The growing popularity of streaming services, AI-enabled emerging devices and in-vehicle technology will help drive the US consumer tech industry to a record-breaking $401 billion (€358bn) in retail revenues in 2019 – 2.2 per cent growth year over year – according to a Consumer Technology Association (CTA) report. “Enthusiasm for AI-powered technologies is skyrocketing – […]
Strategy Analytics research shows that 45 million PCs and tablets globally will incorporate 5G connectivity by 2023. According to the report, Tablet and Notebook PC Connectivity Forecast, the 5G era will provide mobile operators a fresh chance to communicate the advantages and new use cases of high-speed cellular connectivity with consumers, a much needed conversation […]
The Premier League’s popularity with international audiences around the world has been highlighted by broadcast research from the 2018/19 campaign. With the Premier League working in partnership with research agency Nielsen Sports, broadcast and audience information has been compiled that shows cumulative audiences for live Premier League programming rose 11 per cent to 1.35 billion. As Manchester […]
The number of Netflix subscribers in South Korea has nearly tripled year-on-year to over 1.8 million mark according to Wiseapp, a smartphone app service market research company in the country. Netflix is estimated to have 1.84 million active streaming subscribers as of June, compared with 630,000 users during the same period a year earlier – […]
Content piracy is still a problem in Italy, although the number of illegal acts in 2018 dropped by 8 per cent compared to the previous year. This is the conclusion of a study by Ipsos on behalf of Italy’s Federation for the Protection of Audiovisual and Multimedia Content (FAPAV). The rate of piracy stood at […]
The European pay-TV market is expected to gain 17.7 million subscribers between 2019 and 2023 which would represent an 8.4 per cent growth, according to a Dataxis forecast. It should amount to almost 230 million subscribers in 2023. This global growth will be driven by IPTV (+13.1 million subscribers) and OTT (+6.6 millon), while cable […]
The Italian TV sector was worth €8.21 billion in 2018, a slight drop on the €8.22 billion the year before, according to the annual report from Italy’s Communications Authority (AgCom). Advertising accounted for 40.8 per cent of the total revenues, followed by subscriptions (37.9 per cent) and public funding (21.3 per cent). The sector is […]
India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) has reported that the country’s DTH operators have seen growth of an additional 4.91 million extra pay-TV subs in the year to March 31st 2019. TRAI’s Performance Indicator Report states there were now 5 pay DTH service providers in India and they cumulatively served 72.44 million subscribers as on 31st […]
Growth in SVoD subscriptions in the US has resumed after plateauing between Q3 2016 and Q1 2018. And although the proportion of internet users in Europe who have a SVoD subscription is lower compared to those in the US, there continues to be healthy growth in subscriptions in Europe, according to Ampere Analysis. Minal Modha, […]
Insights from marketing technology company, 4C Insights, reveal that Nissan tops the TV ad rankings for the month leading into the Cricket World Cup, but alcohol brand Thatchers is the only official sponsor to join the car manufacturer in the top ten. Rank Advertiser Ad Minutes 1 Nissan 104 2 Qatar Airways 43 3 bet365 […]