Global advertising revenue will drop by at least 7.4 per cent in 2020 as the ripple effects of the coronavirus pandemic force advertisers to cut budgets, resulting in reduced income for media owners, according to technology research specialist Omdia. The 7.4 per cent drop represents Omdia’s best-case scenario, assuming the market will improve in the […]
Smart speakers are driving the home audio market forward, leading to Amazon and Google taking top spots in the brand share rankings according to data from Futuresource Consulting’s Worldwide Home Audio tracker. That is despite the supply chain challenges and disruption caused by Covid-19, which have applied downward pressure on the overall home audio market, […]
In what was a difficult month for businesses across the UK and the world, advertising spend on traditional channels reflected both consumption changes and new behaviours from homebound consumers, Nielsen data reveals. As Covid-19 hit the UK in March, total advertising spend on traditional channels – which includes TV, press, cinema, out of home and […]
Investment bank Berenberg has just expanded its coverage of the UK and EU video gaming sector having helped raise about €300 million for video games companies since February 28th this year. The bank says: “Investors are clearly
As Covid-19 changed the world, audiences turned to CNN for its global coverage in March and April 2020, registering the largest audience numbers in history. In the US, April 2020 saw 173 million unique visitors and March saw 184 million unique visitors – an all-time record – and nearly 70 per cent of the total […]
BBC Radio 6 Music reached a record 2.56 million listeners (from 2.49 million last quarter and 2.52 million last year), with the station’s weekday breakfast show with Lauren Laverne also seeing its biggest audience ever with 1.3 million listeners, according to the latest Rajars. The figures released covering the first quarter of 2020 also reveal […]
Analysts at research firm Ampere Analysis are publishing a regular podcast discussing the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the entertainment industry. Here is a top line summary of the most recent, with comments as to what it means for the entertainment industry now, and for a post-lockdown future. Gaming keeps on winning: Piers Harding-Rolls, […]
The latest findings from the Global Pay TV Subscriber Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research predict 35 million additional pay-TV subscribers between 2019 and 2025, taking the global total to 1.06 billion. Based on forecasts for 138 countries, the number of pay-TV subscribers passed 1 billion in 2018. Excluding analogue cable TV, the […]
According to stream-tracking website Reelgood, animated content has seen a 22 per cent spike in total stream time during the lockdown period. Rick and Morty leads the charge for animated shows, along with the likes of Steven Universe Future and The Simpsons. Following on animation’s heels are family movies at 16.95 per cent, while cult […]
British PSBs (BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5) have commissioned 85 original shows during the lockdown, while six further commission have come from non-PSBs. A further 26 logged commissions originated from American SVoDs and US networks tracked by Broadcast Intelligence. The largest portion of PSB Covid-19 programming (including digital and regional channels) has come out […]