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Report: China leads in 5G race  

China holds a narrow lead in overall 5G readiness ahead of South Korea and the US, according to a report from global telecommunications research firm, Analysys Mason for US mobile industry trade body the CTIA. Underscoring the importance of America maintaining its global wireless leadership, additional research by Recon Analytics found that US 4G leadership […]

April 17, 2018

US: Small business fear end of net neutrality

On April 23rd the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) repeal of net neutrality rules begins. According to a Paychex Small Business Survey conducted by Paychex, a provider of integrated human capital management solutions, 44 per cent of small business owners feel repealing net neutrality rules that are currently in place will negatively impact their business website, […]

April 17, 2018

Analyst: Global pay-TV revenues to fall 11%

Global pay-TV revenues peaked in 2016 at $205 billion (€166bn), according to the Global Pay TV Revenue Forecasts report from Digital TV Research. Revenues will fall by 11 per cent to $183 billion in 2023, despite the number of pay-TV subscribers rising by 9 per cent. Revenues per subscriber are declining as more homes convert […]

April 16, 2018

France: 3.4m watch VoD daily

Each day, 9.5 million people in France are watching TV online, either live or catch-up, via a TV set. According to data from Mediametrie, some 4.4 million (7.3 per cent of the country’s population) aged 4 and above now watches online TV on a device other than a TV set, such as a smartphone or […]

April 16, 2018From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

LatAm SVoD subs reached 18.2m in 2017

According to Dataxis latest research, as at 2017, Latin America reached 18.2 million of active paid account subscribed to an SVoD service. This means an annual increase of 29.8 per cent. Such volume is equal to 25.2 per cent of the total fixed broadband accesses, which indicates it has more room to growth. Netflix remains […]

April 16, 2018

Report: $439bn consumer entertainment spend by 2021

In 2017, global consumer expenditure on entertainment content (video, games and music) worldwide continued to climb. By 2021, this spend is set to reach $439 billion (€355bn) globally, a 17 per cent increase from 2017, according to the latest Global Entertainment Content Outlook report from Futuresource Consulting. “As expected, TV and Video account for the […]

April 16, 2018

1.95bn mobile phones to be sold worldwide in 2018

Global demand for mobile phones is stalling, growing by just 0.2 per cent in 2018 to 1.95 billion, according to the latest forecast published by technology research firm CCS Insight. This assessment comes from the combination of a gloomy picture in developed markets and a more positive outlook for some emerging markets, notably in Asia-Pacific […]

April 16, 2018

FoxConn keen on 8K transmissions

Paul Gray, Research Director at IHS Markit, expects modest global sales of 8K displays initially, and with China taking the largest portion of potential interest. He says next year, despite the launch of 8K transmissions this coming December from Japan’s NHK public broadcaster, to be less than 1 million units globally. By 2020, and perhaps

April 13, 2018By Chris Forrester

Report: Facebook ad spend grows 62% YoY

New data released by marketing technology company 4C reveals spend across the major social and mobile platforms in the first quarter of 2018 increased year-over-year (YoY), with the greatest revenue growth on 4C seen by Snapchat (234 per cent) and Instagram (136 per cent). Advertisers used digital platforms to engage audiences around large tentpole events […]

April 12, 2018

Report: International players target Indian VoD market

The era of video on demand (VoD) is rapidly gripping the Indian entertainment industry by virtue of the increase in both international and domestic over-the-top (OTT) players, according to data and analytics company GlobalData. The digital media frenzy and the popularity of these players is a testimony that digital video content is going to follow […]

April 12, 2018