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Report: 1 in 4 UK TV shows directed by women

Directors UK is calling for broadcasters to commit 0.25 per cent of their commissioning spend for all programme making to fund career development and industry access schemes to close the gender gap, in response to research revealing a drop in the number of women directors working in UK television. The recommendation comes from a report […]

August 22, 2018

Italy: 2m use pirate IPTV services

An estimated 2 million Italians access the main pay-TV platforms in the country (Sky Italia, Mediaset Premium and DAZN) via pirate IPTV services. The figure comes from an Ipsos study for the Italian Federation for the Protection of Audiovisual and Multimedia Content (Fapav) which indicates that around two out of five Italians consume illegal video […]

August 21, 2018From Branislav Pekic in Rome

TDG: Facebook Watch awareness still poor

Despite the fact that Facebook’s free ad-supported ‘Watch’ on-demand video service launched just over a year ago, the offering continues to face significant challenges regarding feature awareness and use. This is according to research from The Diffusion Group (TDG), which found that half of adult Facebook users have never heard of the free Watch video […]

August 21, 2018

Eastern European OTT revenues to triple

OTT TV episode and movie revenues for 22 Eastern European countries will reach $3.51 billion in 2023; more than triple the $1.01 billion recorded in 2017, according to Digital TV Research. Russia will account for 40 per cent of the region’s OTT revenues by 2023, with Poland generating a further 23 per cent. From the […]

August 21, 2018

China’s TV programming spend second only to US

China has overtaken the UK in the television programming industry, becoming the second-largest market in the world after the US, according to IHS Markit. TV programming expenditures in China, including online platforms, hit 73 billion yuan ($10.9 billion) in 2017, followed by the UK at ($10 billion), while the US led the global market, spending […]

August 21, 2018

Report: China spearheads APAC online video rev growth

Online video revenue, comprising net ad spend and subscription fees, will grow at an 18 per cent CAGR across Asia Pacific between 2018 and 2023, climbing from ~$21 billion (€18.33bn in 2018 to $48 billion by 2023, according to Asia Pacific Online Video & Broadband Distribution, a new report from analyst firm Media Partners Asia […]

August 21, 2018

IHS: 5G trials in full swing

Eighty-two per cent of mobile operators participating in a 5G study conducted by business information provider IHS Markit are busy trialling and testing the technology, mainly in North America and Asia, with 12 per cent — all from North America — planning commercial 5G rollouts by year’s end. “Get ready, 5G is around the corner,” […]

August 21, 2018

US DVRs cost $1.8bn annually through poor power saving

An analysis of digital video recorders (DVRs) from cable and telco providers by Sense shows that they consume nearly as much energy while idle as when your TV is on, and their energy saving modes are not effective. For instance, Comcast’s XFinity X1 DVR uses 26 watts when active

August 21, 2018

Ireland broadband: Two-thirds still getting 30Mbps or less

Research from independent price comparison and switching service Switcher.ie shows that three in five consumers (60 per cent) are satisfied with their home broadband speeds, a significant increase on last year (44 per cent). Despite this, and the ongoing rollout of faster speeds to more areas of the country, over three-quarters of consumers (78 per […]

August 21, 2018

Report: Only 1 in 10 share Netflix password

A report published by Ampere Analysis suggests that password sharing amongst Netflix users is not as prolific as many believe.  There appears to be consistency across different markets geographically when it comes to Netflix homes using another person’s account, which is surprising considering

August 20, 2018