IHS Technology’s Media & Technology Digest, in its latest October edition, suggests that OLED displays, while being seen as “better” technology by consumers, could actually inhibit UHD, as consumers will wait for technology that has severe supply constraints. IHS says the past year or so has seen a complete reversal in the balance of UHD […]

CSG International, a specialist in launching and monetising digital services, has pubished the results of its market survey The Future of the Digital Experience: Connected Service Edition. Through an independent research firm, CSG polled 2,000 consumers across five countries to learn how consumers will prefer to connect home automation and other smart devices that are part […]

According to research conducted by Dataxis, FTTx will be the strongest growing fixed broadband access in Asia-Pacific, growing at a CAGR of 35 per cent during 2012-2022. China is by far the biggest contributor to this growth, accounting for almost 80 per cent of the FTTx connections out of total FBB numbers in 2016. The […]

Italian public broadcaster RAI ended June 2017 with an audience share of 35.9 per cent, compared to 36.9 per cent a year earlier. In the same period, its main rival Mediaset saw its audience share grow from 29.1 per cent to 30.1 per cent. Sky Italia had 8.4 per cent of total viewers (-0.6 per […]

Following Dataxis research, the pay-TV market in Latin America reached 74.3 million subscribers in the second quarter of 2017, ended almost unchanged from the previous quarter. Although the market remained stable, America Movil and AT&T (DirecTV), the two main groups lost subscribers. America Movil lost 1.3 per cent of its pay-TV subscriber base in the […]

For​ ​the​ ​second​ ​consecutive​ ​quarter,​ ​long-form​ ​content​ ​—​ ​greater​ ​than​ ​20​ ​minutes​ ​in​ ​length​ ​— now​ ​represents​ ​the​ ​majority​ ​of​ ​time​ ​spent​ ​watching​ ​video​ ​across​ ​all​ ​screen​ ​sizes,​ ​with​ ​mobile devices​ ​being​ ​the​ ​platform​ ​of​ ​choice​ ​between​ ​2.4​ ​to​ ​3.3​ ​times​ ​more​ ​than​ ​personal​ ​computers, according to Ooyala’s most recent Video Index report. In​ Europe, […]

IHS Markit says the increasing popularity of time- and place-shifted content viewing is disrupting the media management industry. Global media management revenue is forecast to grow at a 5.9 per cent CAGR from 2015 to 2021. The fastest-growing regions during this time frame are Asia Pacific and South and Central America. Analysis Owing to myriad […]