Strategy Analytics latest data on the VR headset market shows a decline in annual hardware revenues for the first time. Data shows this revenue decline is confined to the low value segment, where Google’s Cardboard and Daydream products are losing traction. The VR Headset Forecast by Device Type shows continued growth in the Console and […]
BT internet traffic saw an 40 per cent increase in traffic in the space of an hour when Fortnite Season 10 was released in the UK at 9am on August 4th. Fortnite, played by 250 million gamers, recently
The UK’s fascination with this summer’s Women’s World Cup has helped create an extra 2.4 million fans of women’s football since the tournament began. MediaCom, in association with talkSPORT, who surveyed 2,000 consumers across the UK before and after the tournament, found that half (50 per cent) of this year’s viewers hadn’t watched the 2015 […]
Research from Parks Associates finds the average standalone pay-TV service ARPU (average revenue per user) declined 10 per cent from 2016 to 2018, when consumer-reported monthly spending on pay-TV declined from $84 (€75.70) to $76. According to 360 View: Entertainment Services in the US, pricing pressure for
Digital listening share has increased to 56 per cent, up from 50.2 per cent in Q2 2018, boosted by the growing popularity of smart speakers and listening online and via apps, according to RAJAR Q2 2019 data. Across all platforms, digital listening grew by 58.9 million hours or 11.6 per cent year on year. Listening […]
UK and global consumers overwhelmingly agree that online digital technology has positively impacted their lives according to the State of Digital Lifestyles research report from Limelight Networks, a provider of edge cloud services. The survey of consumers in nine countries shows digital device adoption is on the rise, but performance frustrations and security concerns remain. […]
ABI Research, a global tech market advisory firm, expects the virtual reality (VR) market to hit an inflection point within the next two years, driven by new incremental advances in technology and hardware (including lower prices), increased traction in the enterprise/commercial markets, and healthy interest in the new standalone HMDs. Despite this expected growth, reaching […]
An economic report by trade body the GSMA – which represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide – reveals that releasing 5G mmWave capacity will create $565 billion of economic expansion. This figure represents 2.9 per cent of global GDP growth by 2034, which the GSMA says points to a huge impact on developing economies […]
The Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA) has released a survey showing that Millennial Americans – like older generations – are concerned about the privacy of their online personal information and whether online technology and social media companies are taking the appropriate steps to safeguard the personal information of consumers. As revealed by the survey, three-quarters
According to research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments fell 3 per cent annually to reach 341 million units in the second quarter of 2019. Global smartphone shipments continue to stabilise. Samsung maintained first position with 22 percent global smartphone marketshare, Huawei surprised with 17 per cent – despite an effective US boycott – while […]