Media Delivery
Analyst: Netflix to lose European market share, but remain market leader
HBO Max's growth to be hampered by current licensing deals
analysis
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
Media Delivery
Netflix increases European subscribers despite slowdown in global growth
While many are focusing on the streamer missing its global subscriber target, the story in Europe is much more positive.
Business
Analyst: ITV restructure ‘not so much smart as very necessary’
Analyst Alex DeGroote talks to TVBEurope about ITV's plan to refocus the business.
Live Production
As News UK begins hiring TV producers, can the UK sustain four news channels?
TVBEurope talks to analyst Gill Hind about the future of news channels in the UK
Media Delivery
Analysis: Disney Plus’ European IPTV partnerships “have had little impact”
New report from Enders Analysis looks at European TV and video subscription platforms
Media Delivery
Disney’s Magic Streaming Kingdom
Analyst predicts the streamer will reach 155 millions global subs in the next four years
Media Delivery
Western Europe to double SVoD subscriptions between 2019-2025
Around 35 million subs will be added in 2020, driven by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Business
Tim Davie: It’s time for the BBC to look properly at D2C
"D2C for the BBC is a no brainer overseas," analyst Alex DeGroote tells TVBEurope
Media Consumption
BBC Three ‘lost up to 70 per cent of its audience’ with move to online
New report looks at the effect moving BBC Three away from linear TV has had on the channel
Business
PWC: Global media and entertainment industry to shrink by $120 billion
However, growth is expected to resumer with PWC predicting that in 2021 entertainment and media spending will grow by 6.4 per cent
Media Consumption
Live TV, VoD, video streaming see drops following easing of lockdown
Latest iteration of Havas Media report shows TV consumption is dropping as more people head out after lockdown
Business
Rationale behind Comcast’s acquisition of Sky ‘remains a mystery’ says analyst
Analyst Craig Moffett said he is still not convinced of Sky's financial and strategic value to Comcast
Media Delivery
Smartphones to power 170 million SVoD subs over next five years
According to Digital TV Research, the total will climb by 25 million in 2020 alone
Media Delivery
Apple TV updates with 4K YouTube, picture-in-picture features
Apple TV is "much more than a TV platform" says analyst Paolo Pescatore
Media Delivery
S&P Global: Uncertainty clouds online video platform outlook
By Michelle Abraham, senior research analyst, media & communications (Kagan), S&P Global Market Intelligence
Media Consumption
‘The crown jewels of UK sports broadcasting is back’: The Premier League returns
Analyst Paolo Pescatore talks to TVBEurope about the return of the Premier League
Media Delivery
Disney Plus signs up over 4 million UK subscribers
Already the third most popular SVoD in the UK
Media Consumption
Enders Analysis warns of troubling trends for broadcast television
Analysts warn of inevitable fatigue around "stale" TV schedules
Media Delivery
Comment: Time to rethink Free TV
Nigel Walley, MD and founder of Decipher, explains why free TV platforms need to innovate to keep up with the SVoD giants
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.
Media Consumption
Changing TV habits in the era of Covid-19
Analyst Paolo Pescatore takes a look at the current situation for TV and streaming services
Business
Entertainment industry set for $160 billion hit from coronavirus
New figures from Ampere Analysis
Media Consumption
Global pay-TV subs predicted to reach 1.06 billion by 2025
IPTV predicted to add 84 million subscribers between 2019 and 2025
Media Consumption
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
Data Centre
Havas Media Group: UK streaming up 4 per cent during last two weeks
"The entertaining content provided by streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime is playing an increasingly valuable role"
Data Centre
Western Europe pay-TV subs “to fall below 100 million”
“IPTV is gaining subscribers at the expense of the other pay-TV platforms"
Media Delivery
Netflix predicted to win the streaming wars during coronavirus lockdown
Predicted to add 10 million subscribers worldwide during Q1 2020
Business
Netflix “currently worth more than Disney”
Netflix is expected to gain up to 8.45 million new subscribers in Q1 2020
Data Centre
Eastern European OTT revenues to triple in five years
Expected to reach $3.58 billion in 2025
Business
Quibi hits 1.7 million downloads in first week
"The coronavirus has definitely had an impact" says analyst