Business
2020 to bring “even fiercer competition” in streaming wars
Future of esports and 5G discussed in new report from Kantar
analysis
Data Centre
Netflix reaches “over 300 million pay-TV households”
Now available on all major pay-TV operators in France
Data Centre
AR/VR spending “to reach $18.8 billion in 2020”
IDC expects commercial sectors to lead the charge
Data Centre
EU piracy falls by 15 per cent
Still €1 billion collected by illegal IPTV providers in the EU each year
Data Centre
Over a third of users worldwide enjoy a “very good or excellent” video experience
The US lags behind Europe
TVBEverywhere
Disney Plus mobile apps downloaded over 15 million times in first fortnight
Averaged 25.6 million sessions a day
Data Centre
5G subscriptions to surpass 2.6 billion by 2025
Total cellular IoT connections to reach 5 billion
Data Centre
Why are Nordic OTT providers going local?
Content spend on originals has increased while acquisition investment decreased
Data Centre
UK viewers unlikely to take algorithm recommendations
Only 16.7 per cent of UK viewers take recommendations from within the app
TVBEverywhere
‘Live TV is dead’ claims analyst
Losing out to SVoD and AVoD much faster than previously thought
Data Centre
Almost half of sport organisations “disappointed with OTT results”
"Successful OTT distribution is by no means a walk in the park"
Data Centre
Disney Plus “to reach 101 million subscribers by 2025”
Major streaming subscriptions to double by 2025
Data Centre
A quarter of UK consumers “plan to subscribe to Disney Plus”
"Netflix remains the streaming king"
Data Centre
Over 40 per cent of Germans see OTT-only future
Two-thirds prefer media libraries of TV channels to YouTube or Netflix
TVBEverywhere
Deloitte predicts how TV and video industries will look in 2030
Lays out four possible scenarios
Data Centre
IP adoption boosts broadcast control solutions value
4K deemed one of the key drivers in IP adoption
TVBEverywhere
Gen Z wants “entertaining and unobtrusive” content
App Annie cites Snapchat’s creator shows as strong examples
Data Centre
Teenagers’ linear TV viewing “halved since 2015”
Viewing on mobile devices among teens has almost doubled
Data Centre
Streaming wars drive content spending boom
Content spend increased by $50 billion in the last five years
Business
Apple TV Plus “could be a $9 billion business by 2025”
Morgan Stanley forecasts 20 per cent growth for Apple’s services business next year
Business
Annual sport spend reaches €10 billion in Europe
European broadcasters spent a third of their content budget on sports in 2018
Data Centre
Amazon, Netflix, Apple among “most connected brands”
"No signs of slowing down" for Netflix
Data Centre
Women’s sport investment set to climb
Industry ready to capitalise on digital distribution opportunities
Data Centre
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
Data Centre
Smartphones “most popular” means of watching sport
Linear sport rights acquisitions slow the rate of cord-cutting
Data Centre
‘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
Data Centre
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