Netflix is the most positively talked about brand among UK millennials for the second year in a row, new YouGov research shows. For the second consecutive year, the streaming service has topped YouGov’s Millennial Rankings, which considers which brands 18-34 year olds have discussed in favourable terms among family and friends. In a list that […]
UK television broadcasters are collecting more data on the make-up of their workforces than ever before, Ofcom has found, marking a step forward in understanding and addressing under-representation across the TV industry. Last year, Ofcom required broadcasters to undertake more regular and detailed monitoring of employees’ characteristics, to identify under-represented groups and help tackle a […]
Oculus Quest (formerly Oculus Santa Cruz) is the new class leader for premium/standalone VR, and looks like the ultimate expression of the early-stage VR 1.0 market, according to a report by Digi-Capital. Combining Oculus Go quality graphics with inside-out tracking and Touch controllers, it gives Facebook the most compelling version of the current state of […]
Russia’s fixed broadband market, the world’s fourth-largest, is entering a stage of maturity, characterised by high competition and slowed growth that is especially noticeable in Moscow – the latest country profile from Kagan, the TMT arm of S&P Global Market Intelligence, has highlighted. The Eastern European country’s broadband sector is overcoming the economic crisis of […]
Consumers worldwide are watching more online video than ever, increasing 58 per cent since 2016, to an average of six hours, 45 minutes each week, according to the new State of Online Video report from edge cloud services provider Limelight Networks. However, the study finds consumers still spend more time watching traditional broadcast, averaging eight hours, […]
Platform Communications, the technology communications expert, has revealed that the Platform Media Index for IBC 2018 reveals ‘Online Video’ and ‘Media Convergence’ were the hottest topics at the global broadcast industry show – accounting for more than a third of share of voice combined. The Index provides a snapshot of leading media technology trends, moves […]
eMarketer has significantly lowered its projections for Snapchat’s UK ad revenues for 2018 and beyond, as an increasingly automated buying system brings down prices. This year, Snap will generate £68.4 million (€74.9m) in net UK ad revenues, lower than the £104.8 million ($134.9 million) eMarketer had projected in March. The downgraded figures are mainly due […]
Africa and the Middle East (AME) pay-TV household penetration is expected to outpace all other major regions between 2017 and 2022, increasing from 16 per cent in 2017 to 23.2 per cent in 2022, according to data and analytics firm GlobalData. According to GlobalData’s report, Pay-TV Market Trends and Opportunities in Africa & the Middle […]
A study from International Data Corp (IDC), and based on its worldwide quarterly tracker of sales, says that global shipments of standalone and tethered Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) headsets will total 4.2 million units this full year, up 31 per cent on 2017. Looking ahead to 2022, shipments for these headsets is […]
According to a research report from the IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, the number smart homes in Europe and North America reached 45 million in 2017. The most advanced smart home market is North America, having an installed base of 22.3 million smart homes at the end of the year. This represents a penetration of […]