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Mobile set to be UK #1 video screen

The unstoppable rise in mobile usage is fuelling video growth, according to a study from AOL, State of the Industry: Mobile Video Report, which shows an explosion in video viewing on mobile devices with mobile ad spend predicted to increase in 2017. The global research of industry and consumer behaviour, conducted in seven markets including […]

February 21, 2017

Report: Australian VR market in critical phase

Sales of virtually reality headsets are off to a strong start in Australia with more than 200,000 units sold in 2016, according to a study by emerging technology analyst firm Telsyte. The Telsyte Australian VR & AR Market Study 2017 shows that 216,000 VR headsets were sold in the calendar year 2016, with mobile VR […]

February 21, 2017

61% of Snapchat content video

Originally thought of as a social network mostly geared toward teenagers, now millennials are engaging with Snapchat. In fact, businesses are quickly taking notice of the fastest growing social media site and the many benefits it offers. Snaplytics, the SaaS company offering Snapchat marketing insights, has released the most comprehensive survey of Snapchat data ever […]

February 16, 2017

Report: ATSC 3.0 transition to drive revenue

An in-depth review of the commercial television broadcasting business by research and consultancy firm BIA/Kelsey indicates that the investment large and medium market US TV stations are considering making in the ATSC 3.0 standard would be recouped within three years.  The report, The Business Case for ATSC 3.0, examines ATSC from a business perspective by […]

February 16, 2017

Austria, Serbia join Global FTTH Ranking

The number of fibre to the home (FTTH) and fibre to the building (FTTB) subscribers in Europe increased by 23 per cent over the first nine months of 2016, reaching nearly 44.3 million FTTH/B subscribers. Homes passed increased by 17 per cent, reaching more than 148 million in EU39* at end-September 2016, according to the […]

February 15, 2017

Digital games a $100bn industry by year-end

A study from Juniper Research has found that revenues from the global digital games market are set to reach the $100 billion (€94.7bn) milestone by the end of this year. Juniper’s report found that, contrary to

February 15, 2017

Analyst: UHD not yet mass-market

According to the latest Ultra HD tracking report from Futuresource Consulting, although UHD as a home entertainment format has firmly planted its stake in the market, with strong growth evident from software to hardware adoption, it remains some way off reaching levels of mass-market adoption. Futuresource Consulting has been monitoring the UHD format for over […]

February 14, 2017By Colin Mann

Akamai: 140% increase in DDoS attacks

Akamai Technologies, a specialist in content delivery network (CDN) services, has released its Fourth Quarter, 2016 State of the Internet / Security Report. The report, using data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform, provides analysis of the current cloud security and threat landscape, as well as insight into seasonal trends. “As we saw with the […]

February 14, 2017

ABI: “Compelling content to drive VR market”

After a content-starved market introduction, virtual reality (VR) is ready to thrive off a swath of new and compelling content choices. ABI Research forecasts total VR device shipments will reach 110 million by 2021. While mobile device-reliant VR shipments—such as Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream—dwarf today’s other VR device types, standalone devices will see […]

February 10, 2017

Global IP study: ‘Challenges remain’  

The US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Center has released its fifth annual International IP Index, The Roots of Innovation, rating 45 world economies on patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, enforcement, and international treaties. The economies benchmarked in the 2017 Index account for 90 per cent of global gross domestic product (GDP). “Just as […]

February 10, 2017By Colin Mann