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Research: US homes increasingly connected

Consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) finds that 74 per cent of US TV households have at least one Internet-connected TV device, including connected Smart TVs, stand-alone streaming devices (such as Roku, Amazon Fire TV stick or set-top box, Chromecast, or Apple TV), connected video game systems, and/or connected Blu-ray players.  This is a […]

June 3, 2019

Analyst: Disney+ to lead W Europe OTT boom

According to the Western Europe OTT TV and Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research, there will be 131.20 million gross SVoD subscriptions in Western Europe by 2024, doubling from 65.19 million by end-2018. About 13 million subscribers will be added in 2019 alone, with a similar number of additions expected in 2020. […]

May 31, 2019

IHS: US/China trade dispute sees TV brands cut panel orders

Amid rising concerns over the intensifying trade war between the US and China, South Korean and Chinese TV makers are cutting panel orders in the second quarter, according to IHS Markit. The reduction in panel demand is intended to cut inventory that was carried over from previous quarters, as reported by the IHS Markit TV […]

May 31, 2019

Survey: 40%+ US TV ads data enabled in 2020

Forty per cent of TV ad spending will be data-enabled in 2020, according to a study commissioned by Comcast’s Blockgraph initiative. The survey of 150 advertisers and agencies was conducted by Advertiser Perceptions and found advertisers claimed 20 per cent of their TV spending was data-driven in 2018; it’s on course to be 29 per […]

May 31, 2019

Study: Stream-ripping drives music piracy

The latest MusicWatch Annual Music Study estimates that there are 17 million stream-rippers in the US during 2018, up from 15 million in 2017. For context, that’s more people than bought a new vinyl record during 2018. Writing in the company Blog, Russ Crupnick, Managing Partner at MusicWatch, a company dedicated to marketing research and […]

May 31, 2019By Colin Mann

Analysis: China claims 3 of top 5 global SVoD services

The latest report from Ampere Analysis focuses on China, where three major SVoD services have emerged since 2012 amidst fierce competition: iQIYI (backed by Baidu), Youku-Tudou (backed by Alibaba), and Tencent Video (backed by Tencent). These streaming players are well-funded by their cash rich tech-giant parent groups – collectively known as ‘BAT’. As a result, […]

May 30, 2019

Spain: OTT growth impacts TV ad revenues & audience

The increasing penetration of OTT is having a negative impact on traditional linear TV in Spain – particularly ad revenues and audience numbers. A report from Zenith Vigía warns of the fact that traditional operators may lose up to 4.3 per cent in ad revenues this year. The consultancy firm estimates that this year TV […]

May 29, 2019From David Del Valle in Madrid

Analysis: Over half of Nordic homes have SVoD

Streaming video continues to grow rapidly in the Nordics. Recent analysis by Mediavision on the Nordic TV and video market shows a year-on-year increase on households with an SVoD service. Mediavision reports there is currently approximately 10 million streaming subscriptions in the Nordics, spread out over 5.8 million households (52 per cent of all homes […]

May 28, 2019

France: IPTV passes DTT reception

IPTV reception has continued its steady growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2018 and is now received by 56.7 per cent of French homes (up 1.7 point over one year), passing terrestrial reception (which includes cable reception for FTA channels) and DTT, whose share has respectively fallen to 53.7 per cent and 49.1 […]

May 24, 2019From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Report: DTH subs decline going global

Direct to Home satellite TV (DTH) subscriber falls will accelerate and spread from North America to Europe and eventually to the Far East, according to new a report, Who benefits as Global DTH revenue set to shed $ billions – Forecast to 2024, from Rethink Technology Research’s Rethink TV service. Where subscribers numbers rise, there […]

May 24, 2019