Video Game Industry analyst firm DFC Intelligence has issued its latest forecast for the global video game market that increases its overall outlook for the market driven by greater than expected growth in mobile games. In 2016 mobile game software sales was the fastest growing segment, and by 2021 mobile games are expected to account […]
The FTTH Council Europe – the industry organisation with a mission to accelerate the availability of fibre-based, ultra-high-speed access networks to consumers and businesses – has made public its 2017 study on the cost of deploying FTTH throughout the EU. The results of the cost model indicate that €137 billion would be required to provide […]
According to market research firm Dataxis, the major SAARC countries (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka) plus Myanmar will see their pay-TV market doubled by 2021, to reach $16 billion (€15.09) compared to just $8 billion in 2016. Altogether these countries represent close to 25 per cent of the world population. India is by far […]
In its new study, Virtual Reality Industry Report: Spring 2017, market research firm Greenlight Insights forecasts total virtual reality revenues to reach $7.2 billion (€6.78bn) globally by the end of 2017, of which, head-mounted displays (HMDs) will account for $4.7 billion. Anticipating modest growth in the short term, Greenlight Insights expects the VR industry to grow […]
Findings from a global survey carried out by digital platform security specialist Irdeto and research and consultancy firm Ovum reveal that a majority of video service providers have either Android TV or Android Open Source Project (AOSP) on their technology road-maps. Conducted in February 2017, the study, Is Android the future of the set-top box?, […]
The total number of subscribers to the 100 television services in the informitv Multiscreen Index rose by 4.03 million or 0.93 per cent in the last quarter of 2016. Sixty-one of the 100 services in the Multiscreen Index reported net subscriber gains in the quarter, compared to 67 in the same period the previous year. […]
Findings from analyst firm Media Partners Asia’s (MPA) latest edition of Asia Pacific Advertising Trends indicate that net advertising revenues in Asia Pacific, measured after discounts across 14 markets, grew by 6.8 per cent in 2016 to reach ~$170 billion (€160bn), compared with an 8.5 per cent expansion in 2015. Ad spend across these markets […]
The pay-TV market in the Middle East and North Africa saw record growth in 2016 despite harsh economic conditions, according to new analysis released by critical information, analytics and solutions source IHS Markit. Pay-TV households topped the five million mark for the first time in the region’s history, growing 8 per cent year-on-year. Revenues rose […]
Tough times continue in Eastern Europe, with poor job prospects forcing many to seek work abroad. This migration, married with low birth rates, mean that populations will fall in 15 of the 22 countries covered in Digital TV Research’s Eastern Europe Pay TV Forecasts report between 2016 and 2022. Simon Murray, Principal Analyst at Digital […]
According to market analysis specialist Ampere Analysis, a lot of jargon used to describe what’s happening in the constantly evolving television services market. The latest research from the firm, of 53,000 Internet users across Europe and North America, shows that, far from deserting their pay-TV operators through cord-cutting, viewers are building their own TV bundles […]