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Brits spend 10 years in front of TV

The average Briton will spend nearly 10 years of their life watching TV according to a study from household retailer PerfectHome. Brits sit through an avergage of 27 hours of TV programing per week according to the poll of 2000 adults. The poll also revealed that, despite modern, big-budget offering such as Game of Thrones and […]

May 25, 2018

Pay-TV to near 60m subs by 2023 in ex-USSR countries

According to Dataxis forecasts, the pay-TV market in the ex-USSR countries will grow at a 1.6 per cent CAGR between 2017 and 2023 to reach 59.7 million subscribers. The Russian market represents 80 per cent of the total today and its share should remain stable until the end of the period. Pay-TV revenues will approach […]

May 25, 2018

IPTV challenges DTT in France

For the first time, IPTV reception has drawn level with DTT in France, registering a penetration rate of 55 per cent of TV homes in the second half of 2017, according to data from the CSA’s Observatory for audiovisual equipment. The CSA forecasts that IPTV will rapidly become the primary TV reception mode on all […]

May 24, 2018From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Study: Netflix offers best original programming

A study from Wall Street investment bank Morgan Stanley says that 39 per cent of US consumers surveyed believe that Netflix offers the “best original programming”. This time last year the same study found that 33 per cent of viewers rated Netflix as Number 1 in original programming. The bank’s study surveyed 3100 adults aged […]

May 24, 2018By Chris Forrester

Spain: Jazztel best for Netflix; Movistar worst

Movistar has been declared the worst telco operator to watch Netflix on in Spain, and Jazztel the best, according to network speed data produced by Netflix. Movistar ranked bottom with a speed of 2.78 Mbps per second, being the only Spanish operator with a speed lower than 3 Mbps. The rock-bottom ranking has been the […]

May 24, 2018From David Del Valle in Madrid

Data: Nearly 5m illegal Champions League streams

As the football world gears up for the showdown between Liverpool and Real Madrid in this weekend’s UEFA Champions League Final, data from digital platform security specialist Irdeto reveals that a total of 5,100 unique illegal streams were detected redistributing games over the Internet during this year’s Champions League knockout stages. Of this total, 2,093 […]

May 23, 2018By Colin Mann

Spain: FTTH nears 7m homes

FTTH penetration in Spain is significantly growing with almost 7 million connected homes as of February 28th. The latest data from the CNMC reveals that over the last year (February 2017 to February 2018) FTTH gained 1.8 million and over 167,000 only in February 2018. Telefónica’s Movistar leads the market with a share of 50.4 […]

May 23, 2018From David Del Valle in Madrid

Study reveals extent of inequality for female screenwriters

The under-representation of women in film and TV continues to be a hot topic of discussion, with Hollywood elite, industry professionals and audiences calling for change on how women are represented in the industry, and beyond.  An independent report commissioned by the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) and funded by ALCS, has revealed how […]

May 23, 2018

Report: SVoDs top pay-TV in US customer satisfaction

Customer satisfaction with video streaming services far eclipses that of subscription TV service, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) 2018 Telecommunications Report. Video streaming services make their debut in this year’s telecom report with an ACSI score of 75, far and above subscription TV’s score of 62 – a 3.1 per cent decline […]

May 22, 2018

Online viewing spikes during Royal Wedding in UK and US

While traditional TV was still the frontrunner for watching the royal wedding, live-streaming of the event from the major broadcasters saw a noticeable uptake too, putting additional pressure on streaming services, and demanding high performance and delivery of these live-streams. Limelight Networks, a content delivery network (CDN) provider to broadcasters, monitored the spikes in traffic […]

May 22, 2018