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Study: Jazz content diversification set to double revenues

A study by the TM Forum suggests that Pakistan mobile operator Jazz is set to double its revenues by 2027, spearheading a digital revolution in the country and ensuring digital inclusivity. The opportunity is huge. Pakistan has a population of 244 million, of which 64 per cent are under the age of 30. Demand for […]

November 6, 2024

Report: Prime Video, Apple TV+ grow US revenue

In Q3 2024, Netflix jumped ahead of NBCUniversal in corporate demand share in the US — that is, demand for all original TV content produced under a company’s corporate umbrella – according to Parrot Analytics. This is the first time that Netflix has led a legacy studio in the category. While this is a telling […]

November 1, 2024

Data: FTTP coverage reaches 70.5% of UK

Point Topic has provided an update on fixed broadband availability in the UK, tracking the progress between the end of June 2024 and the end of September 2024. The analysis is based on the ThinkPoint broadband availability dataset which includes 1.7 million postcodes. At the end of Q3 2024, the overall FTTP coverage was 23.2 […]

November 1, 2024

Report: UK ad spend reached £10bn in Q2 2024

UK advertising recorded £10 billion (€11.9bn) spend during the second quarter of 2024, marking a 13.4 per cent increase, according to the latest Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report. This was just over four percentage points (pp) ahead of forecast owing to stronger-than-expected digital growth and the relatively weak comparable results for 2023. The latest figures now […]

October 31, 2024

Forecast: Italy E&M industry worth €58bn+ in 2028

Despite global economic challenges, Italy’s Entertainment & Media (E&M) industry thrived in 2023, expanding by 3.7 per cent to €50.1 billion, boosted by a 9.3 per cent growth of advertising revenues to €12 billion. This sector is poised for further growth, with a projected CAGR of 3.1 per cent leading to a €58.4 billion valuation […]

October 30, 2024From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Forecast: Satellite IoT revenue to double between 2024-2027

A study from Juniper Research, experts in the Internet of Things market, forecasts that total global satellite IoT revenue will grow from $2.9 billion (€2.6bn) in 2024 to $5.8 billion in 2027. The study attributes this substantial growth to the increasing need for IoT connectivity in remote locations and areas that cannot be easily served […]

October 30, 2024

Analysis: Top 6 content providers account for 51% of spend

While recent market challenges have impacted the TV and Film production landscape, spending across the top six global content providers (Disney, Warner Bros Discovery, Paramount, Netflix, Comcast and Google) has grown since the pandemic. Ampere’s latest intelligence shows that spending across these groups will reach a new high in 2024 and account for 51 per […]

October 29, 2024

Report: WNBA generates record Sponsor Media Value

Relo Metrics, the AI-powered sponsorship analytics platform for real-time data decisions, has released the findings of its 2024 WNBA Brands Insight Report, revealing that the League drove a record $136 million (€104.7m) in Sponsor Media Value (SMV) during the regular season. Major brands, including Nike, AT&T and Michelob Ultra, benefited significantly from soaring social media […]

October 29, 2024

Forecast: Brazil to take third place in FAST revenue

At MIPCOM 2024, Maria Rua Aguete, Head of Media and Entertainment at Omdia, highlighted Brazil’s rapid rise in the free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) market. Brazil is projected to triple its FAST revenue from $119 million (€110m) in 2024 to $303 million by 2029, and the country is set to become the third-largest FAST market […]

October 28, 2024

Forecast: 8m Starlink customers by end 2025

Researcher and industry consultant Dr Tim Farrar, of TMF Associates, has predicted that SpaceX’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system is likely to end this year with around 5 million customers (although he stresses that they must not be termed as ‘subscribers’), and that during 2025 these would grow to around 8 million. Back in 2021 Elon Musk […]

October 28, 2024By Chris Forrester