Satellite operator SES says its latest annual Satellite Monitor survey of homes able to see its channels has grown by 4 million year-on-year to 355 million – and a global audience of more than 1 billion people. SES is transmitting more than 8100 channels (and 50 now in UHD). Some 2700 of those channels are […]
A study by Freeview has shown that Brits are in the dark when it comes to subscription fees. The average Brit believes they’re only spending £29 (€33.70) each month, when they are actually paying an average of £149. The news comes ahead of April 1st, which has been dubbed as National Price Hike day due […]
A report from market research company Markets&Markets forecasts that the 8K technology market is projected to grow almost tenfold over the next 5 years, from $2.9 billion (€2.59bn) this year to $26.8 billion by 2024, growing at a CAGR of 55.5 per cent. The report covers 8K televisions (including OLED, LED-LCD, QD-LCD and Micro-LED models), […]
The pay-TV market in Asia Pacific is entering a phase of accelerated consolidation as subscriber growth and spend deteriorates across key territories, according to independent research & consulting group, Media Partners Asia (MPA). The latest edition of MPA’s Pay-TV Networks Channel Database shows that aggregate revenues across 13 major pay-TV networks in Asia Pacific grew […]
The proportion of worldwide digital content paid for via carrier billing is expected to nearly double over the next 5 years, according to a study from Juniper Research. The study found that with most leading app stores and content providers now seeking to enable carrier billing as an option, consumer spend via the mechanism is […]
Videa, an online marketplace for automated television advertising, has released the results of their survey, How TV is Winning Back Its Leadership Position: Dynamic Careers in a Digital Age, which has yielded insightful perspectives from more than two hundred marketing and advertising professionals with six or more years of experience in the TV advertising and […]
In December 2017, Norway became the first country in the world to switch off national FM radio. The aim was to provide a better radio offering to listeners and create a sustainable position for radio in the face of rising competition from digital media and online services. Just over a year after the completion of […]
Latin American SVoD subscriptions are forecast to reach 51.10 million by 2024; almost double the 27.12 million recorded at end-2018, according to Digital TV Research. The top six regional platforms will account for 85 per cent of the region’s paying SVoD subscribers by end-2024. Netflix will remain the largest pan-regional SVoD platform by some distance, […]
Consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that 18-44 year-olds account for 71 per cent of adults in the US that have a live streaming vMVPD pay-TV service (such as Sling TV, DirecTV NOW, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV, or PlayStation Vue). Overall, 16 per cent of adults ages 18-44 currently have […]
According to Kagan, the global fixed-broadband market is on track to reach 1 billion subscribers by the end of this year, driven by unprecedented growth of fiber connections in Asia Pacific, particularly China. At the end of 2018, broadband subscriptions reached 974.7 million while broadband household penetration reached 45.5 per cent, up from 43.2 per […]