As 2017 draws to a close, Juniper Research has drawn up a list of predictions for the coming year, all neatly wrapped up as the top trends for the technology industry for 2018. Juniper has identified 2018 as the year in which OTT players including Amazon and Facebook turn sporting events into the next content […]
Investment bank Exane/BNPP, in a major report, tells investors that Europe’s ‘Media’ sector was one of the “worst performing sectors” last year, underperforming the market by 11 per cent, and following on a 7 per cent underperformance in 2016. Some of the downward re-ratings were “brutal” says equity analysts at the bank, and that ‘Brexit’ […]
Pay-TV revenues [subscriptions and PPV] and OTT revenues [AVoD, SVoD, TVoD and DTO] combined will reach $283 billion (€239bn) by 2022, up by 18 per cent from $239 billion in 2016 according to the OTT and Pay TV Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. The report, covering 138
BT is making 360° highlights and instant replays from a range of major sporting events available on its BT Sport App including the UEFA Champions League, Premier League football, the FA Cup and World Title boxing. Starting December 5th, with the UEFA Champions League match between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich, BT Sport will show […]
UK-based Satellite Solutions Worldwide Grp Ltd (SSW) has signed a sales and marketing agreement with Eutelsat and ViaSat joint-venture for a European-focused broadband-by-satellite service. The Eutelsat/ViaSat joint venture involves immediate use of the Eutelsat Ka-Sat satellite as well as a new ViaSat craft yet to be launched. SSW says that it has achieved a key […]
As research firm IHS Markit and Cable Europe released a report suggesting that the European cable industry continued to show resiliency and steady growth in 2016, Mohammed Hamza, Senior Research Analyst for Kagan research has given a more sober assessment of the growth potential for the sector. Delivery an Industry Overview at the S&P Global […]
AT&T says it’s passed 1 million subscribers to its online TV service DirecTV Now, just a year since its launch. That compares to 787,000 at the end of September and a total TV subscriber base of 25 million. DirecTV Now has been the main growth driver for AT&T’s TV business in the past year, offsetting […]
Worldwide spending on telecom services and pay-TV services is forecast to reach nearly $1.7 billion (€1.43bn) in 2017, an increase of 1.7 per cent over 2016, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Telecom Services Database. IDC expects worldwide spending on Telecom and pay-TV services to grow 2 per cent year over year and surpass […]
Atresmedia, operator of Antena 3 and La Sexta, has created Atresmedia Studios to go deeper into the TV content business. The studio will produce TV content to and seek to sell it on both national and interntional pay-TV platforms. With the move, Atresmedia positions TV production as “our core business regardless of the distribution platform”, […]
TV advertisements that generate strong emotional reactions deliver a stronger sales impact, a new study by marketing science academic Professor Karen Nelson-Field has found. The study,