New analysis from Frost & Sullivan’s Global IP Video Network Management Market research finds that by 2016, more than 70 per cent of data traffic on mobile devices will be video, with implications for ensuring quality across the delivery chain. Video consumption across non-traditional devices such as tablets, smartphones, PCs and connected PCs evolved exponentially […]
For the first time in five years, the media and entertainment industry is expected to outperform the major stock market indices in 2013, according to Spotlight on Profitable Growth: Media and Entertainment, Vol. VI, a new report just released by business consultancy firm EY. Overall revenue and EBITDA dollars have continued to climb steadily for […]
Superfast broadband is now available to almost three quarters of UK homes, and the number of people using the technology has more than doubled in the last year, Ofcom has revealed. The trends reflect wider changes in the UK’s communications infrastructure, which is evolving to meet consumers’ growing demand for data, both at home and […]
Australia’s online video market is being driven by the growing popularity of mobile devices and tablets and boosted by the preference of younger consumer age groups towards online video channels as a direct substitute for traditional TV, according to Frost & Sullivan’s latest report, Australian Online Video Market 2013. Frost & Sullivan predicts expenditure on […]
Viacom ($749 million) will reap the highest revenues of any international channel group in Europe in 2013, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. Covering 225 international channels/networks from 11 groups, the TV Channel Revenues in Europe report estimates that Viacom will be followed by Eurosport ($651 million) and Discovery ($620 million). Viacom […]
TV kept its position as the front-running media format for advertising in the second quarter of 2013, according to Nielsen’s quarterly Global AdView Pulse report. Global TV ad expenditures grew 4.2 per cent in the US on a year-over-year basis for the first half of 2013, accounting for 57.6 per cent of total ad spend. […]
A report from Juniper Research has found that increased use of analytics platforms, allied to the introduction of innovative ad formats and purchasing mechanisms, will push global mobile ad spend beyond $39 billion in 2018, up from $13 billion this year. The report highlighted the opportunities offered by targeted in-app advertising, citing the dramatic success […]
Blu-ray disc sales, by and large, are not doing well. Except in Germany, where physical disc sales grew 9.9 per cent during the first-half of this year (and in retail value terms grew 11.8 per cent) to €625 million according to data from the German BVV video association. Germany’ s love affair with Blu-ray is […]
The global market for connectable set-top boxes (STBs) is expected to surge by 91 per cent from 2012 through 2017, driven by a number of factors including the adoption of multimedia home gateways (MHGs). Worldwide shipments of connectable STBs are forecast to rise to 125.6 million units in 2017, up from 65.8 million in 2012, […]
NSR’s Satellite Operator Financial Analysis (SOFA), 3rd Edition has found total revenues among all satellite operators increased by 2.2 per cent in US dollar terms from 2011 to 2012, with the combined revenues of all reporting operators boosted to $11.39 billion in 2012. While the Big Four (Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat, Telesat) still remain dominant, capturing […]