According to the latest research – 5G Smartphone Sales: China to Drive Rapid Growth in 2020 – from Strategy Analytics, global sales of 5G smartphones will reach 160 million in 2020 – if 5G takes off as expected in China, Huawei is best positioned to capture the majority of China’s 5G smartphone sales and could […]
A total of 413 TV channels were available throughout Italy in June 2019 on the main distribution platforms, of which 350 were owned by producers based in Italy. The majority of channels (293) were available on satellite/DTH, while 126 were distributed via DTT (69 on both DTH and DTT). The pay-TV offer amounted to 203 […]
Australians have a growing taste for sports and video entertainment content sending the SVoD services market to new heights, reaching 12.3 million total subscriptions at the end of June 2019, according to research from Australian emerging technology analyst firm, Telsyte. A solid year-on-year increase of 29 per cent has driven subscription up from 9.5 million […]
Nearly everyone expects to pay more money for 5G smartphones—but the cost of the initial wave of phones is dramatically exceeding expectations, with the price premium as much as 29 times higher than many consumers anticipate, according to a new IHS Markit survey examining consumer perceptions regarding the technology. A total of 91 per cent […]
Motion Pictures Laboratories (MovieLabs), together with member studios, has published a new white paper presenting an industry vision for the future of media creation technology by 2030. The paper, The Evolution off Media Creation, jointly authored by MovieLabs and technology leadership teams from Hollywood studios, paints a bold picture of future technology and discusses the […]
After a dynamic few years in the music and audio industries, 2018 and the first half of 2019 have once again been marked by the continuous growth of global music streaming subscriptions, with this momentum expected to continue in the short to medium term. By 2023, Futuresource expects the number of streaming subscriptions to exceed […]
A Frost & Sullivan (F&S) report (Global Space Industry Outlook Analysis for 2019 and Beyond) says that the total revenue opportunities for the global satellite manufacturing market will soar past $366 billion (€330.2bn) by 2030, with global launch demand for 12,766 satellites and cumulative launch opportunities of $102.52 billion. According to Arun Kumar Sampathkumar, Industry […]
This year eSports has burst into mainstream public consciousness and this culminated in Fortnite’s World Cup in July, with an unprecedented audience size and a $30 million (€27m) pot of prize money. Today eSports can make an individual player just as rich as a real world sports star and the Fortnite World cup peaked at […]
Grabyo’s 2019 Sports Video Trends Report reveals that over half of global consumers watch sport on a regular basis, with 45 per cent of sports fans watching it more often than anything else. The report follows on from Grabyo’s 2019 Global Video Trends Report, which surveyed over 9690 people across the UK, US, France, Germany, […]
Modern Times Group’s (MTG) portfolio company ESL, the world’s largest eSports company, has announced significant growth across multiple metrics for major ESL tournaments in the first seven months of 2019. Over the course of the first seven months of 2019, ESL’s data shows that unique users (+90 per cent), hours watched (+190 per cent) and […]