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Digital video game revenue to surpass packaged in 2019

DFC Intelligence has released its latest global video game console market forecast. One of the biggest issues is the growing digital delivery of software on console systems. DFC Intelligence forecasts that revenue from digital delivery of console software will pass sales of packaged software in 2019. The movement to digital delivery has been a gradual […]

March 11, 2019

Research: 52% US homes watch OTT on Connected TV

Parks Associates research finds OTT video services have transitioned back into the home’s living room, with a majority (52 per cent) of US broadband households now watching online video on a TV that is connected to the internet. The 360 View: Digital Media and Connected Consumers report also finds that watching TV or movies at […]

March 8, 2019

Report: Global fixed broadband subs at 1.2bn by 2025

The markets and technologies which will drive continued rapid broadband growth over the next decade have been revealed by Broadband Forum and Point Topic in a report which predicts there will be 1.2 billion fixed broadband subscribers by 2025. Following the announcement last October that there are now one billion global fixed broadband subscribers, this […]

March 8, 2019

Vodafone Spain tops broadband complaints

Vodafone has been named the most-complained about broadband company in Spain, just weeks after topping the same chart in the UK. The company took half of all (48.3 per cent) complaints made to the consumers Association FACUA, well ahead of second place, France Telecom-Orange with 28.8 per cent (A combined 13.6 per cent from Orange […]

March 7, 2019From David Del Valle in Madrid

Research: US cord-cutting nearly doubles in 2018  

Findings from Leichtman Research Group indicate that the largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – lost about 2,875,000 net video subscribers in 2018, compared to a pro forma loss of about 1,510,000 subscribers in 2017. The top pay-TV providers account for 89.1 million subscribers – with […]

March 7, 2019

IHS: Over half of Q4 TV shipments were UHD

The global TV market grew 2.9 per cent in 2018, reaching 221 million units, due to a sales surge in the first half of the year as many consumers upgraded their TVs to watch the Football World Cup. Shipments of richly featured TV sets continued to grow. In fact in the fourth quarter of 2018, […]

March 7, 2019

Research: 39m Americans switched SPs in 2018

According to research by broadband Internet services consumer champion BroadbandNow, some 39 million US adults added or switched home Internet, TV or phone service in 2018. The research, BroadbandNow 2019 U.S. Internet, TV & Phone Shopping Study, examines why Internet, TV and phone customers switch providers or subscribe to new services, and whether or not […]

March 7, 2019

Uganda reports 2.1m pay-TV subs

According to Uganda’s telecoms regulator (the Uganda Communications Commission) the country now has 2.1 million subscribers to pay-TV, and up from 1.4 million in a year. The Commission puts the growth down to last year’s World Cup which helped boost pay-TV take-up by 47 per cent between July and September last year. “The number of […]

March 7, 2019By Chris Forrester

Report: Netflix earns 50%+ of streaming revenues in Europe

Over the past few years, online video services in Europe have experienced rapid growth, particularly those that follow the subscription revenue model. Global players such as Netflix, Amazon and HBO went direct-to-consumer, disrupting the previous long-term relationship between subscribers and multichannel operators. Soon after Netflix began showing signs of success in North America and Western […]

March 6, 2019

Report: APAC markets to see SVoD revenue & subs growth

According to an analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence, total Asia-Pacific subscription online video revenues and subscribers continue to grow, primarily reflecting the success of the Chinese market. However, the analysis anticipates growth in all Asia-Pacific countries covered as digital infrastructures improve, local services increase the value of content behind the paywall and international services […]

March 6, 2019