Business
Annual sport spend reaches €10 billion in Europe
European broadcasters spent a third of their content budget on sports in 2018
analysis
Data Centre
Amazon, Netflix, Apple among “most connected brands”
"No signs of slowing down" for Netflix
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Women’s sport investment set to climb
Industry ready to capitalise on digital distribution opportunities
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5G “will improve fan engagement” for sport organisations
Through live-streaming video and mixed reality experiences
Data Centre
Cord-cutting trends “exaggerated” in US
"Too often, advertising, media and marketing industry professionals perpetuate false beliefs"
TVBEverywhere
New Netflix strategy, Apple Privacy brand predicted in next three years
Netflix expected to "look for new growth strategies from 2022"
Data Centre
Pay-TV subscriptions reach one billion worldwide
Pay-TV subs increased by 26 million in 2018
Data Centre
Latency “most significant issue” for video developers
Bitmovin publishes annual Video Developer Report
Data Centre
Why are US broadcasters ordering fewer pilots?
Aligns with SVoD players which tend not to use pilots
TVBEverywhere
Internet carriers deny “throttling” online video
Study suggests violation of net neutrality
TVBEverywhere
Increased broadband usage “indicates cord-cutting”
OVBI studies consumers across the US and Europe
Data Centre
Targeted advertising “halves rate of channel switching”
Viewers 10 per cent more likely to remember a targeted advert
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Smartphones “most popular” means of watching sport
Linear sport rights acquisitions slow the rate of cord-cutting
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‘Cord-stacking’ on the rise
Increasing number of households combining pay-TV, Premium Channel and SVoD services
Data Centre
A third of UK consumers aware of Disney+ launch
A quarter of Disney fans would add the platform to existing SVoD subscriptions
Data Centre
TV is “most popular pastime” for consumers
40 per cent spend 10+ weekly hours watching TV
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Almost two-thirds of Europeans use SVoDs
Subscriptions are being overwhelmingly driven by younger demographics
Data Centre
2018 saw “strongest growth rate of the decade” for TV shipments
"8K is standing on the threshold of growth"
Data Centre
Netflix, Amazon usage climbs as Facebook video declines
YouTube is the most popular service in all countries except the UK
Data Centre
Streaming piracy decreases with SVoD rise
"Users no longer need to turn to illegitimate sources to get their viewing fix"
Data Centre
Discovery “most omnipresent non-domestic broadcaster” in Europe
Discovery had a broadcasting presence in 26 different European territories in 2017
Data Centre
“More than half of UK audience” considers cord-cutting
Six in 10 consumers watch video most frequently on a smartphone
Data Centre
French broadcasters increase spending for original content
Local players are diversifying their revenue streams to compete with the likes of Netflix
TVBEverywhere
Over half of under-10s “regularly create video content”
86 per cent of 'Generation Alpha' creatively use new technology
TVBEverywhere
80 per cent of SVoD customers “feel they pay too much”
Muso reports rising "streaming fatigue"
Data Centre
A quarter of Women’s World Cup viewers will watch on social media
Consumers reportedly "craving" more immersive viewing experiences
Data Centre
Consumers will spend 800 hours on mobile internet in 2019
TV remains the biggest medium globally
Data Centre
VoD advertising “grew six-fold in seven years”
The Advertising Association publishes UK Advertising’s Digital Revolution report
Data Centre
Traditional TV has ‘negative growth expectations’ for first time
VR remains the highest-growth segment
Data Centre
SVoD subscriptions to increase 86 per cent over five years
"China overtook the US in 2018 to become the gross SVoD subscription leader."
Data Centre
Disney+ projected to have 19 million subscribers by 2024
"Fast approaching Amazon Prime Video"
Data Centre
Three quarters of SVoD users “would reject advertising”
VODyssey report surveyed over 2,000 UK consumers
Data Centre
Nordic region reaches 10 million streaming subscriptions
More than half of Nordic households that use SVoDs subscribe to more than one service
Data Centre
Telcos ‘will control 56 per cent of Western Europe’s pay-TV subscribers by 2024’
Pay-TV revenues to decline by 13.1 per cent over five years
Business
OTT monitoring and compliance market ‘to expand by 16 per cent in five years’
Frost & Sullivan forecasts the market to reach $149.7 million by 2024
Data Centre
Gen Z “more willing to pay” for content
Found to prefer personalised and complementary content
Content
‘Climate change’ mentioned 95 per cent less than ‘tea’ on TV
New study into environmental discussion over a year’s worth of subtitling data
Data Centre
Mobile video consumption increased four times since 2011
Around 40 per cent of young people watch short-form content daily
Data Centre
Broadcast considered the most trusted media in Europe
EBU finds that 85 per cent of European countries trust radio and 75 per cent trust TV