While a part of the content industry seems to have survived the crisis caused by dematerialisation of consumption, it now faces a new threat: GAFA (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon), who are investing more and more in the content industry as well as telecom operators, states an IDATE report. Although they are not the leading […]
According to Dataxis, as at Q1 2018 pay-TV in Latin America reached 71.4 million subscribers, which represents a drop of around 0.1 per cent compared to the end of 2017. Venezuela, Brazil and Mexico were the markets that recorded the highest loss of subscribers. For the first quarter of 2018, América Móvil remained the main […]
A study from Juniper Research has found that by 2022, mobile operators can collectively generate an additional $35 billion per annum from new and underdeveloped revenue streams. If implemented, these, together with cost savings identified in the study, would enable operators to offset the impact of falling voice and data revenues and maintain, or even […]
The Italian media sector in 2017 achieved a turnover of €14.75 billion, down 0.9 per cent year-on-year, with TV and radio contributing €8.95 billion (-2 per cent). In the TV segment, revenues from free-to-air TV reached €4.93 billion (-3.5 per cent), while pay-TV was worth €3.38 billion (-0.2 per cent), the later dominated by Sky […]
Findings from international research firm Parks Associates suggest that 10 per cent of US broadband households are watching eSports content. Parks Associates’ industry report defines eSports as professionally or semi-professionally organized competitive video gaming events, including popular gaming titles such as League of Legends, Call of Duty and Street Fighter. “Esports is a young, dynamic, […]
The UK has slipped from 31st to 35th place in the global broadband league tables, behind 25 other European countries, research suggests. The data was collected by M-Lab, a partnership between Google Open Source Research and Princeton University’s PlantLab, and the results compiled by UK broadband comparison site Cable. Analysis of 163 million broadband speed […]
Rethink Research say that the AI bubble is due to burst after several years of sustained hype have generated unrealistic expectations that cannot be met and excessive investments that cannot possibly be paid back. This is the key message in the latest report out this week on AI (Artificial Intelligence) technologies from Riot Research, part […]
A study from Juniper Research found that operator-billed mobile voice revenues will fall from $354 billion in 2018 to $197 billion by 2023, an average annual decline of 10 per cent. The research identified a series of new opportunities which collectively would enable operators to sustain, or even increase, service revenues. 1) 5G & AI Enabling […]
After a boom year in 2017, the European VoD market will see significant growth over the next four years, but short of the peaks of recent years, with the exception of Southern Europe, especially Italy. Total revenues for the VoD sector in Western Europe will amount to €6.25 billion in 2018, growing at a 12 […]
Research by Ampere Analysis reveals that SVoD stacking is fuelling the continued growth of the SVoD market as adoption amongst new customers slows. Most notably in established markets such as the UK, US and Germany, multiple subscription households are on the rise, and the average SVoD home now takes two services. In the US the […]