The TV middleware market, long led by Nagra (25 per cent worldwide 2011 market share) and NDS (24 per cent) worldwide and Motorola (19 per cent) and Cisco (11 per cent) in the US, is in a massive state of upheaval as Cisco’s bid for NDS waits to close – it is expected in early […]
The Spanish TV ad market continues in free fall. The CMT’s latest report reveals that the FTA TV ad market dropped by 13.1 per cent in 2011 to €2.029.6 billion. Mediaset Spain, owner of Tele 5 and Cuatro, is the TV ad market leader taking 42.2 per cent of all ad revenues to €816.7 million. […]
Flash Networks, a provider of mobile Internet solutions, has revealed a significant increase in worldwide traffic and video viewing of sports-related content during the Euro 2012 tournament. Using Flash Networks’ Harmony Analytics, the company observed a 156 per cent increase of traffic to sports sites in Asia-Pacific and a 215 per cent increase in Europe […]
A new report from the DigiWorld Institute by IDATE analysing what the future likely holds for television markets between now and 2020, suggests a growth in on-demand services, with the global TV services market amounting to €355 billion in 2020. “We will see three distribution models emerge: a model relative to packager (like what cable […]
Screen Australia – the Commonwealth Government screen agency providing support to Australian film, television, documentary and digital media makers – has released research looking at the programming strategies of all five free-to-air television catch-up services in the country. The research reveals that Australian content dominates catch-up services with 58 per cent of all hours being […]
Consumer research from Leichtman Research finds that 87 per cent of US households subscribe to some form of multi-channel video service. The number hasn’t changed in the past two years, and is up from 80 per cent in 2004. The mean annual household income of multi-channel video subscribers is 53 per cent higher than the […]
Sales of video entertainment on DVD, Blu-ray and digital formats are the single biggest revenue source for the production of film and television drama in the UK, a new report has confirmed. An Oxford Economics study commissioned by the British Video Association reveals that in a rapidly evolving market, video revenues remain critical to British […]
The economic impact made by Sky on the UK is revealed for the first time in an independent study conducted by consultancy Oxford Economics, claim its authors. The Economic Impact of Sky on the UK finds that Sky makes a significant contribution to the economy in terms of GDP, jobs and taxes paid. It also […]
IAB UK, in collaboration with ESPN in the UK, has published the results of research into fans’ media consumption around the Euro 2012 football tournament, to shed light the role played by online, mobile and social alongside more traditional media. The research – conducted with UK sports fans – found that while TV remains the […]
Although watching 3D movies provides greater immersion, it can also lead to heightened visual and motion sickness symptoms, according to a study – Stereoscopic Viewing and Reported Perceived Immersion and Symptoms – in the July issue of Optometry and Vision Science, official journal of the American Academy of Optometry. The study found that symptoms related […]