Mobile is the fastest growing sector of the global video games market and this year $54 billion (€46.1bn) will be spent on buying games, downloading additional content (DLC) and subscriptions, accoridng to Futuresource Analysts. What is most surprising about mobile gaming is that in 2018 it will account for 42 per cent of total worldwide […]
Research by the International Television Research Group (inTV) – a cooperative group of independent channels whose objective is to promote the benefits of international TV to the advertising/communications industry – and market research firm GlobalWebIndex has identified an untapped TV audience of 112.5 million consumers who are frequent consumers of international TV channels, but who […]
Africa’s entertainment and media industry has entered a new phase – a third wave of convergence – according to PwC’s Entertainment and media outlook: 2018 – 2022: An African perspective report. The borders that once separated the entertainment and media (E&M), technology and telecommunications industries are blurring in the battle for the attention of the consumer […]
An estimated 3.3 million Portuguese households subscribed to pay-TV services at the end of July 2018, according to the Telecommunications Barometer published by Marktest. This figure represents 81.9 per cent of total households in the country. The pay-TV penetration rate has grown significantly when compared to the 46.4 per cent registered in 2006, but reveals […]
FTTH in Spain continues to grow with almost 154,000 lines added in June to hit 7.6 million customers, according to figures from regulatory body CNMC. FTTH already represents 50 per cent of the total broadband fixed market in the country with 14.57 million. Movistar leads the FTTH market with 3.7 million lines, 48.4 per cent […]
A report from business-to-consumer subscription management solutions specialist Vindicia has found that premium OTT subscription revenue is quickly rising across four regions: Western Europe, USA, Latin America and Asia Pacific, and that consumer demand for premium OTT services will be driven by local, live and linear content, as well as by easier payment solutions. The […]
New Zealand consumers, driven by increasing demand for video streaming services, are now a global leader in the adoption of Smart TVs, according to a report from IDC Research. IDC’s 2018 IDC ConsumerScape 360 study reports that New Zealanders now own an average of 4.20 electronic devices, of which 77 per cent are “smart devices”, […]
Netflix recently confirmed that it has begun testing the idea of inserting promos for its shows and movies between episodes of current programmes. In its most recent TV study, The Future of Monetization, Hub Entertainment Research gauged consumer reaction to alternatives to the Netflix pay model status quo, including possible price increases and an ad-supported […]
According to a report from The Diffusion Group (TDG), eSports – competitive, professional video gaming tournaments staged before an audience, online or in person – has been silently exploding, out of the mainstream eye for years but now capturing the attention of companies throughout the interactive entertainment and gaming space. “As entertainment executives readily admit, […]
According to the latest IHS Markit Connected Devices & Media Consumption survey, one-third of pay-TV households in the US have downsized their pay-TV packages, and that while pay-TV operators lost more than 7 million subscribers in the past five years, online video subscriptions have increased by more than 100 million over the same period. Nevertheless, […]