MRG reports that the global IPTV market will grow to $49 billion in service revenues and 113 million subscribers in 2015 as multi-screen video usage drives wireless services to new highs. Systems revenue for the seven key CapEx IPTV products analysed will grow to $4.8 billion in 2015, with STBs (set-top boxes) representing about 60 […]
Slightly fewer than half of UK households today are “multiplay,” meaning that they take more than one entertainment or communication service from the same provider. A new report by analyst firm Strategy Analytics says that this number will grow to 67 per cent by 2016. While most bundles today are “double play,” comprising two services, […]
The personal entertainment experience has embarked on a significant shift now that on-demand delivery of video is widely available worldwide and to an increasing number of connected devices, according to IMS Research. The research firm forecasts that in 2016, over-the-top (OTT) video services will generate $16.4 billion in 2016 and video-on-demand (VOD) services from pay-TV […]
DVD sales have seen a 5.7 per cent fall in revenue to just more than £1bn for the UK video entertainment sector in the first half of the year. Spending on digital viewing via download and streaming services to portable devices rose 18 per cent year on year, according to figures from the British Video […]
Satellite operator Eutelsat says that by 2020, ‘extended’ Europe (which by Eutelsat’s strange geographic measure also includes sub-Saharan Africa) will be enjoying some 15,000 television channels. Drawing on data from French market research outfit EuroConsult, the numbers show that while some will be duplicated versions of channels such as Discovery or Cartoon Network, by far […]
Advertising spending decreased during the second quarter, a reversal of positive spend during Q1, according to a STRATA quarterly survey of major advertising agencies. However, continued investment and interest in Digital is on the rise. STRATA found that optimism at the start of 2011 waned during the second quarter, with 17 per cent of agency […]
Australia’s media and entertainment market is on track for compound annual growth of 4.1 per cent over the next five years led by interactive games and subscription television, says a PricewaterhouseCoopers Outlook. However, it is exposure to the fast-emerging Asian markets that could prove crucial to the health of Australian media companies in coming years. […]
With the giant IBC broadcast technology show barely 40 days away, this report from the International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers (IABM) is welcome news. The IABM’s 4th edition of its Global Market Valuation and Strategy to 2015, commissioned from IHS Screen Digest, says there will be an average 6 per cent growth within the global […]
Petra Buchanan, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA) has revealed that advertising revenues for subscription television grew by 7.4 per cent from financial years 2010 to 2011. The Ernst & Young report compiled for Astra found net ad revenues of A$180,076,820 from January 1st 2011 to June 30th 2011, which is […]
Brazil’s National Telecoms Agency says that the country now has more than 11 million pay-TV subscribers. 1.3 million net new subs were added during the first half of this year, with DTH satellite taking just over half of that total. A total of 235,000 subs were added in June alone. DTH now has 5.61 million […]