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16% US households own a 4K TV

Smartphones are now in 80 per cent of US homes – a six percentage point increase year-over-year (YOY) – and US consumers now own 27 million more smartphones than they did just last year, according to research from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). Furthermore, CTA’s research analysis shows 16 per cent of US households now […]

May 26, 2017

Nielsen: TV is still dominant screen

Ninety-two per cent of all adult viewing in the US is done on a TV screen, according the Nielsen. Its fourth-quarter Comparable Metrics Report says adults spent 509 billion minutes viewing on TVs in the quarter and another 63.6 billion viewing on TV-connected devices. Viewing on

May 26, 2017

Digital now dominates cinema delivery

Other than a few cinemas in India, and pockets of specialist 35mm projection, the world’s cinemas are now totally digital. A report from IHS Technology says that more than 155,000 screens around the world are now available to distributors. The shift to digital projection started in 2005 with the establishing of the Digital Cinema Initiatives […]

May 26, 2017By Chris Forrester

Freesat: ‘Strong FY 16-17 performance’

UK free-to-air digital satellite platform Freesat has reported strong growth in the twelve months to March 30th 2017, with 904,000 devices sold – an increase of 90 per cent year on year – benefiting from the continuing popularity of smart and UHD televisions. Freesat’s customer base continues to thrive with 58,000 new homes added over […]

May 25, 2017

Survey: Gen Z wants branded content, social first

In March of this year, Fullscreen partnered with Leflein Associates to field a quantitative national online survey and ethnographic interviews (in the greater NYC area) with Gen Z and millennial individuals. They investigated media preferences and trends, passions and values, influencer fandom, consumer journeys, and brand love –– and perhaps most significantly –– where Gen […]

May 25, 2017

BBC global audience rises to 372m

The BBC is reaching a record weekly audience of 372 million around the world, a rise of 7 per cent year on year, new audience figures reveal. These figures – the Global Audience Measure (GAM) – show how many individuals the BBC reached weekly with its news and entertainment content in the year 2016/17. The […]

May 25, 2017

Analysts: Amazon Channels not a threat to pay-TV

According to Jonathan Broughton, Senior Analyst at research firm IHS Markit, and Tim Westcott, Senior Principal Analyst, the launch by Amazon of Amazon Channels, an offering of subscription channels and apps available to Amazon Prime customers, in the UK and Germany, should not be seen as offering an alternative to the Sky packages available in […]

May 24, 2017By Colin Mann

Research: Pay-TV customer satisfaction fades

Customer satisfaction with subscription television is down 1.5 per cent to 64, tied with Internet Service providers for last place among 43 industries tracked by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). New ACSI results show that wireless service is the only telecom industry to improve. Internet service providers, fixed-line telephone and cell phones are unchanged, […]

May 24, 2017

Spain: Pay-TV revenues up 24% in Q4

In the fourth quarter of 2016, the Spanish pay-TV industry saw revenues hit €506 million, up 24 per cent from Q4 2015. A report published by the CNMC reveals that Telefónica took the lion’s share with €420.66 million (against €343.75 million the same period last year) followed by Vodafone with €49.08 million (against €42.86 million […]

May 24, 2017From David Del Valle in Madrid

Survey: Download-to-go drives streaming service loyalty

Results from a survey commissioned by Penthera, a creator of download-to-go (D2G) software for streaming video services, confirm that consumers see D2G as a valuable enhancement to streaming services. Among the findings: More than one-third of 1,000 respondents reported that availability of D2G would make them more likely to subscribe and/or less likely to cancel […]

May 24, 2017