Comments from media analysts at investment bank Exane/BNPP suggest that Q4 results from Netflix were very much in line with expectations, and certainly few could complain at paid subscriptions growing 21 per cent year on year. Globally the streaming service beat net paid additions expectations by adding of 8.8 million in the quarter-year, vs consensus […]
In 2019, US consumers watched about 20 minutes more streamed TV content per week on Netflix than they did in 2018. Weekly time spent watching the top two SVoD services (Netflix and Hulu) rose 7 per cent, growing from 3 hours 45 minutes in 2018 to 4 hours 6 minutes in 2019, according to The […]
The Internet is an economic powerhouse that is driving the whole UK economy through jobs, businesses and output, new Internet Association (IA) analysis reveals. The research highlights the value the Internet brings right across the UK. The Internet economy contributes approximately 400,000 jobs, 80,000 businesses, and £45 billion (€53.01bn) in Gross Value Added to the […]
UK Chancellor Sajid Javid has told the Davos meeting he will not back down over the introduction of a new sales tax on large US tech firms. The US threatened it would consider retaliatory tariffs on UK car makers if the measure goes ahead. The new tax is aimed at firms that do a lot […]
For the third year in a row, Formula 1 has seen its audience figures grow across both TV and digital platforms compared to the previous season. The total global TV cumulative audience stood at 1.922 billion, the highest since 2012, which represents an increase of 9 per cent compared to 2018. This is the third […]
The new president of Lega Serie A, Paolo Dal Pino, has proposed the transformation of the body responsible for the major professional football competition in Italy into a global media company. According to Dal Pino, the Italian championship “must go back to being the most watched in the world” by “shifting the focus from national […]
Not for the first time the proposed merger between two giant Indian DTH operators, Dish TV and Bharti Airtel’s Digital TV, has hit a wall. They have failed – or at least been put on the back burner – because the two sides have not been able to agree on how the deal is structured. […]
A study from Hub suggests that privacy is still a major issue for users of voice control on any device, as well as among potential buyers of smart speakers. Highlights from its research report, titled The Case for Voice Control, reveals: In spite of consumers’ concerns, smart speakers are poised to play a pivotal role […]
Cairo-based satellite operator Nilesat suffered a 20.45 per cent fall in profits last year in unaudited accounts. Meanwhile Nilesat has also contracted with SpaceX to launch its Nilesat-301 craft in 2022. Nilesat registered a net profit of $42.53 million for 2019.This is dramatically down on 2018 numbers when it achieved a net profit of $53.46 […]
Tubi, the ad-supported VoD service, has announced it will expand its service into Mexico later this year in collaboration with TV Azteca, one of the two largest producers of Spanish-language television programming in the world. As part of the deal, TV Azteca will offer advertising sales for Tubi in Mexico and promote the service to […]