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Forecast: PON equipment market revenue $7.3bn by 2023

According to a report by Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data centre IT industries, global PON equipment market revenue is forecast to reach $7.3 billion by 2023, driven by spending on new 10 Gbps EPON and XGS-PON deployments, and on maximising existing 2.5 Gbps GPON networks. Telecom […]

July 26, 2019

IHS: Roku top smart-TV OS in N America

In an unintended consequence of the US-China trade dispute, the North American television market has increased its adoption of smart TVs – particularly those based on the Roku TV operating system (OS), according to research firm IHS Markit. Smart TVs in the first quarter of 2019 accounted for 89 per cent of television shipments into […]

July 25, 2019

IABM: Audio market in midst of radical transition

IABM has released a new Audio Business Report to members, looking at the current state of the industry and identifying the key drivers of change as the audio market goes through a radical transition. This is IABM’s first standalone report on the audio sector, and it will now be regularly updated. Highlights of the report […]

July 25, 2019

Forecast: Marvel to help Disney earnings to double by 2024

Disney will nearly double its earnings by 2024, largely on the back of Marvel content on its new Disney+ streaming service, according to a Morgan Stanley report. The investment bank forecasts that Disney can double earnings per share from $6.50 in 2020 to between $11 and $12 in 2024, as it builds its Disney+ streaming […]

July 24, 2019

Research: Video content budgets up 12% across India, Korea & SE Asia

Video content budgets across India, Korea and Southeast Asia climbed 12 per cent in 2018 to reach circa $10 billion, according to the latest edition of Asia Video Content Dynamics, published by Media Partners Asia. Asia Video Content Dynamics tracks investment, production and consumption for TV, film and online video across India, Korea and Southeast […]

July 24, 2019

Report: Premium video grows as it becomes more addressable & data-driven

FreeWheel, a Comcast company and advertising management solution, has announced the launch of its Q1 2019 Video Marketplace Report, which shows a rise in targeted and addressable advertising as publishers and marketers increasingly look to efficiently reach audiences. In Europe, there is a focus on data-driven targeting and automation as a growing number of publishers […]

July 23, 2019

Spain: 6% fall in TV advertising

Spain’s TV ad market is experiencing tough times with a sharp decline of 6 per cent in the first half of the year, according to the i2p report from consultancy firm Arce Media. As of the end of June 2019, TV ad revenues amounted to €1.03 billion, down 6 per cent on the same period […]

July 23, 2019From David Del Valle in Madrid

Report: Netflix, Foxtel tie-up carries opportunities for both

Ahead of a tie-up announcement, research from Roy Morgan shows 13.355 million Australians now have access to either Netflix or Foxtel via a household subscription to either service equivalent to nearly two-thirds (64.4 per cent) of all Australians aged 14+. Analysing the two services separately shows 11.5 million Australians now have a household subscription to […]

July 23, 2019

Zenith: Brands shying away from Internet advertising

The Internet looks set to lose its lead as the fastest-growing sector of the global advertising market for the first time in two decades, as brands seeking risk-free space to spend their ad budgets turn to traditional media such as cinema and billboards. According to Zenith Media Agency, the global Internet advertising market will surrender […]

July 22, 2019

India: 79% of smartphone users watch OTT apps

techARC-Unomer has released some key insights about OTT entertainment app (live and VoD) penetration in India.  The insights are from Unomer AppMap, an in-depth analysis of smartphone and consumer data collected from over 5 million Smartphone users across the country. 4 out of 5 Smartphone users are having at least one OTT entertainment platform which […]

July 22, 2019