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Analysis: British TV drama co-commissioning record high

Broadcasters and SVoD players are increasingly collaborating on co-commissions to create ambitious and exciting content for UK audiences, helping drive investment in UK TV drama production to record levels, according to new independent analysis commissioned from independent analyst Ben Keen by the Commercial Broadcasters Association (COBA) –  the industry body for multichannel broadcasters in the […]

June 12, 2019By Colin Mann

China: 347m SVoD subs in 2018

The number of paid subscriptions on China’s online video platforms reached 347 million in 2018 as the market continued to expand rapidly, according to a report released at the Internet Film and Television Summit, part of the Shanghai International Film and TV Festival. Lu Di, director of the Center for Audio-visual Communication Research at Peking […]

June 12, 2019

PwC: Kids digital ad market worth $1.7bn by 2021

In 2017, PwC released its Kids Digital Media Report, which estimated that the value of the global kids digital advertising market would hit $1.2 billon (€1bn) by 2021. Now yhey have released an updated report for 2019 which puts that figure much higher. Over 170,000 children go online for the first time every day, driving […]

June 12, 2019

Survey: Awareness of IoT remains low

Metova, a provider of mobile, connected car, connected home and IoT Solutions,has announced the results of their second annual survey revealing consumer trends and the sentiment of over 1000 consumers on IoT and connected home technologies. Notably, less than 25 per cent of people surveyed feel like they have a good understanding of what the […]

June 12, 2019

DAB digital radio sales reach 75m worldwide

WorldDAB’s latest market report reveals that by the end of Q4 2018, over 75 million consumer and automotive DAB/DAB+ receivers had been sold in Europe and Asia Pacific – up from 65 million in Q4 2017. The report covers Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and the UK. DAB is now firmly […]

June 12, 2019

Report: WLAN market lifted by surge in N. America

According to a report by Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data centre IT industries, the Q1 2019 Enterprise Wireless LAN (WLAN) market was lifted by the strong surge in North America for three consecutive quarters. Cisco and HPE Aruba scored the most significant revenue gains. “The WLAN market […]

June 12, 2019

Report: 5G to take 24% of wireless revenue but deliver no growth

5G networks will generate 26 per cent of wireless service revenue in 2024, though that impressive share will not boost the overall performance of a stagnating global wireless market. This is the conclusion of a report from Strategy Analytics’ Service Provider Strategies service, Global Cellular Market: Strong 5G Outlook but Total Revenue and Profits Flat. […]

June 11, 2019

Report: W. European telcos winning European 5G race

In Europe, Western countries are leading 5G development, with Denmark, Portugal and Switerland’s 5G adoption set to take a 23.2 per cent, 16.2 per cent and 16.2 per cent share respectively of total mobile subscription in their markets by 2023, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company. Nationwide coverage is already available in the […]

June 11, 2019

New Killing Eve kills it on iPlayer

The new season of Killing Eve has proved an instant hit on the BBC iPlayer, with episode one requested 864,000 times and the box set for season two requested 2.6 million times in the first 36 hours of it being available – up 79 per cent on the series one opener. Episode one also proved hugely […]

June 11, 2019

Norway: SVoD market up 6%, Netflix dominates

The Norwegian video entertainment market grew 6 per cent in 2018. Norwegian SVoD services were the key driver and accounted for nearly a fifth of all consumer video entertainment spend, one of the highest proportions in the world. Entertainment hungry Norwegian viewers spent 2.5 billion NOK (€255.4m) on SVoD, this is despite being a mature […]

June 11, 2019