Frozen 2 has a very successful first week on the Official Film Chart, landing the second-highest opening week of digital download sales ever, according to the Official Film Chart from BASE, the British Association for Screen Entertainment. With a huge 218,700 digital downloads, Frozen 2 is bested in first-week sales only by Avengers: Endgame, which […]
Consumer research from Parks Associates finds that more than three-quarters of US broadband households report it would be difficult for them to do without broadband service, a finding likely to increase following the widespread COVID-19 outbreak. 360 View: Broadband Services in the US reports
The coronavirus has halted most aspects of familiar life, but TV watching has increased dramatically as consumers spend more time on subscriptions they have and consider new sources to fill the hours. On March 18th and 19th, Hub fielded an online survey of 1,274 US TV consumers to see how social distancing and increased stress […]
Following the recent news that the Monaco Grand Prix has been cancelled in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, the potential for a truncated Formula One (F1) season is now a real possibility. However the impact that this will have on F1 in general and specifically with media and sponsorship partners could be profound, according to […]
Research from Comscore shows how in-home data usage has jumped as millions more people work from home and at least 70 per cent of American schools have shut down amid the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Comscore’s Total Home Panel data, average in-home data usage is up 18 per cent so far in March 2020 vs. […]
The emergence of a global public health crisis with the spread of coronavirus has proved destructive to the 2020 sports calendar. The pandemic has disproportionately affected life in Europe and North America while Asia slowly recovers after the first wave of infections. Such disruption across the sports ecosystem is unique and is the first of […]
With Disney+ expanding to seven new Western European markets today (March 24th), analysts at consultancy firm Omdia have shared their thoughts on its arrival and prospects with advanced-television. Disney+ is now available in Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, UK and Switzerland, taking its total country count to 13. In France, the launch of Disney+ has […]
The coronavirus is by far the most significant theme to affect the technology industry in 2020, and traditional TV will be disrupted heavily – with casualties including audience-based talk shows and live sport. SVoD streamers such as Netflix will not see huge profit surges because existing users pay a flat fee, and increased viewing hours […]
Regardless of the vehicle, Connected TV (CTV) is growing in ubiquity in the US: almost 9 in 10 consumers have access to a connected TV. Integral Ad Science (IAS), a global player in digital ad verification, today released results of a survey on streaming trends among American consumers. The report shows that alongside the growth […]
The Asia Pacific pay-TV sector is the most vibrant in the world, with subscribers up by 45 million and revenues up by $1.40 billion over the next five years, according to analyst firm Digital TV Research’s Asia Pacific OTT TV and Video Forecasts report, which suggests that pay-TV penetration will stay at around 69 per […]