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Analyst: Sport missing out on £14bn of sponsorship

Brand spend on sports sponsorship will grow to £35 billion (€41bn) globally in 2019, but rights-holders are significantly under-exploiting their sponsorship businesses according to Two Circles analysis. Collectively, sports rights-holders’ sponsorship assets are worth £49 billion globally. However, due to unsold inventory, unreported engagement and

May 3, 2019

Line Of Duty 2019’s most-watched programme

Episode one of police drama Line Of Duty series five is the most-watched programme on British television this year with an audience of 13.2 million viewers, 28-day four-screen data has revealed. The first four episodes have attracted larger audiences than any other programme on UK television this year, averaging 10.6 million viewers in seven-day four-screen consolidated […]

May 3, 2019

Ofcom: Ultrafast broadband available to 53% of UK

More than half of UK properties can now access ultrafast broadband, according to Ofcom’s latest data on broadband and mobile availability. This interim update to Ofcom’s annual Connected Nations report provides a snapshot on progress towards delivering better broadband and mobile, wherever people are. It uses data collected from broadband and mobile companies in January 2019, […]

May 2, 2019

Research: French youth abandoning TV

Data from French media measurement company Médiametrie shows a continued viewing decline for the country’s main commercial broadcaster, TF1 and public broadcaster France Télévisions. Analysts at investment

May 2, 2019By Chris Forrester

Analysis: 5G unlikely for some of rural UK?

Analysis by Compare My Mobile, a mobile comparison and recycling website, reveals that Yorkshire and Humber lags behind the rest of the UK when it comes to 4G download speed despite it being one of the best performing regions for 4G availability. The data shows that: – Yorkshire and Humber as a region has an […]

May 2, 2019

IHS: Spend on content & services for consoles hits record high

IHS Markit figures reveal the console market to be in robust health, with its content and services segment having grown from $27 billion (€24.09) in 2017 to nearly $32 billion in 2018. Indeed, the total console market (spend on hardware, plus content and services) totals $47 billion for 2018, up from $42 billion in 2017, […]

May 2, 2019

Forecast: E. Europe to pass 26m SVoD subs by 2024

Eastern Europe will have 26.19 million SVoD subscriptions by 2024; up from 10.02 million recorded by end-2018. Russia will supply 8.77 million to the 2024 total, with Poland bringing in another 6.32 million. Together, they will account 58 per cent of the region’s total. The Eastern Europe OTT TV and Video Forecasts report estimates that […]

May 1, 2019

Parks: ‘UK cord cutters could double’

Research from Parks Associates finds that the percentage of UK broadband households stating that they are likely to cancel their pay-TV service has increased to 24 per cent in late 2018 from 12 per cent  in late 2015. The intent to cancel is higher among households that watch online video services. “Subscription streaming services, also […]

May 1, 2019

Report: Streaming TV viewership up 72% YoY

According to the findings of the Q1‘19 State of the Streaming TV Industry report from real-time decisioning platform Conviva, year-over-year viewership grew 72 per cent and the rate of consumption growth increased by 49 per cent. In addition to fresh updates on index data related to consumption patterns, device market share, and customer experience issues, […]

April 30, 2019