Independent media and marketing consultancy, Ebiquity, has released its latest report: TV at the Tipping Point. The report evaluates key trends in linear TV and considers the implications for the future of TV advertising. Ebiquity’s analysis suggests that
Digi-Capital tracked startups raising over $6 billion across AR/VR/computer vision in 2018, driven by large, late-stage deals in China. A decline in deal volumes (number of deals) during the first three quarters of the year stabilised in Q4, while deal value (dollars invested) returned to a two-year average after large spikes from a few mega-deals […]
Award-winning British dramas Bodyguard, Killing Eve and McMafia have been revealed as the top programmes requested on BBC iPlayer in 2018. The most popular show of the year was Bodyguard, with the first episode becoming BBC iPlayer’s biggest ever programme, with 10.8 million requests across the year. All six episodes of the political thriller appear […]
Conviva, the real-time measurement and intelligence platform for streaming TV, has released its Annual State of the Streaming TV Industry report. The report sheds new light on market dynamics and challenges in context of skyrocketing consumption, growing consumer impatience, spikes in global live viewership, and shifting device preference. Skyrocketing Expectations and Viewership: Across Conviva’s customer […]
As carriers worldwide continue the race to 5G, digital commerce platform specialist MATRIXX Software recently connected with over 4,000 mobile users across the US and the UK to find out just how much value they place on the next-generation network. Survey results followed similar patterns on both sides of the pond, with mobile users looking […]
The number of multiplay households in the Americas subscribing to double, triple or quadruple play service bundles reached an estimated 142 million in 2018, equating to a household penetration of 43 per cent, just behind Europe with 48 per cent, according to data and analytics company GlobalData. Africa and Middle East, with a household penetration […]
Research analysis by three US academics has found that a moderate level of piracy can have a positive impact on the bottom line for both the manufacturer and the retailer – and not at the expense of consumers. “When information goods are sold to consumers via a retailer, in certain situations, a moderate level of […]
Digi-Capital’s Games Report Q1 2019 tracked games companies raising $5.7 billion (€4.9bn) in 2018, which was over twice the previous record investment from 2017. Tim Sweeney’s Epic Games’ $1.25 billion was not only the largest round raised last year, it was the largest non-IPO games investment of all time. The only larger single amount raised […]
MENA SVoD revenues will reach $2.13 billion (€1.87bn) by 2024; or $1.51 billion more than the 2018 total. SVoD revenues will more than triple between 2018 and 2024, according to the latest edition of the Middle East and North Africa OTT TV and Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. Market leader Turkey […]
Following a year of rapid development which saw major content owners announcing direct to consumer plans, ongoing SVoD growth, channel innovation, and even more investment in scripted content, senior media executives have forecast continued growth in key areas throughout 2019, according to the The 3Vision annual Trends Survey. The survey collates feedback from content owners, distributors, […]