A report from online brand and content protection specialist INCOPRO indicates that Portugal’s regulatory site blocking orders have successfully reduced use of large-scale piracy websites by 69.7 per cent. Site blocking has become a recognised practice in countries across Europe over the past few years. In 2015, a memorandum of understanding was reached in Portugal […]
Firms providing TV and broadband packages did more than nearly any other sector to damage their reputations over the last year through poor customer service and increasing complaint levels. Pay-TV/broadband firms saw the biggest increase in customers citing them among the worst sectors for service – rising 3.3 percentage points to 33.5 per cent. Only […]
IHS Markit has released findings from its Cross-Platform Television Viewing Time 2016 report, which analyses TV consumption trends across the ‘big five’ European markets: France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, and suggests that linear television viewing declined across those markets in 2016, with personal video recorder (PVR) time-shifted viewing starting to plateau as PVRs […]
The UK’s creative industries have cemented their position as a powerhouse for growth, with employment in the sector growing at four times the rate of the UK workforce as whole, according to latest official statistics from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), which suggest that those industries now employ almost two million […]
A report from Paris-based satellite consultancy Euroconsult says that the In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC) sector of the industry is going to enjoy “fabulous growth” although the study admits that predicting revenue patterns is still a challenge. The study is echoed by London-based Inmarsat, which is boosting its coverage of the globe in order to […]
Barclays Corporate Banking’s UK Video Gamers Trends Survey finds that female gamers are the hidden gem in the UK video gaming crown. British women look set to spend £1.1 billion on video games and their accessories over the next 12 months – a third of the total £3.5 billion projected spend for British adults over […]
The overall annual impact of film and TV piracy on the Italian economy is estimated at €1.2 million of lost revenue, resulting in an €427 million contraction of GDP and 6,540 lost jobs. The figures are from research conducted by
The growth of pay-TV and online streaming services is taking TV ad revenues away from the largest FTA operators in Spain; namely Mediaset and Atresmedia. In the first half of the year, Mediaset and Atresmedia earned €10 million less in ad revenues than the same period last year. According to consultancy firm Infoadex, Atresmedia, owner […]
YouTube is racking up 1.5 billion monthly viewers in part through a big jump in big-screen viewing, according to parent company Alphabet at its Q2 results. Google CEO Sundar Pichai said
The Berkeley Group – one of the UK’s best-known developers of new homes – says access to ultrafast broadband is now almost as important to new home buyers as running water and electricity. According to Berkeley’s Chief Executive, Rob Perrins, owners expect it to be available from the day they move in and the company […]