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Report: $33bn ‘connected airline’ opportunity

Airlines that have successfully installed connected cabins have an immediate opportunity to win $33 billion (€29.88bn) in market share from competitors. That is the conclusion of new economic modelling from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in association with global mobile satellite communications provider Inmarsat. The report, Sky High Economics – Chapter […]

September 10, 2019

India: 500m OTT subs by 2023

Indian OTT entertainment platform Eros Now, and multinational professional services network KPMG in India have published an in-depth report on India’s OTT market which projects that India will have more than 500 million online video subscribers by FY 2023, making it the second biggest market in the world after China. According to the study, 87 […]

September 9, 2019

Research: SVoD penetration in APAC above Western Europe

Research by Ampere Analysis looks at the rise and rise of SVoD in the Asia-Pac region and, in particular, in Australia and New Zealand. Subscription TV homes in Australia and New Zealand have already reached the inflection point where SVoD outstrips pay-TV. Australia reached this milestone in 2017, and New Zealand in 2018. SVoD has […]

September 9, 2019

UK TV production sector tops £3bn

UK independent TV production sector revenues reached over £3 billion (€3.35bn) in 2018, their highest level to date and up over 40 per cent since 2008, according to the Pact Census, from Pact, the trade body that represents UK independent television, film, digital, children’s and animation media companies. This is an increase of 10 per […]

September 6, 2019

Forecast: In-Flight entertainment revenues to double by 2028

Paris-based research company Euroconsult forecasts that the number of commercial aircraft equipped with In-Flight Entertainment & Connectivity (IFEC) will double from today’s 8200 aircraft to more than 20,500 over the next 10 years. The research suggests that satellite operators and service providers stand to benefit the most from the market growth with increased revenues associated […]

September 6, 2019By Chris Forrester

Research: 970m SVoD subs by 2024; Netflix dominance falling

The number of gross SVoD subscriptions will increase by 91 per cent – or 462 million – between 2018 and 2024 to reach 970 million. The total will climb by 124 million in 2019 alone, according to Digital TV Research.

September 5, 2019

Forecast: Netflix production investment targets

Analysis by media analyst firm Ampere has predicted where the next Netflix originals are likely to be produced. A number of Netflix markets appear to be underweight in terms of their local original production activity relative to the importance of the market to Netflix. Other markets that have yet to receive local production investment are […]

September 5, 2019

Rugby World Cup: 30% to use catch-up

A study by GlobalWebIndex, a supplier of audience insights to the global marketing industry, has found that 30 per cent of fans already anticipate they will use ITV Hub to catch-up on the games. Conducted among 1,967 UK consumers, the survey shows 44 per cent of UK consumers will be watching Rugby World Cup with […]

September 5, 2019

New smart-home strategies to boost revenues to $192m in 2023

The global smart home market is forecast to grow by nearly a factor of five to reach more than $192 billion (€175bn) in 2023, up from $41 billion In 2018, according to the latest Smart Home Device Database from IHS Markit. The fastest-growing device types in the market include lighting, smart speakers and connected major […]

September 4, 2019

23% of online Malaysians use pirate streaming devices

A study of the content viewing behaviour of Malaysian consumers revealed that 23 per cent of consumers use a TV box which can be used to stream pirated television and video content. These TV boxes, also known as Illicit Streaming Devices (ISDs), allow users to access hundreds of pirated television channels and video-on-demand content, usually […]

September 3, 2019