Business
PwC: UK media companies hold their nerve during economic turmoil
Overall, PwC's report forecasts the UK M&E industry to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4 per cent over the next four...
analysis
Media Delivery
Analyst: Pay-TV subs continue to drop, but still above one billion
According to Digital TV Research, IPTV will be the pay-TV winner, with satellite losing around 12 million subscribers between 2021 and 2027
Media Delivery
Analyst: No Netflix and churn (yet)
Globally, SVoD subscriptions will increase by 475 million between 2021 and 2027 to reach 1.68 billion predicts Digital TV Research
Business
Research: Global broadcast and media software and SaaS market worth $43.5 billion
Caretta Research has broken down the figure by category, with content connectivity, storage and delivery being the largest sector
Business
Analysts: Netflix set for bigger ad revenues in Western Europe than United States
Almost one in five of Western Europe’s Netflix users will be on the ad tier by 2027 predicts Ampere Analysis
Media Delivery
Netflix’s Open Connect ‘saved ISPs over $1 billion in 2021’
Netflix commissioned Analysys Mason to quantify the impact that initiatives such as Open Connect, its caching and traffic delivery programme, and the implementation of...
Business
Analyst: Disney Plus, Netflix could generate $1 billion each in ad revenue by 2025
"The devil will be in the details of how each company prices these new offerings and how much of the available content impressions will...
Business
Goldman Sachs downgrades Netflix rating to ‘sell’
Shares in the streaming service dropped by 5 per cent following the announcement
Media Delivery
OTT revenues predicted to reach $224 billion by 2027
Around $21 billion in revenues is predicted to be added in 2022 alone
Media Delivery
Analysts lower Netflix growth forecast following tumultuous start to the year
Globally, SVoD subscriptions will increase by 485 million between 2021 and 2027 to reach 1.69 billion
Media Consumption
CTV overtakes linear as Europeans’ preferred entertainment platform
In the UK, 72 per cent of ShowHeroes' respondents said they prefer CTV to linear, while in Germany the figure is 81 per cent,...
Media Delivery
Analyst: Global pay-TV market set for highs and lows over next five years
Between 2021 and 2027, 86 countries are predicted to add pay-TV subs and 52 countries will lose subscribers
Media Delivery
Analysts: Western Europe pay-TV subs to drop to 100 million by 2027
Digital TV Research predicts IPTV will overtake satellite TV in 2026 to become the most lucrative platform
Business
Analysts: Broadcast equipment market worth $6.3 billion by 2027
While the industry suffered a dip during the pandemic, it saw a surge in demand in the second half of 2021
Media Consumption
Global SVoD subscriptions to reach 1.75 billion in 2027
Netflix, Disney Plus and Amazon Prime Video will account for half of total
Business
Discovery/BT Sport tie-up could be ‘first tangible threat to Sky’
Analyst Conrad Wiacek suggests the UK may become the first battle ground in the battle to become the dominant European sports broadcaster
Media Consumption
Sports fans are ready for the Winter Olympics
Matt Del Percio from Altman Solon takes a look at the results of a fan survey of five major Winter Games nations shows strong...
Business
Moving BBC to a subscription service ‘would undermine tenets of Public Service Broadcasting’
A new report from Enders Analysis looks at what impact a move to a subscription-based model could have on the BBC and TV viewing...
Business
What next for the BBC?
Following the news that the UK government is freezing the licence fee ahead of a possible move to a subscription-based model, TVBEurope looks at...
Media Delivery
Mediavision: HBO Max adds over 600K subscribers in the Nordics
"The demand for strong content has still not reached its peak in the Nordics," said MediaVision CEO Marie Nilsson
Business
Is Europe’s production boom reaching a tipping point?
In its latest report, Enders Analysis predicts the streaming services are likely to shift their priority away from growth to profitability, which could lead...
Media Delivery
Ampere: Disney surpasses 100 million SVoD subs in the US
Company's three SVoD services are continuing to attract subscribers
Business
Kagan: Global pay-TV households are still growing
The number of households subscribing to pay-TV operators continues to grow despite a predicted drop in penetration
Media Delivery
Analysts: Big five streamers to reach over 900 million subs by 2026
Analysts at Digital TV Research predict the five major US-based platforms will control 53 per cent of the world’s 1.7 billion SVoD subscriptions by...
Media Delivery
Report: 745 VoD services launched in UK, EU and US in four years
Report also found that the number of total AVoD users is significantly higher than SVoD users. In the UK and US
Media Consumption
Analysts: Pay-TV market fragments as it matures
The top 50 pay-TV operators are predicted to lose 20 million subscribers over the next five years
Business
Is ViacomCBS the next big M&A target?
Bank of America analyst suggests company's large library could command a premium as content increasingly comes to be the key differentiator for streaming enterprises
Media Delivery
Over a third of global TV households will be an SVoD subscriber by 2026
Average SVoD subscriber will pay for 2.14 SVoD subscriptions by 2026 – up from 1.74 in 2020
Media Delivery
Conviva: Europe sees 122 per cent streaming growth year-on-year
Latest report also finds viewers are turning to connected TV devices and smart TVs to watch content
Business
EY: Increasing resilience is M&E sector’s top priority post-pandemic
EY surveyed over 100 global industry executives to look at how recent events have impacted their businesses
Media Delivery
Analyst: Netflix to lose European market share, but remain market leader
HBO Max's growth to be hampered by current licensing deals
Media Delivery
Disney Plus, HBO Max to drive Eastern Europe SVoD subs
Digital TV Research forecasts 40 million SVoD subscriptions in the region by 2026 by 2026
Media Delivery
Analyst: Pay-TV’s loss will be digital’s gain in Eastern Europe
Pay-TV will still lead its digital counterpart in terms of overall subscribers
Media Delivery
Analyst: Disney Plus subs to overtake Netflix in next five years
According to Digital TV Research, much of the subscriber growth will be driven by India's Disney Plus Hotstar
Production & Post
Virtual production will be industry norm by 2026 says Nostradamus report
Annual report, released as part of the Göteburg Film Festival forecasts trends in TV and film
Media Delivery
Kantar: Amazon captures almost half of new UK SVoD sign-ups in Q4 2020
Analysts suggest 53.3 per cent of British households are now Prime members, an increase of almost 2 million households during the year
Media Delivery
Ampere: 2021 will be the year of ‘compounding’
According to Ampere's research, there are now more than 400 million subscriptions to streaming services across the US and the ‘big 5’ Western European...
Business
Registration open for TVBEurope’s 2021 MediaTech Outlook report
The annual report brings together exclusive commentary from around the industry on the current state of media technology application and adoption and will be...
Media Delivery
Disney Plus smashes targets again, aims for 260 million subs by 2024
Disney CEO Bob Chapek said the huge popularity of Disney Plus has exceeded the company’s “wildest expectations.”
Business
Deloitte: The Cloud migration forecast remains Cloudy
Analysts predict global cloud spending will grow seven times faster than overall IT spend, while the market for intelligent edge computing will expand to...
Media Delivery
Analyst: Disney Plus growth curve will continue to climb
Digital TV Research predicts in total, Disney Plus, Amazon Prime, Apple TV Plus, Netflix and HBO Max will have 678 million paying SVoD subscribers...
Business
What does lockdown 2 mean for the TV industry?
TVBEurope talks to analyst Alex DeGroote about the impact England's return to lockdown could have on commercial broadcasters