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329 children’s TV channels in Europe

A total of 329 children’s TV channels (including the various linguistic versions) are currently on offer in Europe, accounting for 6 per cent of all national and international TV channels established in Europe. One children’s TV network features on average 2.6 linguistic versions, according to data from the European Audiovisual Observatory. The quarter of all […]

October 13, 2017

Analyst: ‘Wheels falling off satellite TV’

Reacting to AT&T’s Stock Market guidance that it expects to lose 390K traditional video subscribers, netted against a gain of 300K OTT subscribers, Craig Moffett, Partner and Senior Analyst at research firm MoffettNathanson has suggested that, in addition to general cord-cutting pressures, satellite TV is particularly affected. AT&T’s 8-K filing states: “The video net losses […]

October 12, 2017By Colin Mann

Sky, BT see increased Premier League audiences

The opening weeks of the Premier League has seen increased TV audiences for both Sky and BT, according to data from Enders Analysis, offering a potential boost to prospects for a coming auction of some of the lucrative broadcast rights. Sky, who hold the rights to most games, has drawn an average of 819,000 TV […]

October 12, 2017

Euroconsult: ‘300 satellite launches per year to 2026’

A study (Satellites to be Built & Launched by 2026) from Paris-based Euroconsult says that it anticipates that 300 satellites with a mass over 50 kg will be launched on average each year by 2026 for government agencies and commercial organisations worldwide. This is a threefold increase over the past decade as the satellite market […]

October 12, 2017By Chris Forrester

Study: Netflix’s changing user base

Not only has Netflix’s audience grown significantly in the past two years, but the composition of its user base has changed dramatically as well, according to a DeepProfile study from consumer intelligence research platform CivicScience. Back in May of 2015, CivicScience published a detailed study on the profile of Netflix users, as well as people who […]

October 11, 2017By Colin Mann

CCS: 300m 5G smartphones to be sold in 2021

The latest forecast from research firm CCS Insight shows the global mobile phone market remaining stable for the next five years, with about 2 billion mobile phones sold every year. However, this steady total masks underlying shifts as feature phones continue to decline as a total proportion of the market, 4G technology dominates sales and […]

October 11, 2017

Western European TV market worth €99bn

The TV market in Western Europe was worth €99.4 billion at the end of 2016, accounting for an annual growth rate of 1.8 per cent. This compares to a 17.5 per cent growth over the period 2006-2016, at an average annual rate (CAGR) of over 1 per cent. These are the key conclusions of the […]

October 10, 2017From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Portugal, Greece, Israel climb Neflix Speed Index

Netflix has released September data from its ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best primetime Netflix streaming experience. Thailand’s 3BB and Hargray in the US experienced the largest speed gains this month. 3BB’s speeds gained by 0.50 Megabits per second (Mbps), increasing its average monthly speed […]

October 10, 2017

MENA: 50m 5G connections by 2025

The prospects for immense 5G growth in the Middle East and North Africa has emerged from a study by the GSM Association and released at an event in Dubai on Oct 8th and saying that Middle East mobile operators will be 5G “early adopters”. Their study (The Mobile Economy: Middle East and North Africa 2017) […]

October 10, 2017By Chris Forrester

Ericsson: 50% of TV viewing to be mobile

Findings from the Ericsson ConsumerLab study suggest that linear and VoD viewing will be almost equal in just three years, with 50 per cent of all viewing being done on a mobile screen, with half of this done on the smartphone alone. The eighth edition of Ericsson’s annual ConsumerLab TV and Media report details the […]

October 9, 2017