The three main broadcasters still share 95 per cent of the Italian TV market, but DTH operator Sky Italia is likely to take over the leadership position from Mediaset in terms of revenue, while RAI will continue to lose ground, according to ITMedia Consulting’s report – The Television Market in Italy: 2011-2013. According to the […]
Akamai Technologies, a provider of cloud optimisation services, has released its 4th Quarter, 2010 State of the Internet report. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Internet Platform, the report provides insight into key global Internet statistics such as the world’s fastest and slowest regions for connection speed, the most frequent origins of attack traffic, […]
Global online advertising revenues will reach $106.22 billion in 2016, almost double the $58.16 billion recorded in 2010, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. According to the report – The Online Advertising Forecasts report – which covers 40 countries, the US will remain the dominant territory for online advertising revenues. However, its […]
Companies based in the US dominated the list of the world’s Top 50 audiovisual firms in 2010, with US-based Comcast Corp. leading the market with more than $35.6 billion in revenue, according to a new IHS Screen Digest Television Insight Report. “Illustrating the importance of America to the global audiovisual market, the Top 5 companies […]
Germany’s pay-television providers will expand their share of the country’s TV market by one-third in the next two years as they offer more attractive programming and technology says Henning Roeper, head of Solon Management Consulting, speaking at the Medientage conference in Munich. HD and 3D images, exclusive content, live sports and easier-to-use devices will help […]
Smartclip has released findings from its annual industry research into the uptake of digital video advertising. The research shows that marketers are waking up to the opportunities presented by digital video advertising and adopting a multi-screen approach. The findings demonstrate how digital video and multiplatform advertising are now playing a substantial role in marketing and […]
Hybrid STBs are rapidly being deployed by pay-TV operators worldwide to help them deliver advanced services and manage bandwidth scarcity in broadcast networks, reports ABI. In 2010, only 40 per cent of STBs worldwide featured hybrid capabilities, with many not yet enabled by software as operators were not ready to deploy IP video services. Hybrid […]
UK-based digital activist body the Open Rights Group (ORG) has released research on the availability of film online, which it suggests indicates a dysfunctional market place that leaves consumers with the digital equivalent of empty shelves. The findings showed: – Excluding iTunes, only 27 per cent of the BAFTA Best Film award-winning films from 1960 […]
Global mobile video traffic will account for more than 60 per cent of global mobile data traffic by 2016 according to a Visiongain report. The market will increase at a CAGR of 28 per cent with revenues reaching $22.5 billion by 2016. The mobile video and TV market needs to overcome several challenges during the […]
Amid gloomy economic forecasts, a new study from Ebiquity by Thinkbox has revealed how advertising performed during the economic downturn in recent years. It shows that TV advertising created the most profit (an average return of £1.70 for every £1 invested), and that its return on investment has increased by 22 per cent in the […]