From saying “I love you” for the first time, to moving in together and starting a family, couples progress through a series of milestones that show increasing amounts of commitment. But now there’s a new landmark for loyalty – the day you’re prepared to hand over your Netflix password. New research from property sellers’ website […]
Netflix entered South Korea in January 2016 with few established partnerships and minimal local content. The streaming giant has since devoted significant investment to creating award-winning local original content that has disrupted the South Korean media ecosystem, reports Kagan, a research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence The parents of Pooq and Oksusu have decided […]
Portugal reached nearly 4 million pay-TV subscribers at the end of the first half of 2019, a growth of 2.3 per cent year-on-year and accounting for a 86 per cent penetration rate. Data published by the National Communications Authority reveals that the growth was boosted by the FTTH technology, which added 298,000 subscribers since H1 […]
Electric street racing single-seater series the ABB FIA Formula E Championship has further accelerated its audience growth across the board in season five and still remains the sport of choice for young fans, with 72 per cent of followers on social channels under the age of 35. Consumer growth figures at the end of the […]
Satisfying the rapid demand growth for additional commercial spectrum presents challenges the Federal Communications Commission, according to public policy issue think tank Phoenix Center. While the Federal Communications Commission has conducted numerous spectrum auctions in recent years, it lacks a ready source for the much-needed spectrum in the low- and mid-bands. By far, the largest, […]
IP based technologies are expected to see their pay-TV subscriber shares gradually increase in the upcoming years in the CIS and Baltics region, from 23 per cent in 2018 to 35 per cent in 2023, according to figures from Dataxis. This would occur at the cost of cable, with an estimated market share of 33 […]
The global findings of the 2019 Pay-TV Innovation Forum, produced by content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider NAGRA in partnership with international research and strategy consultancy MTM, highlight that the rapid growth in OTT consumption is increasingly seen as both an opportunity and a challenge, with 70 per cent of pay-TV executives believing it […]
Sandvine, a provider of network intelligence solutions, has released its 2019 Global Internet Phenomena Report. The report provides insights how applications are consuming the world’s internet bandwidth. With an installed base of over 2.5 billion subscribers worldwide across over 160 Tier 1 and Tier 2 fixed, mobile, WiFi, and satellite operators, Sandvine’s visibility into internet […]
The smartphone has taken a major step in its evolution from a voice-centric device to a media-centric platform, with more than 50 per cent of owners now using their device to access video services on a monthly basis, according to a multinational survey conducted by IHS Markit | Technology, now a part of Informa Tech. […]
Futuresource have identified Ukraine as a bright spot for growth, according to itslatest market report covering eight key countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Across these key market’s consumer spend increased by 3 per cent last year, to €3.85 billion. The report, which provides information on subscribers, revenue and operator performance across eight countries, […]