Spotify is expected to launch audiobooks as part of its premium subscription in Sweden this fall. Currently, just over 1.2 million households in Sweden have an audiobook subscription. Mediavision’s Q1 2025 figures show that over 500,000 of these households also pay for Spotify, which corresponds to more than 40 per cent of all audiobook households. […]
A report, Video piracy, from research and advisory firm Enders Analysis, notes that industrial scale theft of video services, especially live sport, is in the ascendance, and that combating piracy is a formidable challenge, providing a direct threat to profitability for broadcasters and streamers. According to Enders, Big Tech is both friend and foe in […]
Gracenote, the content data business unit of Nielsen, has reported quarter-over-quarter growth in available programming on Prime Video, Apple TV+, Disney+, Netflix and Paramount+, the top global SVoD services. The total number of unique TV, movie and sports titles offered by these services increased approximately by 4,500, or 5 per cent, from February to May […]
Brazil is currently Netflix’s second largest market worldwide in terms of subscribers, and soon to be the second biggest international market for FAST services, according to Omdia. Brazil has established itself as a powerhouse in the global streaming landscape, with significant achievements in both subscription-based and free ad-supported streaming television sectors said Maria Rua Aguete, […]
Research from Canalys (now part of Omdia) shows that smartphone shipments into Europe (excluding Russia) declined by 2 per cent in Q1 2025 to 32.4 million units, largely caused by sluggish entry-level demand. Samsung was Europe’s largest smartphone vendor in Q1 as its shipments marginally grew to 12.2 million units. A record-high volume of the […]
A report, Adaptations in audiovisual fiction production in Europe – 2023 figures, from the European Audiovisual Observatory, analyses adaptations in European audiovisual fiction production between 2015 and 2023. Its aim was to provide figures and context on the production of audiovisual content in Europe. The report found that 88 per cent of European TV and […]
The growth in immersive content consumption is set to put a major strain on wireless infrastructure and make way for new enabling innovation, according to a paper released by InterDigital, the mobile and video technology company, and market research firm Futuresource Consulting. The report reveals that as immersive and extended reality (XR) content becomes more […]
Africa’s smartphone market kicked off 2025 on a high note as regional shipments grew for the eighth consecutive quarter. According to Canalys (now part of Omdia), shipments climbed 6 per cent year on year in Q1 2025, reaching 19.4 million units. While other regions saw weaker demand for entry-level devices, Africa benefited from resilient offline […]
Connected TV (CTV) is now delivering dramatically superior returns compared to linear TV, while consuming far less budget, according to new performance data from incrementality measurement platform INCRMNTAL, based on nearly $2 billion (€1.8bn) in advertising spend. Research also shows CTV is also outperforming YouTube, and achieving a near-perfect efficiency benchmark in the US. Unlike […]
The European Commission’s biennial Report on the Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Third Countries identifies IPR deficiencies in third countries that cause the greatest economic harm to EU interests. In addition, the EC’s Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List describes the latest trends in counterfeiting and piracy, and lists websites and physical […]