Data Centre
Eastern Europe “to add 10 million digital pay-TV subscribers” by 2025
Digital TV Research expects Russia to account for half of region’s pay-TV subscribers
analysis
Business
Ross Video acquires visual development company Coiron Inc
Aims to develop a suite of applications for use with the XPression family of real-time motion graphics systems
Data Centre
netgem.tv viewing up 40 per cent during pandemic
Consumption of kids content up by 12 per cent
News
Data Centre
Coronavirus pandemic sees shift in primetime peak viewing
Conviva finds 40 per cent increase in daytime viewing
Data Centre
BARB: TV set viewing on the rise amid COVID-19
"Approaching the amounts that we usually see over Christmas"
News
Business
JP Morgan warns of European media sector downturn
Bank is cutting its media sector EPS forecast by 15 per cent in 2020
Media Delivery
Could esports win amid sport disruptions?
Digital tournaments could be recognised as "a programming option for the future"
Data Centre
App Annie: Disney Plus is “catering to a clear demand” in Europe
"Has demonstrated a killer ability to co-exist with Netflix"
Media Delivery
Content streaming enters unprecedented times
With the forthcoming launch of Disney Plus, and consumers streaming more content than ever, can the internet cope?
Data Centre
EU films make up a quarter of titles promoted on TVoD
European Audiovisual Observatory analyses the promotion of content by 52 TVoD services
Business
Global entertainment revenues surpass $100 billion “for the first time”
The MPA found that the overall surge was mostly down to streaming
Media Delivery
OTT services “benefit from awards recognition”
Netflix original content helps the streamer become "very difficult for consumers to relinquish"
Data Centre
ERA: Almost half of UK population subscribes to SVoDs
Digital video was fastest-growing entertainment segment in 2019
Videos
Business
Netflix could benefit from coronavirus concerns
The company's shares rose 0.8 per cent last week
Business
WARC: Tech giants’ ad revenue to exceed TV ad spend “for the first time”
Facebook and Google forecast to take 35 cents in every ad dollar in 2020
Data Centre
Personalisation, fewer ads and the goals for live sport streaming
Verizon Media finds "huge opportunity" for live sports
Data Centre
Video comprises “65 per cent of downstream mobile internet traffic”
"Video dominates mobile" according to Sandvine
TVBEverywhere
BT’s NOW TV integration is a “long overdue move”
Analyst Paolo Pescatore calls offering "a last ditch effort to be successful in TV"
Business
Making the BBC a subscription service would be “hugely positive” for UK media industry
Government said to be planning to push the BBC to a subscription model
Data Centre
Nielsen: Streaming comprises a fifth of “TV time”
Content considered most important factor in subscribing to services
Business
Brexit takes a chunk of UK TV market share
European Audiovisual Observatory reveals MAVISE TV and VoD database findings
Data Centre
Denmark, Sweden “lead esports viewing in Europe”
Over one-third of esports viewers now female
Data Centre
European TV subscriptions get the cut
Sky had a net loss of subscribers for the first time
Data Centre
VR headset technology “will be commercially viable within the next five years”
Market increased by five per cent in 2019
Data Centre
Esports “intensifying competition amongst entertainment providers”
Netflix recently identified gaming as bigger competition than other SVoD services
TVBEverywhere
AR, VR and MR market predicted to reach $30 billion over next decade
New report from analysts at IDTechEx
Data Centre
YouTube attracts more viewers than iPlayer “for first time since 2016”
YouTube watched by 73 per cent of internet users in last month
Data Centre
“Leagues are listening” to calls for OTT sport content says Brightcove
Short-form content also on the rise
Business
2020 to bring “even fiercer competition” in streaming wars
Future of esports and 5G discussed in new report from Kantar
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