South Korea’s overall video and TV market spend is on track to achieve 8 per cent growth in 2018, ending the year at 7.8 trillion KRW, ($7bn), according to the latest Video Insights country report from research and knowledge-based consulting company Futuresource Consulting. “South Korea ranks as one of the world’s ten largest video entertainment […]
Akamai, the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, has set a new record for peak traffic on its global content delivery network (CDN). On December 11th, the volume of data being delivered across the Akamai network exceeded 72 Tbps, surpassing the 70 Tbps threshold for the first time in the company’s 20-year […]
Time spent viewing linear TV around the world may be declining but its reach remains unparalleled, while the spread of smart and connected TVs is set to open up new opportunities for advertisers, according to a WARC report. The latest Global Advertising Trends study states TV is at a crossroads, noting that daily time spent […]
EurodataTV Worldwide has released its Yearly Sport Key Facts 2018 report, declaring that the 2017-2018 season was a vintage year for sport shown on television. “The 2017/2018 season was an exceptional sports season marked by
According to IHS Markit consumer surveys, when choosing video services in India, three in four connected consumers feel localised content is as important as price – especially the inclusion of local Indian content and the quality of subtitling and dubbing of foreign video content. Fateha Begum, associate director, connected devices and media consumption, notes that […]
Ooyala has put together its thoughts on how the UK will be watching content over the Christmas period, and how broadcasters might try to fight back to regain a slice of the viewing market. Discussing the key viewing trends we’re likely to see over the next few weeks, Jim O’Neill, principal analyst, Ooyala, commented: “Over […]
At $46 billion, global subscription OTT revenues will overtake box office revenues in 2019 when theatrical takings will come in at just under $40 billion, according to analyst firm Ampere Analysis. The theatrical slowdown in North America and Western Europe is the primary driver of the trend as SVoD continues to grow in all regions. […]
ITMedia Consulting predicts that the Italian TV market will grow over the next two years, at an average annual rate (CAGR) of 3.4 per cent, reaching €8.8 billion in 2020. Broadband TV will be available in 8.5 million homes, up from 3.8 million in 2018, growing at annual rate of 25 per cent. Meanwhile, DTH […]
Consultancy Deloitte, in its Technology, Media and Telecommunications Predictions 2019, says that the upcoming Fifth Generation (5G) mobile phone technology is unlikely to enjoy rapid adoption and will be a relatively niche service even into the middle of the next decade. Deloitte says that the
The appetite for streaming services among Nordic consumers continuously rises, according to analysis and consultancy firm Mediavision. currently, 5.3 million Nordic households subscribe to at least one VoD service. Furthermore, the number of SVoD subscriptions per household increases, a phenomenon known as ’stacking. SVoD services continue to grow at a rapid rate in the already […]