According to cloud-based video production, editing and distribution platform Grabyo, DAZN, the online sports streaming service owned by DAZN Group, has enjoyed an impressive 2018 leveraging the power of social video to bolster its brand awareness and drive subscription growth using Grabyo’s platform to deploy a targeted video distribution strategy across its social channels on […]
A report by global digital infrastructure provider Tata Communications examining the commercial transformation of sports identifies 2019 as a defining tipping point for the global sports industry, with digital technology innovation set to kick-start a new era of unprecedented commercial growth for broadcasters, rights holders and sports organisations. The Show Me the Money! report – […]
Netflix has released December data from its ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. Vodafone Greece saw the biggest speed increase on the index this month. Jumping back from slowing speeds last month, speeds at the ISP increased by 0.44 Megabits […]
Analysis of US broadcast network dramas in development or production has revealed that 42 per cent feature a strong female lead – more than double that of programmes with a male lead (20 per cent). According to Ampere Analysis, the existence of a strong female character is a winning factor when choosing new drama content […]
While the 2017-2018 season may have been a rocky one for the NFL, the league’s signature event still continues to shine: The average cost of a 30 second ad in Super Bowl LII climbed to a record $5.235 million (€4.58m), with overall spend totaling $482 million, second only to the previous year’s game which went […]
Signalling how the UK television industry has become a truly ‘mixed ecology’ of different players, investment in the creation of home-grown television programmes by multichannel broadcasters has hit £1.1 billion (€1.23bn) a year, according to a report from industry body the Commercial Broadcasters Association (COBA). The watershed moment
Sub-Saharan African OTT movie and TV episode revenues will reach $1.018 billion (€890m) by 2024 – up from $223 million in 2018. Despite this quintupling of revenues, Africa still has a lot of potential growth in the long-term, according to analyst firm Digital TV Research. South Africa will account for 40 per cent of the […]
Differences in how certain groups use communications services are explained in regulator Ofcom’s latest Access and Inclusion research report. The report looks at how affordability, take-up and engagement with telecoms, TV and postal services compares across different groups. It focuses on people whose use of different services and devices could be affected by factors such […]
Customers who sign up for combined broadband and TV packages are being hit with loyalty penalties of up to £690 (€766) a year, according to research from UK consumer body Which?. The consumer champion found that two in five of customers (40 per cent) who signed up to so-called dual or triple play (if a […]
FTTH boomed in Spain in 2018 with a growth of 2 million lines (over 203,000 new lines in just October) for a total of 8.2 million lines, according to the latest report from the CNMC. Movistar led the market with a market share of 46.9 per cent and 3.9 million lines. Some 90 per cent […]