Ericsson foresees continued rapid growth of mobile connectivity as global mobile data traffic increases to eight times its current level by 2022. This traffic is the equivalent of: The population of Spain streaming HD video 24 hours per day for a month A single subscriber streaming HD video continuously for 3.55 million years 31 billion […]
Research from the Pay-TV Innovation Forum 2017 – a global research programme for senior pay-TV executives that examines the state of pay-TV innovations and strategies that will drive the next phase of growth for pay-TV operators – in TV, OTT and adjacent businesses, suggests that Latin America will see substantial pay-TV growth, driven by economic […]
Far from being a homogeneous whole, analyst firm TDG suggests that TV subscription streamers comprise four mutually-exclusive segments of profound importance to operators and networks. Approximately two-thirds of US adult broadband users now enjoy online subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) services on a home television. But their use of TV streaming is not the only factor that […]
Seventy-five per cent of social video publishers are optimistic about the revenue-generating potential of their assets, according to a survey conducted by Wochit. Based on responses from representatives of publishers, brands, agencies and other content creators, the findings demonstrate the increasing importance of social video as a path to monetisation while also offering insights on […]
The main European countries of origin for EU 28 TV content in Netflix’s catalogues are the UK with 160 titles (or 44 per cent of the total EU28 TV titles available in the 8 Netflix catalogues studied), France with 72 titles (20 per cent) and Germany with 52 titles (14 per cent). Together, these three […]
The global video games software market will exceed $100 billion this year, driven by phenomenal growth of both mobile and PC and new console launches from all three of the major players providing stimulus to the category finds Futuresource Consulting in its new Games Insights Market Report. Consumer spending on mobile gaming will account for […]
The European Audiovisual Observatory has published a report on the origin of films and TV content in VoD catalogues in the EU & visibility of films. The Strasbourg-based Observatory, part of the Council of Europe, examined the catalogues of 68 transactional VoD services in the European Union (such as Apple’s iTunes, Microsoft’s Movies, Wuaki.tv, Chili […]
Netflix has released May data from its ISP Speed Index, a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime-time Netflix streaming experience. Several speed gains took place on the index in May, with Telstra in Australia experiencing the biggest speed increase at 0.46 Megabits per second (Mbps). This increased Telstra’s average […]
A report from Juniper Research has forecast that Smart Toy sales will reach $15.5 billion (€13.82bn) in hardware and app content revenues by 2022, up from an estimated $4.9 billion in 2017. This increase
Based on its analysis of 138 countries, Digital TV Research estimated 254 million additional pay-TV subscribers (up by 35 per cent) between 2010 and 2016 to take the global total to 969 million. According to the firm’s Global Pay-TV Subscriber Databook, digital