During 2017, broadband lines grew by 6.1 per cent compared to last year throughout Latin America, reaching 72.4 million connections. It is a similar growth rate to 2016 (6.3 per cent), according to Dataxis figures. DSL was still the most used technology with a market share of 48.1 per cent but it continued losing weight […]
“Just do the math,” some might say, and imagine the buying power of a Netflix with a spectacular 360 million subscriber base. At that level – even at current $10 or so monthly subscriber rates – the potential is simply enormous. A 350+ million subscriber base would more than match the combined buying power of […]
Traditional multichannel video losses in the US in the first quarter showed modest improvement over the same period in 2017, but the magnitude of the decline remains elevated, according to the Q1 2018 US Multichannel Subscriber Report by Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence. Combined cable, direct broadcast satellite (DBS) and […]
Findings from Leichtman Research Group indicate that the largest cable and telephone providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – acquired about 800,000 net additional broadband Internet subscribers in 1Q 2018. These top broadband providers now account for 96.5 million subscribers – with top cable companies having 62.2 million […]
The World Teleport Association (WTA) has released Satellite Operator Benchmarks 2018, the eighth report in its series that tracks, rates and compares the operational and commercial performance of satellite operators, as experienced by teleport operators, in order to strengthen the industry by driving self-improvement across all companies. Research for the report was conducted by Futuresource, […]
Global demand for video services reached $700 billion (€593bn) in 2017 and will grow steadily to reach $842 billion by 2022, according to a new whitepaper – How Operators Can Capture a Share of the $700 Billion Global Video Market – published by advisory firm Strategy Analytics and sponsored by Huawei. Consumer video services such […]
British households are paying for broadband services that are, on average, 51 per cent slower than advertised, according to analysis from consumer body Which?. Results generated from 235,000 uses of the Which? broadband speed-checker tool show that, on average, customers are paying for speeds of up to 38 megabits per second, but actually only receiving […]
Insight from IHS Markit identifies how the media management industry is moving to services-based business model, focusing on faster and cheaper workflow. Highlights of the report include: In the media management market, migration from selling equipment-based solutions to service-based solutions is deploying massively this year. Nearly two-thirds (62 per cent) of global revenue was service-based, […]
Findings from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) indicate that the largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – lost about 305,000 net video subscribers in Q1 2018, compared to a pro forma loss of about 515,000 subscribers in Q1 2017. The top pay-TV providers now account for about […]
According to data compiled by UK insurance broker Swinton Business in its Industry Trends Report, the UK television programming and broadcasting sector has grown by 82 per cent in less than a decade. Significant diversification powered by the private sector has resulted in the UK becoming the second biggest TV exporter in the world. The […]