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Netflix to exceed 200m global subs this month?

By April 2020, Netflix had almost 183 million subscribers with a breakdown showing it touched 69 million subs in the US and Canada, 58.7 million in EMEA, 34.3 million in Latin-America and 19.8 million in Asia-Pacific. If Netflix were to continue its Q1 trajectory, it could have as many as

June 22, 2020From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Survey: Lockdown raises data privacy & broadband concerns

While Covid-19 lockdown has prompted a positive shift in UK households’ digital activity, concerns around data privacy and security breaches alongside broadband reliability issues have created underlying levels of anxiety – according to an EY report. The survey of 2,500 UK consumers, conducted between May 27th and June 1st, outlines the challenges and opportunities facing […]

June 22, 2020

EBU members meet Covid-19 content challenge

Twenty-five public service media organisations from the EBU Member community have responded to an urgent TV content appeal by providing over 200 TV programmes, amounting to 1,300 hours of content, for use by all public service broadcasters. The EBU-facilitated appeal was launched following the disruption of production schedules and predictions of a crisis for the […]

June 19, 2020

Research: 76% US homes OTT subs

Findings from analyst firm Parks Associates indicate that 76 per cent of US broadband households subscribed to an OTT video service in Q1 2020, while the churn rate for streaming services was 41 per cent. Sixty-two per cent of US broadband

June 8, 2020

Research: Youngsters value UK PSBs during lockdown  

Young viewers value public-service television as much as older generations, according to research conducted for UK free-to-air platform Freeview. The streaming generation has given a powerful vote of confidence to free-to-view TV as lockdown sees young people placing high value on the four public service broadcasters – BBC, ITV, C4 and Channel 5 –  for […]

June 5, 2020