Total entertainment and media spending on digital services is forecast to grow at a 12.2 per cent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2013 and 2018 and account for 65 per cent of global entertainment and media spending growth, excluding spending on Internet access, according to global advisory firm PwC’s Global entertainment and media outlook […]
According to Sandy Howe, SVP, Global Marketing, ARRIS, a number of key findings from the firm’s recently-published Consumer Entertainment Index suggest that Service Providers should take advantage of additional monetisation opportunities based on their pay-TV subscribers’ entertainment consumption habits, expectations and needs. She told media delegates at ARRIS’s Video Leadership Forum that 30 per cent […]
A survey from Panasonic reveals that the UK are a nation of bluffers, as just over 1 in 4 of (26 per cent) have pretended to have seen something on TV so that we could join in with a group conversation, and 36 per cent of respondents admitted
TV and radio requests to BBC iPlayer were up 4 per cent year-on-year, with average daily requests at 8.9 million though April 2014. For the first time, TV requests from tablets contributed a higher proportion of requests (30 per cent) than computers (28 per cent). Mobiles and tablets combined contributed almost half of all TV […]
Findings from a survey conducted by streaming specialist Wowza Media Systems have revealed that consumers expect consistent video experiences across all their video-capable devices. According to the survey, conducted at
Subscription television and Internet Service Providers are the most improved products or services for the first quarter of 2014, according to the latest results of the National Customer Satisfaction Index (NCSI-UK). Airlines, mobile phones, and landlines also make gains, driving the national level of customer satisfaction up 0.1 per cent to 75.6 on a 0-100 […]
Over a quarter of Brits plan on watching the World Cup online this year, with 93 per cent saying that they will place bets, shop or chat online about the World-Cup. The study, by Peer 1 Hosting, canvassed the opinions of over 2000 UK consumers to understand the impact of the web on the World […]
Research has revealed that fan engagement with sport content continues to evolve towards digital, with online overtaking print media for the first time. The study – Know The Fan – The Global Sports Media Consumption Report 2014 – from digital sports content group PERFORM, sports and entertainment research specialist Kantar Media and analyst firm SportBusiness […]
According to Justin Bailey, Director, Industry Analysis, Entertainment at market information and advisory services firm The NPD Group, Electronic Sell-Through (EST) is rapidly emerging as a legitimate alternative to physical discs for many consumers. Writing in a blog post, he admits there is still a long way to go before the industry can be comfortable […]
Watching a live stream of a movie can be more energy-efficient than watching the movie on DVD, according to a new study by researchers at Northwestern University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory commissioned by Google. The researchers studied five different ways of viewing movies and, using a systematic method called life cycle analysis, estimated the […]