Research: 35% UK consumers plan to buy 5G handset
Research from Amdocs shows that 35 per cent of UK consumers plan on buying a 5G smartphone in 2020. The study of 1000 UK consumers revealed that not only is…
Report: Broadband access equipment revenue to decline
According to a published report by Dell’Oro Group – a source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data center IT industries – the sales of cable broadband access…
Coronavirus hits China’s LCD/OLED panel output
A report from IHS Markit Technology says that the growing coronavirus crisis is impacting production of LCD and OLED panels, including fabrication plants in the quarantined city of Wuhan. The…
Spain nears 10m FTTH lines
FTTH continues its rapid growth in Spain and now has over 9.7 million lines – up 145,738 since October 2019, according to latest data from the CNMC. Year-on-year. FTTH lines…
Report: Over half of UK & US have streaming device
Since Q3 2018, around one in three Internet respondents have an OTT streaming box or stick within their household, reports Ampere Analysis. Uptake has doubled since 2015, but growth has…
Report: CTV & mobile boosting premium video ad views
FreeWheel, a Comcast company and advertising management solution, has launched its first Video Marketplace Report specifically for Europe, focusing on video advertising in Q3 2019. The paper shows a continued…
Report: Record spend for UK production
Official figures published the Research and Statistics Unit of the BFI, the UK’s lead organisation for film, television and the moving image, reveal the highest spend ever on film and…
UK adspend unaffected by economic uncertainty
UK adspend rose 5.6 per cent year-on-year to reach £5.97 billion (€7bn) in Q3 2019, according to the latest report from Advertising Association and WARC, with full year spending projected…
Report: UK kids’ mobile ownership, usage growing
Most UK children are now phone owners by the age of seven, with a big increase this year in the number of 5-10-year-olds who own their own mobile, according to…
Apple regains world smartphone lead
According to research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments held steady at zero growth to reach 375 million units in the fourth quarter of 2019. Apple grabbed first position with…
Research: OTT revenue to top $200bn
The OTT video market will surpass $200 billion (€182bn) by 2024, with 90 per cent of that value fuelled by subscription and advertising revenue, according to a report by ABI…
Survey: TV execs forecast further growth
Following another year of rapid development which saw major content owners launch direct to consumer services, and pay-TV operators forge new partnerships, broadcaster innovation and even more investment in scripted…
Spain: Nearly 60% subscribe to pay-TV
In Spain, 57 per cent of the population currently have a pay-TV service, according to a report from the Media Association AIMC. Netflix and Movistar and the market leaders in…
iPlayer exceeds 4bn requests in 2019
The BBC iPlayer surpassed 4 billion requests to stream programmes for the first time ever in 2019, ending the year with an all-time record high of 4.4 billion requests. The…
Samsung and Huawei 73% of global smartphones
According to Strategy Analytics, global 5G smartphone shipments reached 19 million units in 2019. Demand was much higher than expected. Huawei holds first position with 37 per cent global 5G…