Netflix this week revealed it is raising its prices in the US by 13-18 per cent, its largest price increase ever. To gauge subscriber reactions, StreamingObserver commissioned a survey which produced some stirring results. Most notably, over a quarter subscribers (27 per cent) claim they could cancel Netflix due to the price increase, while 3 per […]
Research from analyst firm The Diffusion Group finds that, while subscriber reaction to Netflix’s recent price increase varies relative to degree, even minor variations may have significant implications. Case in point: at $1 more per month, 16 per cent of Netflix subscribers are likely to either downgrade to a lower tier or cancel Netflix altogether […]
The Italian broadcasting (TV and radio) sector was worth €8.8 billion in 2017, down by 1.1 per cent on the previous year, according to figures from AgCom. The free-to-air TV segment accounted for €4.8 billion (54.2 per cent of the total), subscription-based TV services totaled €3.4 billion (38.8 per cent), while revenues from radio services […]
The DPP, the media industry’s business change network, has published its annual report on the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to its Member companies. This year’s report has been enabled by DPP Member company Covatic. The report on the trends to emerge from the world’s biggest
The worldwide home audio market realised an increase of 21 per cent in units in 2018, whilst posting revenues of nearly $15 billion, according to year-end estimates from a new Futuresource Consulting report. “Smart speakers continue to attract consumer
The increasing number of pay-TV subscribers is driving DTT to record low levels of consumption in Spain. The latest CNMC report reveals that 76.4 per cent of Spaniards watch TV (an average of 3 hours and 40 minutes per person and day) via DTT, the lowest percentage ever. 20.9 per cent watch TV through cable […]
While more and more Americans are watching video content – TV shows, movies, and short video – on their smartphones, research from MRI shows that video remains a highly social medium. The latest findings from MRI’s Cord Evolution research show that Americans watch TV or video in groups almost half (48 per cent) of their […]
Business advisory firm Deloitte predicts that smart speakers – Internet-connected speakers with integrated digital assistants – will be the fastest-growing connected device in 2019, with 164 million units to be sold globally, up from 98 million in 2018. The news comes following the launch of the eighteenth edition of Deloitte’s TMT Predictions 2019 report. Smart […]
AR/VR 1.0 kicked off in earnest when Facebook bought Oculus back in 2014. This inspired a generation of entrepreneurs, corporates and VCs to build early stage AR/VR. Despite significant technical progress, even industry insiders admit this hasn’t produced a mass market yet. Mobile AR delivered 2 per cent higher revenue than we forecast for 2018 […]
SpotX, the global video advertising and monetisation platform, has releasd of a new report titled 2019 Video Advertising Trends. Based on a combination of third-party data as well as what SpotX hears from media buyers, sellers, and other industry players in-market, the report identifies four important trends that the industry can expect to see this […]