Research commissioned by Sky Box Sets reveals nearly two thirds (64 per cent) of Britons are choosing to settle down to a good box set over a book (rising to 82 per cent of under 24s). The nationwide study reflects the growing popularity of box sets in our everyday lives. A quarter of respondents (27 […]
This year, for the first time, Britons will spend more on video streaming subscriptions and film/TV downloads than on buying and renting DVDs, according to research and consulting firm, Strategy Analytics. Consumers will spend £1.31 billion (€1.66bn) on
Preliminary Q1 figures from US industry body DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group suggest that consumer spending on home entertainment was stable for the quarter compared to the year earlier period, but outperforming the box office. Notably, consumers have purchased more than seven million 4K UHD TVs to date in the brief period since the product […]
According to Stan McCoy, President and Managing Director, MPA EMEA – the European arm of the Motion Picture Association of America – there isn’t one tool that will fix online content piracy, suggesting that it requires a flexible response, encompassing court action, consumer education and technological solutions as well as promoting consumers’ access to legal […]
The amount of time UK adults spend consuming digital content continues to rise with consumers spending an extra 25 minutes a day on digital devices in 2016 compared to last year, according to an eMarketer forecast. This means that in 2016, UK adults are expected to spend 9 hours and 47 minutes consuming media compared […]
Futuresource Consulting has released the results from its latest wave of ‘Kids Tech’ consumer research programme. Now in its third year, it accesses the digital leisure habits of kids between 3 and 16 years old, in the UK, US, China and Germany. It highlights
Following the success of the 2015 Box Office figures, the UK video industry is now reaping the rewards of the strong slate filtering into retail as Star Wars – The Force Awakens sells through a magnificent 1,247,662 physical units (DVD & Blu-ray combined) in its first week of release, equating to £14,942,581 in value. It […]
The latest in a series of carriage renewal stand-offs which risked some of the US’s favourite channels going dark on the country’s leading satellite provider has been resolved, with DISH Network and Viacom agreeing to terms for a multi-year contract renewal that provides DISH customers with uninterrupted access to Viacom networks and sets the stage […]
Netflix has thus far resisted offering subscribers the choice to download and watch its shows offline, but that could change in the future. CEO Reed Hastings said the company was thinking about it: “We should keep an open mind on all this. As we expand around the world where we see an uneven set of […]
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) has confirmed plans to release a broad selection of films in 4K Ultra HD. UPHE will begin a progressive rollout of its growing roster of movie titles around the world beginning this summer, showcasing a mix of new releases, including some of this year’s most-anticipated blockbusters The Huntsman: Winter’s War, […]