Following Dataxis research, the pay-TV market in Latin America reached 74.3 million subscribers in the second quarter of 2017, ended almost unchanged from the previous quarter. Although the market remained stable, America Movil and AT&T (DirecTV), the two main groups lost subscribers. America Movil lost 1.3 per cent of its pay-TV subscriber base in the […]
IHS Markit says the increasing popularity of time- and place-shifted content viewing is disrupting the media management industry. Global media management revenue is forecast to grow at a 5.9 per cent CAGR from 2015 to 2021. The fastest-growing regions during this time frame are Asia Pacific and South and Central America. Analysis Owing to myriad […]
BBC Research & Development has announced a five-year research partnership with eight UK Universities to unlock the potential of data in the media. The Data Science Research Partnership will be at the forefront of machine learning in the media industry, helping create a more personal BBC that can inform, educate and entertain in new ways. […]
Performance management company Nielsen is now offering the broadcast industry a syndicated solution to measure independently subscription-based streaming content. With the commercial release of Nielsen Subscription Video On Demand (SVoD) Content Ratings, eight major television networks and production studios, including A&E Networks, Disney-ABC, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Warner Brothers and others, have already signed on to subscribe […]
According to Dataxis research for the second quarter of 2017, SVoD subscribers in SAARC countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan) have reached 2.8 million at a quarter on quarter rate of 89 per cent, compared to 1.5 million in the second quarter of 2016. Among the SAARC countries, India is by far […]
A white paper from business information provider IHS Markit has revealed that scripted TV production in the US — excluding online content — declined in 2016, largely due to lower origination by the cable networks. Meanwhile, output by the US broadcast networks remained mostly unchanged. The white paper, Boom or Bubble? The Rise of Scripted […]
Paul Gray, principal analyst at IHS Technology, says the adoption of 4K displays is making considerable progress. Speaking at the MIPCOM UHD event in Cannes October 16th, Gray said that more than 66 per cent of 40”+ displays bought in China are now UHD, and represent 50 per cent of sales in the US and […]
The MIPCOM UHD showcase in Cannes opened October 16th with a strong update from Eutelsat on the growing health of the Ultra-HD market. Claudia Vaccarone, Eutelsat’s director/Global Market Research, said that there are now overall 99 UHD channels or services available to viewers, and using data from its own research and that of Lyngsat, said that […]
Advertising expenditure attributed to OTT TV episodes and movies (AVoD) will double between 2017 and 2022 to reach $29 billion for 138 countries, according to the Global AVoD Forecasts report. Asia Pacific will overtake North America as the leading AVoD region in 2021. Asia Pacific and North America will together account for 77 per cent […]
A follow-up report on last week’s disappointing TV subscriber numbers at AT&T suggests that conventional pay-TV subscriber losses are accelerating. AT&T’s Q3 overall ‘lost’ conventional subscribers topped 390,000 although were helped by attracting some 300,000 Internet-based subscribers to its ‘NOW’ OTT bundle. The net decline for Q3 will be about 90,000, according to AT&T. It […]