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Survey: Australians overwhelmed by streaming options

Australian consumers are feeling overwhelmed with the number of content streaming options available in the media landscape, according to Deloitte’s eighth annual Media Consumer Survey. The streaming battleground has confused audiences, suggesting aggregation could be one solution to the problem. There are currently more than 12 TV and movie services and eight music streaming services available […]

October 15, 2019

Greece, Saudi Arabia, Thailand climb Netflix Speed Index

September saw sizable movement in Saudi Arabia on the Netflix ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. Saudi Arabia jumped five spots on the country rankings, rising from 48 in August to 43. This was likely at least partially boosted by […]

October 15, 2019

Eutelsat: 190 UHD channels now active

Eutelsat’s Michel Chabrol (SVP/New TV Formats), speaking at the opening session of the MIPCOM programming market, said that its data shows that there are now 190 Ultra-HD channels or feeds available. This is a 20 per cent increase on a year ago. Satellite delivery is dominating the delivery of UHD channels, with 93 direct channels […]

October 14, 2019Chris Forrester @ MIPCOM

IHS: 4K display shipments top 60% in key markets

Consumers are buying into 4K displays in record numbers. In some important markets, shipments of UHD displays are more than 60 per cent, and growing. Paul Gray, Research & Analysis Director at IHS Markit, speaking at the MIPCOM programming market in Cannes, said that globally UHD resolution displays now exceed more than half of TV […]

October 14, 2019Chris Forrester @ MIPCOM

Young adults want meaning & emotion in TV content

With so much content available to young adults, their media consumption differs greatly from that of older age groups. TV channels and digital platforms are competing creatively to nurture their appeal to this audience. At MIPCOM, Glance (Global Audience & Content Evolution) unveiled

October 14, 2019

IDC: Consumer tech-spend $1.7 trillion this year

Consumer spending on technology is forecast to reach $1.69 trillion (€1.53tn) in 2019, an increase of 5.3 per cent over 2018. According to the latest Worldwide Semiannual Connected Consumer Spending Guide from International Data Corporation (IDC), consumer purchases of traditional and emerging technologies will remain strong over the 2019-2023 forecast period, reaching $2.06 trillion in […]

October 14, 2019

Analyst: Apple TV+ limited reach hinders growth

The Apple TV+ app will initially address only about half of the total US market, so the service is likely to encounter limited subscriber growth compared to competitors that have a wider reach, according to IHS Markit. For Apple, this could

October 11, 2019

9% Brits admit pirate streaming Premier League

Almost one in 10 (9 per cent) Brits admit to having illegally streamed at least one Premier League game over the past 12 months, according to research from personal finance comparison site finder.com. This is equivalent to

October 11, 2019

Spain: Pay-TV revenues and subs increase in Q1

Pay-TV take-up continues to grow in Spain to the detriment of FTA TV. In the first quarter of 2019, pay-TV revenues increased by 2.6 per cent to €563.6 million, whereas FTA saw its numbers fall by 1.1 per cent to €422.7 million, according to the latest report from CNMC.  As a whole, the audiovisual revenue […]

October 11, 2019From Davd Del Valle in Madrid

Pixalate reveals ‘trust index’ for Programmatic

RhythmOne has ranked top fn the Q2 2019 Programmatic Seller Trust Indexes as issued by omni-channel fraud intelligence company Pixalate. RhythmOne was named #1 on the display-focused Global Seller Trust Index (GSTI) for the US, #1 on the Mobile Seller Trust Index (MSTI) and #1 on the Video Seller Trust Index (VSTI) for both the […]

October 11, 2019