According to a study by Futuresource Consulting, overall eSports industry revenues are set to exceed $900 million (€799.2m) this year with an 18 per cent 19-23 CAGR expected, driving revenues through the billion-dollar mark in 2020 and onto $1.8 billion by 2023. As key events attract viewing figures comparable to tier 1 sporting competitions, securing […]
Linear TV accounts for 73 per cent of daily time spent watching video in Germany, but this figure drops to 53 per cent among 14-25 year-olds. SVoD services, such as Netflix, account for 13 per cent of the total viewing time, rising to 25 percent for 14.25 year olds, according to a study by briadcast […]
After 73 episodes, and 70 hours, 50 minutes of viewing time, fantasy-drama Game of Thrones finally drew to its much anticipated close, drawing in record breaking audiences for Sky Atlantic. The final cumulative viewing figures for the finale episode The Iron Throne’was 5.7 million,making it the biggest series finale of any Sky programme ever. This is […]
Chinese brand TCL surged to the top of the North American TV market for the first time ever during the first quarter of 2019, as unit shipments boomed by 112 per cent year-over-year. TCL’s share of North American TV shipments rose to 26.2 per cent during the first quarter of 2019, up from 16 per […]
In 2018, marketers spent $479 million to advertise on podcasts in the US, an uptick of 53 per cent from $314 million in 2017, according to the latest IAB/PwC Podcast Advertising Revenue Study. The report, conducted by IAB and PwC US, forecasts that
The global number of gross SVoD subscriptions will increase by 439 million between 2018 and 2024 to 947 million – or by 86 per cent, according to the Global SVoD Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. The total will climb by 119 million in 2019 alone. As the gross subscription total races towards […]
The penetration rate of the pay-TV service in Portugal reached 85.9 per cent at the end of 2018, according to data published by the National Communications Authority (Anacom). The number of subscribers reached 3.9 million, or 140,000 more than in the previous year. The growth rate was 3.7 per cent, below the average of the […]
UK advertising is expected to increase to £21.8 billion (€24.5bn) in 2019, up from £20.5 billion in 2018 according to the latest media and marketing forecasts from GroupM, the media investment group. GroupM forecasts 6.1 per cent growth for 2019, down from 7.8 per cent in 2018. Other key highlights from GroupM’s forecast include: 2018 […]
Consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) finds that 74 per cent of US TV households have at least one Internet-connected TV device, including connected Smart TVs, stand-alone streaming devices (such as Roku, Amazon Fire TV stick or set-top box, Chromecast, or Apple TV), connected video game systems, and/or connected Blu-ray players. This is a […]
According to the Western Europe OTT TV and Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research, there will be 131.20 million gross SVoD subscriptions in Western Europe by 2024, doubling from 65.19 million by end-2018. About 13 million subscribers will be added in 2019 alone, with a similar number of additions expected in 2020. […]