Media Consumption
Great content still needs a great engagement strategy to drive viewers
By James Manderson, general manager at customer engagement platform Braze EMEA
Media Consumption
Media Consumption
Pay-TV revenues set for $150 billion hit
According to Digital TV Research, pay-TV revenues for 138 countries peaked in 2016 at $202 billion.
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One in five UK homes has signed up for a new SVoD service during lockdown
Average UK household now subscribes to 2.3 SVoD services
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UKTV Play reports 27 per cent viewer increase during lockdown
Network seeing big gains in viewers aged 16-34
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Changing TV habits in the era of Covid-19
Analyst Paolo Pescatore takes a look at the current situation for TV and streaming services
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720p is no longer HD according to YouTube
Platform reclassifies what constitutes HD quality on its videos
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Global pay-TV subs predicted to reach 1.06 billion by 2025
IPTV predicted to add 84 million subscribers between 2019 and 2025
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BARB: Boomers begin to embrace SVoD services
BARB releases its Viewing Report 2020
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Only a third of UK viewers are aware of AVoD
New figures from study by Rakuten Advertising
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Global streaming up by 50 per cent YoY in March
New figures from Conviva's State of Streaming report
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Havas Media report sees drop in live TV consumption
Latest iteration of Havas Media report points to stabilised consumption habits and a reduction of increased live TV viewing in the UK
Reports
SDI continues to deliver remote localisation for A+E Networks UK during shutdown
Company has been using SessionLinkPRO to deliver 40+ titles for the April schedule
iPlayer sees “most popular day ever” in lockdown
Received a record 20.4 million requests on 23rd March
Disney Plus predicted to hit 220+ million subscribers by 2024
Would be almost four times Disney's own subscriber target
Disney Plus reaches 50 million subscribers globally
Could meet the company's target of 60-90 million global subs four years early
WWE tags DAZN in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
DAZN will air Raw and SmackDown exclusively live and on-demand in the regions
Trusted News Initiative to fight coronavirus misinformation
Shared alert system enables partners to flag potentially harmful content
European pay-TV platforms introduce free packages during lockdown
Canal Plus, Telefonica and Orange offer free subscriptions
Total views of Bird Box “equivalent to 66 million kg of CO2”
"It is equal to driving from London to Istanbul and back 38,879 times"
Tony Hall: “No guarantee” that Netflix would serve British culture
"It comes nowhere near matching the BBC"
Content
Sky Sports to serve more women’s sport
"The evolution will mean no longer grouping women's sport collectively in a standalone programme each week"
Content
BritBox aims to “grab people’s attention” with Spitting Image return
The classic comedy revival is the service's first original commission
Features
The secret of immersive viewing
Luke Gaydon, head of Solutions, Innovation, and Marketing, Accedo, on the rise of AR/VR in sport broadcasting
Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special named “biggest TV programme since 2002”
Watched by an audience of 18.5 million
BT and ATEME partner to combat piracy
BT will employ ATEME's encryption technologies to protect satellite uplinked content
Discovery to launch HGTV in more European markets
Channel will be available FTA in Italy and on pay-TV in 11 other markets
Content
Celebrity Big Brother is the most complained about show of the 2010s
Episode accounted for almost half broadcasting complaints in 2018
Content
Killing Eve named 2019’s most popular show on iPlayer
Series two generated 40.4 million requests
Content
Sky News ‘lobbying to be allowed to provide local news’
Said to be lobbying Ofcom for regulation reform
News
Features
Bingeing all the way
TVBEurope asks Ampere Analysis' Toby Holleran why streaming services are changing up their release models
Content
Eurovision Sport, Scout Gaming release ski manager game
Ski Austria Expert allows fans to build their fantasy alpine ski team
Content
Pluto TV to launch 24-hour AwesomenessTV channel
Will show Gen Z-oriented programming from 6th December
Content
NOW TV appoints astrologers to help viewers find their perfect content
Have predicted which films and TV will be the perfect watch for each star sign