The number of pay-TV subscribers in Africa will climb by 12 million between 2023 and 2029 according to the Africa Pay-TV Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. This means an extra 7 million pay satellite TV subscribers and 5 million more pay DTT homes. The pay total will reach 55 million by 2029, […]
The first set of figures to be released in 2024 by the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) and Official Charts Company (OCC) crown Barbie the Queen of 2023 home entertainment, with 700k sales across Disc and Digital EST and VoD. (Official Charts Company (OCC) measures inividual content purchases on disc and digital, to rent, […]
Samsung Electronics has revealed details of the ‘Designed for Samsung Gaming Hub’ programme that will be showcased at CES2024. The objective of the programme is to work with leading gaming accessory companies to drive the next generation of best-in-class partner products for the Samsung Gaming Hub, Samsung’s game streaming platform. In addition, the company announced […]
Fans of psychological reality competition show The Traitors now have a new way to get involved with the new series. Off the back of the third episode, the BBC is releasing a brand new online game to accompany the entertainment show – allowing Traitors obsessives the chance to compete with friends, family and the nation […]
As streaming video services have raised subscription prices and rolled out lower-cost ad-supported tiers, more consumers are expressing their preference for watching ads to save money, according to the results of Hub Entertainment Research’s TV Advertising: Fact vs Fiction survey, which suggests that the trend of consumers opting for ads is not abating. Most viewers […]
Research firm Parks Associates’ latest update of its Streaming Video Tracker reveals that just 5 per cent of US Internet households have only a pay-TV service, indicating legacy pay-TV companies continue to lose subscribers to streaming video services. However, the average annualised industry churn rate for streaming services is 50 per cent meaning many streaming […]
Broadband use across the UK increased by 9 per cent in 2023, according to digital infrastructure provider Openreach. Openreach’s annual update indicates that broadband traffic across the UK increased by around 9 per cent during 2023 to 94,722 Petabytes (PB) of data. Closer examination of the numbers shows that peaks tend to be focused on […]
In advance of CES in Las Vegas, Parks Associates research reports 92 per cent of US households now have broadband at home. There has been steady growth in smart home and security adoption over the years as US Internet households accumulate more connected devices through an increasingly diverse list of channels, from retail to service […]
Advisory firm Media Partners Asia’s Asia Pacific Video & Broadband Industry 2024 report provides key insights to the adoption and monetisation of free-to-air TV, pay-TV, SVoD, premium AVoD and UGC / Social Video advertising in 14 Asia Pacific markets. “The Asia Pacific video industry continues to experience a secular shift from TV to online in […]
All-electric single-seater racing series Formula E has agreed a new strategic multi-year media partnership with Red Bull Media House, DF1 and ServusTV that will deliver all Formula E races live in Germany and Austria across free-to-air (FTA), pay-TV and digital channels beginning this coming season. Formula E races and qualifying sessions will broadcast live on […]