Worldwide spending on telecom services and pay-TV services totalled $1,615 billion in 2018, an increase of 0.8 per cent year over year, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). Worldwide Telecom Services Database. IDC expects for the worldwide spending on Telecom and Pay-TV services to reach $1,657 billion in 2023. Mobile services will continue to […]
Research from Ampere Analysis reveals that international sports leagues outperform domestic competitions in two of the world’s largest markets – China and India. These markets have recently been added to Ampere’s own consumer research service, now covering 41,000 internet users in 20 markets. Although major international leagues have already identified and targeted these countries, both […]
Netflix has released April data from its ISP Speed Index, a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. In speed increases this month, Turkey’s Türk Telekom continued its gains from March with the largest increase on the index. The ISP experienced an increase of 0.48 Megabits […]
Australia’s leading TV networks know the importance of the early evening TV news bulletin for setting up their evening programmes and the latest research from Roy Morgan confirms that News is the most watched TV genre in an average week seen by 61 per cent of Australians – the only TV genre seen by more […]
The French SVoD market doubled in 2018, spurred by platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. According to the CNC’s annual Cinema, TV and Video round-up, the total turnover of SVoD platforms was approximately €500 million in 2018, up from €250 million in 2017. The SVoD market now exceeds the physical video sector and […]
The Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant platforms will take an almost equal share of the global smart speaker market this year, according to the latest forecast from Strategy Analytics. Amazon Alexa had a 37.7 per cent share of sales in 2018, but this will decline to 31.7 per cent in 2019, while Google Assistant’s share […]
Strategic insight consultancy Broadcast Intelligence has compiled a substantive report on Netflix’s working practices, based on in-depth interviews with producers, distributors and co-producers. The firm’s report, Working with Netflix, comprises
The Swedish TV market saw record turnover in 2018, and the highest growth rate since 2010 according to analysis from Mediavision. The total turnover amounted to SEK 25.3 billion (€2.34bn), a growth of 8 per cent compared to 2017. The last time the market displayed similar growth was in 2010 (+10 per cent) following an […]
For the first time in four years, cumulative gross box office (GBO) in the EU Member States did not pass the €7 billion benchmark in 2018. Based on provisional data, the European Audiovisual Observatory estimates that cumulative GBO takings in the EU fell by 3.3 per cent in 2018 to a total of €6.80 billion: […]
Hub’s inaugural study on entertainment technology, Entertainment in the Connected Home, shows that even though ownership of new connected devices in the US is high, many who own them don’t use most of their core capabilities. Highlights from the study include: 1) Half of TV homes is the US now have a 4K set – […]