A study from Juniper Research has found that MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) games such as World of Warcraft, and MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) games including DoTA 2, are to account for almost 25 per cent of the digital games industry this year. The research forecasts that revenues from this genre will accelerate to $43 […]
TV advertising still generates $175bn worldwide and fuels many FTA networks. Now the oldest form of TV revenue is needed to monetize the OTT services of broadcasters and pay-TV operators. The audience is, by its very nature, fragmented but the data generated by OTT should provide the information to target ads right down to individuals. […]
Video Game Industry analyst firm DFC Intelligence has issued its latest forecast for the global video game market that increases its overall outlook for the market driven by greater than expected growth in mobile games. In 2016 mobile game software sales was the fastest growing segment, and by 2021 mobile games are expected to account […]
A report from speciality satellite channel facility business Noorsat, and following on from the recent CabSat show in Dubai, says that although 80 percent of viewers in the region are already equipped to receive High-Definition TV, the region is lagging behind the rest of the world. For example, of the 1,500 channels broadcasting in the […]
The FTTH Council Europe – the industry organisation with a mission to accelerate the availability of fibre-based, ultra-high-speed access networks to consumers and businesses – has made public its 2017 study on the cost of deploying FTTH throughout the EU. The results of the cost model indicate that €137 billion would be required to provide […]
According to market research firm Dataxis, the major SAARC countries (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka) plus Myanmar will see their pay-TV market doubled by 2021, to reach $16 billion (€15.09) compared to just $8 billion in 2016. Altogether these countries represent close to 25 per cent of the world population. India is by far […]
In its new study, Virtual Reality Industry Report: Spring 2017, market research firm Greenlight Insights forecasts total virtual reality revenues to reach $7.2 billion (€6.78bn) globally by the end of 2017, of which, head-mounted displays (HMDs) will account for $4.7 billion. Anticipating modest growth in the short term, Greenlight Insights expects the VR industry to grow […]
Findings from a global survey carried out by digital platform security specialist Irdeto and research and consultancy firm Ovum reveal that a majority of video service providers have either Android TV or Android Open Source Project (AOSP) on their technology road-maps. Conducted in February 2017, the study, Is Android the future of the set-top box?, […]
India’s “inactive” DTH subscribers rose 5.2 percent in Q3 and Q4 last year, according to data from the country’s Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI). The country’s 6 private DTH operators reported the rises to TRAI, and took the ‘inactive’ subs to its highest-ever at 34.4 million (to Dec 31st 2016). The previous quarter’s cancellations placed the […]
The total number of subscribers to the 100 television services in the informitv Multiscreen Index rose by 4.03 million or 0.93 per cent in the last quarter of 2016. Sixty-one of the 100 services in the Multiscreen Index reported net subscriber gains in the quarter, compared to 67 in the same period the previous year. […]