In 2020, worldwide 5G wireless network infrastructure revenue will reach $4.2 billion (€3.8bn), an 89 per cent increase from 2019 revenue of $2.2 billion, according to research and advisory company Gartner. Additionally, Gartner forecasts that investments in 5G NR network infrastructure will account for 6 per cent of the total wireless infrastructure revenue of communications […]
This year, 182.5 million people in the US will view content via SVoD services, representing 55.3 per cent of the population. While Netflix remains the most popular subscription service, rivals such as Hulu and Amazon Prime Video are stealing share, according to the latest OTT forecast from eMarketer. Netflix Netflix is the most popular
Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet (Google) dominate the cloud market, but the demand for edge computing could shift the balance towards operators believes analyst Chetan Sharma. In Edge Internet Economy The Multi-Trillion Dollar Ecosystem Opportunity, Sharma estimates
According to the latest research – 5G Smartphone Sales: China to Drive Rapid Growth in 2020 – from Strategy Analytics, global sales of 5G smartphones will reach 160 million in 2020 – if 5G takes off as expected in China, Huawei is best positioned to capture the majority of China’s 5G smartphone sales and could […]
A total of 413 TV channels were available throughout Italy in June 2019 on the main distribution platforms, of which 350 were owned by producers based in Italy. The majority of channels (293) were available on satellite/DTH, while 126 were distributed via DTT (69 on both DTH and DTT). The pay-TV offer amounted to 203 […]
Australians have a growing taste for sports and video entertainment content sending the SVoD services market to new heights, reaching 12.3 million total subscriptions at the end of June 2019, according to research from Australian emerging technology analyst firm, Telsyte. A solid year-on-year increase of 29 per cent has driven subscription up from 9.5 million […]
Nearly everyone expects to pay more money for 5G smartphones—but the cost of the initial wave of phones is dramatically exceeding expectations, with the price premium as much as 29 times higher than many consumers anticipate, according to a new IHS Markit survey examining consumer perceptions regarding the technology. A total of 91 per cent […]
Motion Pictures Laboratories (MovieLabs), together with member studios, has published a new white paper presenting an industry vision for the future of media creation technology by 2030. The paper, The Evolution off Media Creation, jointly authored by MovieLabs and technology leadership teams from Hollywood studios, paints a bold picture of future technology and discusses the […]
After a dynamic few years in the music and audio industries, 2018 and the first half of 2019 have once again been marked by the continuous growth of global music streaming subscriptions, with this momentum expected to continue in the short to medium term. By 2023, Futuresource expects the number of streaming subscriptions to exceed […]
US wireless carriers have long said they may slow video traffic on their networks to avoid congestion and bottlenecks. But new research shows the throttling happens pretty much everywhere all the time. Researchers from Northeastern University and University of Massachusetts Amherst conducted more