Worldwide spending on telecom services and pay-TV services is forecast to reach nearly $1.7 billion (€1.43bn) in 2017, an increase of 1.7 per cent over 2016, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Telecom Services Database. IDC expects worldwide spending on Telecom and pay-TV services to grow 2 per cent year over year and surpass […]
In a frightening comment on the state of video theft and piracy, Brazil’s Pay-TV Association (ABTA, Associação Brasileira de Televisão por Assinatura) says that household piracy in the nation costs the sector some BRL 6 billion (€1.52bn) annually. At a seminar on the problems, hosted by daily newspaper O Globo, ABTA consultant Antonio Salles Neto, […]
When it comes to watching sport on TV, football is by far the most popular choice. More than one in four people (28 per cent), said they enjoy watching watch football on TV in Ampere Analysis’s exclusive survey of 28,000 consumers across 14 markets. That places it nine
The European cable industry continued to show resiliency and steady growth in 2016, increasing 4 per cent from the prior year, with gross revenue of €23.5 billion, according to the latest findings from the European Broadband Cable Yearbook – widely-recognised as the definitive guide to the European cable industry – from critical information, analytics and […]
The contribution of mobile services to the growth of the global telecommunications services market over the 2016-2021 period is predited to be 80.4 per cent (+€ 64.1 billion in 5 years out of a total of + €79.7 billion) by iDate. In the wireline segment, internet revenue is being largely offset by the rapid and […]
The main advantage for telcos is the high quality of data according to an iDate report, particularly real-time location data collected through the mobile, a precious data source unavailable to the OTT players. Having an already established payment connection and related data is also a precious asset, not necessarily available to the likes of Google […]
Findings from a research project undertaken by Portuguese and US academics suggest that subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) services have a limited effect on digital piracy, with earlier access to content at much lower prices than those currently offered in the marketplace more effective remedies. In the experiment, Miguel Godinho de Matos (Católica Lisbon School of Business […]
Mobile adspend across all formats is expected to reach $98.3 billion (€82.9bn) in 2017, representing almost a quarter (23 per cent) of worldwide advertising expenditure, according to new analysis from marketing intelligence service WARC. The latest Global Ad Trends report also forecasts mobile adspend will record 35.2 per cent year-on-year dollar growth in 2017, with […]
Ericsson forecasts there will be 1 billion 5G subscriptions for enhanced mobile broadband by 2023. This prediction is among the key statistics presented in the November edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report. Expected to be deployed first in dense urban areas, 5G will cover over 20 per cent of the world’s population by the end of […]
The future of residential pay-TV services will be wrought from an intensifying clash between virtual operators such as Sling TV and DirecTV Now, and traditional cable, satellite, and telco pay-TV providers according to a report from research and advisory firm The Diffusion Group (TDG). Unfortunately, the battle will be for a larger slice of a […]