According to The NPD Group, Netflix continues to clearly dominate the growth in the (SVoD) category. In the first quarter of 2013 the number of viewers watching television shows using SVoD services increased 34 per cent, compared to the same quarter year-ago. NPD’s VideoWatch Digital tracking shows Netflix dominating the sector, with a 90 per […]
The number of pay-TV subscribers in Western Europe increased by 1 million in 2012 to 94.1 million, and will climb by another million in 2013, according to a report from Digital TV Research. This comes despite pay-TV subscriptions falling in Italy (down by 482,000) and Spain (down by 350,000) in 2012. Italy and Spain will […]
Consumers’ access to Entertainment & Media content and experiences is being democratised around the world by ever increasing access to the Internet and explosive growth in the ownership of smart devices. According to a PwC report, growth in the industry will come from spending on digitally delivered media during the next five years, although most […]
The shift of video consumption to tablets and smartphones is causing operator requirements for VoD systems to change as vendors struggle to keep up with current generation needs, according to ABI research. Equipment and system vendors, such as Arris (including Motorola Home), SeaChange, Cisco, and Ericsson are expected to lose ground to cloud-oriented companies such […]
Shipments of television sets in the US declined by 11 per cent in the first quarter of 2013 compared to one year earlier, according to a TV Systems Intelligence update from IHS. US TV shipments dropped to 6.6 million units, down from 7.4 million a year ago in the first quarter of 2012. Liquid-crystal display […]
To facilitate a global comparison of the world’s largest video and broadband providers, media and communications analysis specialist SNL Kagan has compiled a database of 106 major operators serving no fewer than 2 million video subscribers or 1 million fixed-line broadband subscribers at year-end 2012. The findings reveal that geographically, China, India and the US […]
According to the European Audiovisual Observatory’s MAVISE database there are more than 280 children’s television channels established in the European Union, and approximately 320 in wider Europe. Only 21 children’s channels are part of the public service broadcasting system, while almost 300 are private. Some of the major expansions took place between 2006 and 2010 […]
IDATE reports the global TV services market grew by 4.1 per cent in 2012. The TV service market totalled €329 billion and outperformed the consumer electronics market, which fell 7.1 per cent year-on-year to €260 billion. The top 10 media companies in 2012 were all in the US: led by Comcast/NBC Universal, DirecTV, Time Warner, […]
Portugal ended the first quarter of 2013 with 3.13 million pay-TV subscribers, a growth of 7,000 subscribers on the previous quarter (+0.2 per cent) and 97,000 more (+3.2 per cent) on the same period in 2012, according to data published by the National Communications Authority (Anacom). Bundles supported by fibre optics (FTTH/B) grew by 5.2 […]
Mexico is enjoying continued demand for pay-TV. Growth in the year to March 31st was at a spectacular 12.4 per cent, taking the total number of subscribing homes to 13.3 million. Mexico’s COFITEL regulator says the market has a “new dynamism” from the various competitors, both satellite and terrestrial, with a broader range of prices […]