French people aged 13 years and older listen to the radio daily, across a range of devices. according to data from Médiamétrie. Some 13.3 per cent (7.2 million ) of French people listen to radio every day on a digital device – a new record and a 1.1 point increase on last […]

May 23, 2019

Report: US streaming viewership up 72% YoY

Conviva’s Q1 2019 State of Streaming TV report shows that while adoption of streaming is increasing in the US, so is the complexity of achieving the goal of seamless video delivery at scale. Maintaining a high-quality viewer experience across content and advertising is critical as streaming TV providers look to increase viewer retention and monetisation. […]

May 22, 2019

Survey: 46% disappointed with GoT finale

Television tracking app TV Time polled fans who watched the Game of Thrones finale and 46 per cent said they were disappointed with the way the series ended. More than 32,000 fans voted in the TV Time app following the finale. The survey results show only 10 per cent describe themselves as “very satisfied,” while 14 per […]

May 21, 2019

Study: Big social media boost for GoT advertisers

Research by 4C Insights shows that IKEA, who launched one of the most successful fast response campaigns, tops the list of brands who saw the greatest social lift from ads airing during Game of Thrones. Mobile network O2 follows in close second with their current out-of-home campaign placing the Iron Throne outside The O2 Arena. […]

May 17, 2019

Study: Europeans increasingly using multiple TV sources

Findings from a study – TV Universe – UK, Sweden, Germany: How People Watch Television Today – from entertainment metadata specialist Gracenote and digital media analyst firm nScreenMedia, focusing on pay TV, free-to-air and online TV viewership in major European countries, reveal that TV viewing has become a complicated undertaking for European audiences, who juggle […]

May 15, 2019

Research: US pay-TV subs loss continues

Findings from analyst firm Leichtman Research Group indicate that the largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – lost about 1,325,000 net video subscribers in Q1 2019, compared to a pro forma net loss of about 305,000 subscribers in Q1 2018. The top pay-TV providers now account […]

May 15, 2019

Report: Consumer understanding of 5G benefits needed

A report from the User Experience Strategies (UXS) group at Strategy Analytics investigating why consumers should shift to 5G, has found that while 5G will produce upgraded speeds with improvements focused on spectrum/channel optimisation and high frequency usage, consumers need more understanding of the benefits of 5G to overcome consumer scepticism to adoption. Key report […]

May 15, 2019

Research: 20% US homes access OTA broadcasts via antenna

Research from analysis firm Parks Associates shows that approximately 22 per cent of US broadband households use an antenna to watch over-the-air broadcasts. Households with both antennas and pay-TV subscribe to multiple OTT video services and are more likely to own connected entertainment devices than are average broadband households or pay-TV-only households. “We see two […]

May 15, 2019