The moment two or more bidders start offering huge payments for exclusive sports rights is the moment when the rights holder starts jumping for joy. A report from Berenberg Bank on the current amounts being handed over by BSkyB or BT for football rights says that costs are rising dramatically. The bank’s note says that […]
With significant reform of the current patchwork system of regulations governing telecommunications in the European Union there could be up to €750 billion in GDP growth and 5.5 million jobs by 2020, according to a study by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) for the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association (ETNO). The study details how a […]
The consumer electronics market may be set for recovery, according to the latest purchase intention data from Strategy Analytics’ ConsumerMetrix service. Compared to the previous survey in Q4 2012, more consumers across the US and Europe are now intending to buy HDTVs, Blu-ray disc players and connected TV players over the coming twelve months. The […]
The global TV market will return to growth in 2013 after shipments fell by 6 per cent last year, with growth continuing out to 2017 according to a new report – Global TV Market Report – from Futuresource Consulting. The firm also suggests that 4K video will start breaking through from 2015. “Our forecasts show […]
The European Union’s Digital Agenda calls for every citizen and business to have access to broadband that provides at least 2 megabits per second by 2013. Today that’s largely possible. In fact more than 99 per cent of the population of the EU can get ten times that. “Now that twenty megabit bandwidths are commonly […]
According to a report from The Diffusion Group, as TV viewing shifts to broadband and non-TV video platforms, video viewing will shift away from legacy pay-TV environments such as the living room television, and toward app-enabled secondary screens such as tablets, which will in essence serve as second TVs. According to TDG’s forecast, by 2020 […]
New IPTV entrants are winning over subscribers from established pay-TV providers, particularly in Brazil and Russia, says Infonetics Research. The research points to Russia’s Rostelecom, Brazil’s GVT and Dutch provider KPN as notable new players that are posing a challenge to incumbents. In one year, KPN saw a jump of 77 per cent in IPTV subscribers. […]
Spanish pay-TV penetration increased by 0.7 per cent in 2012 to 23.5 per cent of all households in the country. The latest report from the Ontsi (National Telecommunication and Information Society Observatory), part of the Ministry of Industry, reveals “a slight year-on-year increase” that reverses the flat trend of pay-TV “over the last years”. In […]
Innovation is critical to telco survival, finds Ovum. Yet many operators miss the big picture, exaggerate the threat from OTT players, and misunderstand the broader benefits of innovation. New research from the analyst firm examined more than 3,500 new service launches since 2009, finding that telcos must compete less and collaborate more. When comparing telcos’ […]
Following a return to pre-recession levels in 2012, UK advertising spend continued to show healthy growth in the first quarter of 2013, according to the latest Advertising Association/Warc Expenditure Report. UK adspend increased by 2.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2013 to £4.14 billion (€4.91bn). This follows a strong performance in 2012, as […]