The European Audiovisual Observatory has published a report on the TV news market in Europe (covering 38 countries). The report, carried out as part of the work commissioned by the DG Communication of the European Commission, sources data from the Observatory’s MAVISE TV database as well as from a range of recent studies by national organisations such […]
The BBC has published a report entitled ‘The economic return to the UK of the BBC’s global footprint’. The research report was carried out by Terrington and Company and Research Now to assess the indirect economic return to the UK from the BBC’s international operations, BBC World Service, BBC Worldwide, BBC Global News Ltd, by […]
Intelligent broadband network solutions provider Sandvine has released its Internet traffic trends report – Global Internet Phenomena Report 2H2013 – based on data from a selection of Sandvine’s 250-plus service provider customers spanning North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Caribbean and Latin America and Asia-Pacific. “For the first time ever, peer-to-peer file-sharing has
IHS research on YouTube’s professionally produced channels shows that French and German YouTube Channels are more popular than English ones. French and German Original Channels have an average of 14 million views per channel, compared with the UK’s 11 million. There were fewer non-English language channels at launch, but they have been more than pulling […]
Asia-Pacific, notably, China, is expected to lead 4K (or Ultra HD) TV unit shipments according to ABI Research’s First Screen Video Devices and Cloud Video and Video Hardware Research Services. However, the North American market is anticipated to be the first region to eclipse 5 per cent (in 2017) and 10 per cent (by end […]
A PwC global innovation study has found that the most innovative 20 per cent of Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) companies surveyed expect a growth rate of nearly 90 per cent over the next five years, more than twice the TMT average (37.5 per cent) and over four times higher than the least innovative TMT […]
Following a dismal third quarter, the outlook for global TV shipments appears even dimmer in 2013, with shipments now forecast to fall by 5 per cent, marking the second consecutive year of decline. Global shipments of TVs are set to slide to 226.7 million units in 2013, down from 238.2 million in the previous year, […]
Decipher’s latest VoD Audit reveals YouView is now the largest catch-up TV provider in the UK, growing by 24 per cent to offer 2,677 assets. This gives it the lead over Sky by 85 assets with the satellite provider’s catch-up service totalling 2,592 assets, reflecting 11 per cent growth since June. Importantly however, Sky’s claims […]
Findings from SNL Kagan unit Multimedia Research Group (MRG) suggest that the OTT SvoD sector is set to record significant growth up to 2017, with North America the most developed market. The company’s report – Worldwide Over-the-Top Subscription Video on Demand Market – notes that
The Pay-TV market is one of the biggest revenue contributors to the global STB market across the globe. With the large number of channel choices available to subscribers, consumers are increasingly subscribing to more channels. Further, digitalisation is likely to increase the subscription of pay-TV as subscription-based TV services are more popular in the digital […]