Some 64 per cent of Spaniards aged 16-69 years use an OTT service, according to the report Deporte y OTT en España from Nielsen Sports. Netflix is the most popular with a share of 29 per cent, followed by Movistar with 22 per cent, Amazon Prime Video with 19 per cent, HBO with 11 per […]
SVoD usage has been challenging primetime TV shows in France, with more than 60 per cent of SVoD viewing in 2018 happening in prime time or later in the evening, according to an annual study conducted by NPA Conseil and Harris Interactive. Some days, SVoD takes an equal share with linear TV channels. The growth […]
Digi-Capital tracked startups raising over $6 billion across AR/VR/computer vision in 2018, driven by large, late-stage deals in China. A decline in deal volumes (number of deals) during the first three quarters of the year stabilised in Q4, while deal value (dollars invested) returned to a two-year average after large spikes from a few mega-deals […]
Award-winning British dramas Bodyguard, Killing Eve and McMafia have been revealed as the top programmes requested on BBC iPlayer in 2018. The most popular show of the year was Bodyguard, with the first episode becoming BBC iPlayer’s biggest ever programme, with 10.8 million requests across the year. All six episodes of the political thriller appear […]
Media regulator Ofcom has published the latest data on the complaints it receive about the UK’s major providers of telecoms and pay-TV services. The quarterly report reveals the number of complaints made to Ofcom, from July to September last year, about providers with a market share over 1.5 per cent in the home broadband, landline […]
The average time children spend online has increased to three hours per day with a rise in the proportion accessing the Internet out and about, according to the latest 2019 CHILDWISE Monitor Report. The findings diverge to some extent from those released by media regulator Ofcom on January 29th, which suggest that UK children’s online […]
According a report from WitsView, a division of TrendForce, global shipments of branded TV sets for 2018 totaled 219 million units, an increase of 4.1 per cent compared with prior year, indicating a recovery from weak TV demand in 2017. Looking ahead to 2019, global branded TV shipments are expected to reach 223 million units, […]
A study from Juniper Research forecasts that VR (Virtual Reality) headset shipments will reach 54 million by 2023, up from an estimated 21 million this year. This is a growth of 160 per cent, as demand increases following an underwhelming year for VR in 2018. The research found that Sony PlayStation VR will drive the console-based […]
According to Gov.uk more than £20 million is being injected into the UK’s increasing number of creative industries, in order to attract new talent, scale up businesses, boost skills and provide further education. The creative industries are currently a motor of growth within local economies spanning across the UK, not just in London and the […]
A study by GlobalWebIndex, conducted amongst 1,885 UK consumers aged 18-64 ahead of the Six Nations tournament in February, reveals burgeoning popularity for the sport in the UK with two in five respondents now identifying as fans of the tournament. With the Rugby World Cup taking place in September, 2019 promises to be a year […]