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US SVoD services have 35,000hrs of content in Sweden

The Swedish streaming market is growing, and more and more players are establishing themselves in the region, reports Mediavision. The selection of content is large, especially of American TV shows and movies. The three major players Netflix, HBO Nordic and Amazon Prime Video together offers over 7,400 titles which equals 35,000 hours of content. The […]

March 9, 2018

France: 25% use SVoD services

VoD services continue to find new audiences in France, with 37 per cent of French Internet users aged 6 and over saying they have used a VoD or SVoD platform at least once so far this year, an 11 per cent increase year-on-year according to figures from Mediamétrie’s VOD 360 study. Some 29 per cent […]

March 8, 2018From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Gen Z discovering music on YouTube, but not listening

Sweety High, a digital media company for Gen Z girls, has released its first Gen Z Music Consumption & Spending Report, which reveals research around the preferences of the powerhouse cohort. According to the report, while YouTube ranks as the top platform for music discovery (75 per cent), more than half of respondents also cite Radio […]

March 8, 2018

TF1 loses 12% of average audience

Five days after Canal+ ended the retransmission of TF1’s free DTT channels on its platform, the viewership of the commercial broadcaster has continuously decreased. On March 6th, the TF1 daytime audience fell by 1.7 points compared to the previous week, while the average audience dropped 186,000 viewers, BFM Business analyses. Daily soap Demain nous appartient […]

March 8, 2018From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Spain: OTT subs double in a year

OTT platforms are gaining momentum in Spain, having doubled the number of subscribers over the last year. A report from AIMC (a Media Research Association) has revealed that the number of OTT subscribers has risen from 9.5 per cent of the country’s population in 2016 to 18.1 per cent at the end of 2017. Some […]

March 7, 2018From David Del Valle in Madrid

LatAm exceeds 70m broadband accesses

Dataxis research findings state that for the third quarter of 2017, Latin America has broken the barrier of 70 million of broadband accesses. Fibre To The Home (FTTH) is the fastest growing option with a rise of 37 per cent since 2016. This fibre boom can be explained in the context of general growth of […]

March 7, 2018

EU cable delivering ongoing growth

The European cable industry continues to grow steadily, with total revenues up 2.4 per cent year on year, reaching €23.43 billion in 2017, according to IHS statistics released today by the industry’s trade association, Cable Europe, at the annual Cable Congress in Dublin. The European cable industry has shown consistent growth over the past decade […]

March 6, 2018Nick Snow @ Cable Congress

Study: Momentum returning to UK TV ad market

TV advertising revenue in the UK totalled £5.11 billion (€5.74bn) in 2017, down 3.2 per cent on the record high set in 2016 of £5.28 billion, according to full year figures provided to Thinkbox – the marketing body for commercial TV in the UK – by the UK commercial TV broadcasters. The figures represent all […]

March 6, 2018

Poll: Demand for flexible ISP contracts, standalone broadband

An ISPreview reader poll, which was conducted between January 18th and March 1st, has suggested that the vast majority (75.1 per cent) of respondents would rather have a truly standalone broadband connection than a bundle. A third would also like UK ISPs to offer shorter contracts. At present most

March 6, 2018

India: Entertainment industry grew by 13% in 2017

The Indian Media and Entertainment (M&E) sector reached almost INR1.5 trillion (€18.3 billion) in 2017, a growth of around 13 per cent over 2016. With its current trajectory, it is expect to cross INR2 trillion by 2020, at a CAGR of 11.6 per cent. The digital segment led growth, demonstrating that advertising budgets are in […]

March 6, 2018