Three-quarters of the world’s pay-TV operators will gain subscribers between 2018 and 2024, according to analyst firm Digital TV Research. Covering 505 operators across 135 countries, the Global Pay TV Operator Forecasts report also estimates that two-thirds will increase their revenues over the same period. “The top 50 operators accounted for two-thirds of the world’s […]
Gracenote, a Nielsen company, is launching Gracenote Video Popularity Score, a new data offering which enables entertainment providers more effectively to understand the TV shows and movies that viewers broadly want to watch so that they can promote them accordingly from within their catalogues. The new solution is part of Gracenote’s Advanced Discovery suite of […]
Love Island is proving a real hit with Virgin Media TV customers this summer with thousands watching on demand, making it the most viewed daily show. The ITV2 reality series airs throughout the week and daily requests to catch up on the latest episode – as well as Love Island Unseen bits and Love Island […]
International content consultancy 3Vision has confirmed that all3media international will be joining a growing list of major distributors and buyers in using the 3Vision Show Tracker tool to drive forward its global distribution plans. The 3Vision Show Tracker service tracks the distribution of over 300 scripted TV series in major global markets. It monitors over […]
Consumers in the UK are barely increasing their time spent with media, and similar to the rest of the world, time spent with mobile becomes a major driver of digital growth, according to research firm eMarketer. In 2019, consumers will spend 9 hours, 38 minutes (9:38) with media, a 1-minute increase from last year. That […]
Harris Poll and DoubleVerify, a provider of digital media measurement software and analytics have revealed the results of a new study showing that the majority of consumers online say it is important that a brand advertises on content that is safe, accurate and trustworthy. The research indicates that the majority of consumers online: are more […]
Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport is reporting a significant rise in digital viewership for Roland-Garros, as the global direct-to-consumer (D2C) strategy of its parent, Discovery, continues to reap rewards. The service saw a 31 per cent year-on-year increase in unique views of the Roland-Garros 2019 tournament via it’s dedicated over-the-top (OTT) video streaming service, Eurosport Player, […]
More people around the world are tuning into the BBC than ever before, reaching a new high of 426 million a week – an increase of 50 million (13 per cent) over the year, according to new figures released by the Corporation. The Global Audience Measure (GAM) shows BBC News has an audience of 394 […]
More than half of Australia’s adult population were paying for subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) services in April 2019, with Netflix alone reaching 5.3 million subscribers, according to AMPD Research, a subsidiary of independent research and consulting firm Media Partners Asia. AMPD Research’s latest study examined SVoD viewers as well as account holders who pay for streaming […]
A report from the European Audiovisual Observatory finds that pay-TV and SVoD get the lion’s share of the audiovisual (AV) services market in the EU. Pay AV services accounted for 40 per cent of the AV services market in 2017 with pay-TV representing 90 per cent and SVoD the remaining 10 per cent. Pay AV […]