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Analyst: W Europe TV revenue $50bn by 2023

Western European TV revenues will reach $50 billion (€43.4bn) by 2023; up from $39 billion in 2017, according to the Western Europe TV Outlook report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. OTT revenues for TV episodes and movies (including AVoD) will more than double from $10 billion to $23 billion. This will push OTT’s share of […]

October 8, 2018

Analyst: Has YouTube per-view revenue peaked?

Only three years ago, Multi-Channel Networks (MCNs) were being snapped up by traditional broadcasters for huge sums, but their fortunes are changing, according to research firm Ampere Analysis. Latest research suggests YouTube has reached a per-hour revenue ceiling in some markets, with its income generated by advertising from an hour viewed now equal to that […]

October 8, 2018

DPP: Future of video ads depends on collaboration

The Digital Production Partnership (DPP), the media industry’s international business network, released a new report to its Members today about discussions held by 20 senior leaders at IBC (International Broadcasting Convention) on the future of video advertising. The report explores the challenges to the advertising model around video content as both advertising and video move […]

October 8, 2018

Report: eSports “set for mammoth growth”

A major report from the equity team at investment bank Berenberg suggests that the video games sector is set for further expansion, and that eSports in particular is set for “mammoth growth”. The bank says it expects traditional media companies (“Disney, AT&T and Amazon”) to grow their interest in the sector. The bank admits that […]

October 8, 2018By Chris Forrester

MUSO launches Piracy by Industry Dashboard

Digital piracy data analysis specialist MUSO has launched its Piracy by Industry Dashboard, which will give trade bodies and government-level organisations access to month-by-month piracy data across all their industries. This rolling insight will allow trade bodies to gain a more accurate view of piracy and enable them to regularly assess the effectiveness of their […]

October 8, 2018By Colin Mann

NZ: Fibre connections up 54%

Nearly 600,000 New Zealand homes and businesses have high-speed fibre-optic Internet connections, a 54 per cent increase from 2017, according to findings from Stats NZ. “Through Ultra-Fast Broadband fibre connections, more New Zealanders are now able to stream movies, play video games, and video-call one another in high-definition, without time lags or buffering,” noted business […]

October 8, 2018

Report: Hybrid content protection key for multiplatform distribution

New-age holistic content protection solutions that protect not only content but also user data and customer reputation are expected to drive the next wave of growth in the global content protection market, according to a report, Global Content Protection Market, Forecast to 2024, from advisory firm Frost & Sullivan. These solutions need to address the […]

October 5, 2018By Colin Mann

Analysis: Narcos 5th most in-demand SVoD series

Research from audience demand measurement specialist Parrot Analytics has found that production house Gaumont’s hit drama series Narcos currently ranks as the fifth most in-demand digital original series in the world for 2018. In addition, anticipation for the upcoming fourth season of the drama series is driving demand beyond that of any previous season’s debut. Three successful […]

October 5, 2018

World Cup boost for LatAm pay-TV

After several quarters of losing subscribers, Q2 2018 saw Latin America’s pay-TV market attain a growth of 1 per cent, according to research firm Dataxis, who suggest that the football World Cup has been the main factor behind the change in trend. The market now totals 72.06 million legal pay-TV subscribers. DirecTV took a great […]

October 5, 2018

Study: 43% of OTT apps abandoned 1 month after download

Some 55 per cent of US households subscribe to at least one streaming service, according to findings from Deloitte, and ESPN+ is the latest example of the rising popularity of OTT, having garnered over 1 million subscribers within the first five months. But many of these apps experience an unusually high churn rate, according to […]

October 4, 2018