Study: 5G economic opportunity proves resilient
Findings from the IHS Markit 2020 5G Economy Study, commissioned by Qualcomm Technologies, reveal a 10.8 per cent net increase in global 5G investment and R&D over the next 15…
Forecast: AR/VR to deliver strong growth through 2024
Worldwide spending on augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) is forecast to accelerate out of the pandemic, growing from just over $12.0 billion in 2020 to $72.8 billion in 2024.…
Report: Nordics willing to pay for podcasts?
Digital audio is booming, and podcast listening hugely popular right now in the Nordics, reports Mediavision. Payment rates for podcasts, however, are still low compared to other streaming services. According…
BARB: 60% UK homes have SVoD subscription
BARB, the UK television audience measurement currency, has released data from its Establishment Survey for Q3 2020. The data shows that SVoD services continue to reach more UK households. Overall,…
Ericsson: $31trn 5G consumer market by 2030
The 5G consumer market could be worth $31 trillion (€26.12trn) by 2030 globally, according to the new Harnessing the 5G Consumer Potential report from comms technologist Ericsson’s ConsumerLab. The report…
Report: US OTT/CTV ad spend grows despite pandemic
Ad fraud intelligence and marketing compliance platform Pixalate’s Q3 2020 State of Connected TV/OTT: Ad Supply Trends Report examines how the programmatic OTT/CTV advertising marketplace changed from Q1 2020 to…
Report: Video games boom to continue
According to data from market measurement company NPD Group, total spending on video games increased by 14 per cent year-on-year in October, of which 12 per cent was for video…
Analyst: Disney+ to hit 194m subs by 2025
Based on September 2020 results, analyst firm Digital TV Research expects five global platforms to have 678 million paying SVoD subscribers by 2025. Disney+ will add 112 million subscribers between…
Research: UK least willing to watch foreign language content
Ampere’s Consumer media and entertainment tracker has found that consumers in English speaking markets are the least likely to enjoy foreign language content, with consumer preferences towards subtitled and dubbed…
Report: ‘Power Users’ create revenue opportunities for ISPs
A rapid rise in the number of broadband ‘power users’ consuming 1 TB or more of data per month and continued migration to faster speed tiers are creating new revenue…
Report: Value in AR/VR ecosystem surpasses $2bn
The Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) market has recorded more than $2 billion (€1.69bn) in total investment so far in 2020. According to a new report from global…
GSMA: Russia 5G faster with international safety guidelines
5G is expected to account for almost 20 per cent of connections in the Russia Federation by 2025 according to GSMA Intelligence. But, the rollout would be faster and cheaper,…
Report: Sport a third of Nordic pay-TV revenues
The market for Nordic TV sports rights has been dynamic all through 2020, with several major rights being out for tender, reports Mediavision. This week, ice hockey and the Bundesliga…
Nielsen: CNN wins election week
US viewers watched CNN in record-breaking numbers during election week as news networks topped primetime and total day charts, says Nielsen. CNN drew a network record 6.1 million viewers in…
Italy sees highest TV audience in 5 years
Italy registered the highest TV audience ratings in the past five years in October 2020, a trend that continued into the first week of November. Data published by Studio Frasi…
Report: Gameplay time on Samsung TVs grows
A new report from Samsung Ads Europe, the media and advertising division of Samsung Electronics, reveals Gamers are spending more time gaming per day across Samsung TVs in EU5 territories…