Findings from research and analysis firm Parks Associates research show that 31 per cent of US broadband households have multiple OTT service subscriptions, representing nearly one-half of the 63 per cent of US broadband households subscribing to at least one OTT service. “Parks Associates, through our OTT Video Market Tracker service, has identified the service-stacking […]
File-sharing site TorrentFreak has analysed the most-pirated TV shows of 2016 through BitTorrent, with Game of Thrones claiming the dubious honour for the fifth year in a row. The site reports that traffic-wise, the interest was roughly on par with 2015. The highest number of people actively sharing an episode across several torrents was 350,000 […]
Big brand budgets and quadrennial events such as the Olympics, European Football Championship and US Presidential Election will drive 2016’s global advertising revenue growth to $532 billion (€508bn) according to findings from critical information, analytics and solutions source IHS Markit’s annual Global Advertising Trends report. “The advertising industry is about to turn the corner thanks […]
India’s officially recognised (by regulator TRAI) DTH active pay-TV subscribers grew in the summer quarter (July-September 2016) by 1.4 million (2.31 per cent) to an impressive 61.9 million. That’s all good news. But the bad news is that India’s ‘inactive’ subscribers grew at a faster rate, by 2.68 million to 32.71 million (a 5.41 per […]
TIGA, the network for video games developers and digital publishers and the trade association representing the games industry, predicts that the UK video games industry would increase investment and expand employment in 2017. TIGA made the comments in its latest Business Opinion Survey 2016/17. The report was based on a survey of 50 games businesses […]
A report from IHS Media & Technology Digest says the content side of the Ultra HD supply chain has been “slow to respond” in providing UHD programming to consumers. Report author Richard Cooper says that there are some 400 titles available in UHD across various platforms and formats, although the “vast majority” of these have […]
In just about every sector of industry, technology is developing at such speed that processes and the way people work today will look very different in ten, five, even as little as two years from now, according to Ooyala. In this article, the content delivery specialist presents ten trends and changes it expects to impact […]
The deployment of FTTH network in Spain is speeding up with more than 4.57 million lines at the end of October. The latest CNMC stats reveal that FTTH lines are increasing every month with 155,180 new lines in October, and 1.8 million year-on-year, up 47 per cent. Movistar is the market leader with 2.9 million […]
In a report, Top Ten Digital Media Predictions for 2017, Strategy Analytics Digital Media Strategies (DMS) service highlights the trends and events that will shape OTT video, digital advertising and VR in 2017. “As a result of the proliferation of broadband and connected devices consumers have more choices than ever in how, when, and where […]
Portugal ended the third quarter of 2016 with more than 3.63 million pay-TV subscribers, representing a growth of 44,000 customers (+1.2 per cent) on the previous quarter and 159,000 (+4.6 per cent) more than one year earlier, according to stats from Anacom, Portugal’s National Communications Authority. Growth was driven by fibre optic offerings (FTTH/FTTB), whose […]