US pay-TV revenues peaked in 2015, at $101.71 billion (€82.51bn), according to the eighth edition of the North America Pay TV Forecasts report from Digital TV Research. A $26.58 billion decline (26 per cent) is forecast between 2015 and 2023 to take the total down to $75.13 billion. Cable TV revenues peaked in 2010 at […]
The first episode of crime drama McMafia was streamed 3.4 million times, and three other episodes of the series that aired later in the month also feature in the top ten most-popular BBC iPlayer programmes in January. The first month of the New Year was also the best month on record for BBC iPlayer, building […]
For those age 14 to 21, e-sports are about as big as [American] football, according to results of a UMass Lowell-Washington Post poll. Forty per cent of that age group said they are football fans while 38 per cent count themselves among fans of eSports. “The popularity of eSports and online gaming among
Top marketers know that digital video is one of the most powerful tools to increase consumer engagement and brand loyalty. In fact, according to a new study from Clinch, a creative technology company that powers dynamic, personalised video advertising, brand marketers are ramping up their production of digital videos with an emphasis on creating campaigns […]
With ownership of TV programming rights becoming a vital asset in the international TV market, production company mergers and acquisitions have continued to rise over the past five years. This type of activity has grown at a 19.4 per cent compound annual growth rate (CAGR), increasing from 42 deals in 2013 to 102 deals in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]