Pact has published the 2025 edition of the Pact Census, a report by Oliver and Ohlbaum Associates. It shows that total TV production revenues saw sluggish growth in 2024, increasing slightly by 1.4 per cent to £3.66 billion (€4.23bn), as the sector navigates a challenging commissioning market at home and abroad. This slight growth in […]
Hispanic consumers are leading the way when it comes to consumption of streaming content, according to a Nielsen report. In fact, streaming drives 55.8 per cent of total TV time for Hispanic viewers, surpassing the 46 per cent for the rest of the US. Furthermore, Hispanic audiences outpaced general US viewership of streaming services YouTube, […]
The US Open has driven record viewership for Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD) channels and platforms following the conclusion of the tennis tournament on September 7th. Broadcasting exclusively to 45 countries across Europe, Eurosport 1 grew its US Open audience by a 32 per cent compared to the 2024 tournament. In Poland, a record number of […]
Some 4.7 billion people, or 58 per cent of the world’s population, now use mobile internet services on their own device, according to the annual State of Mobile Internet Connectivity report from the GSMA, the industry body for the mobile sector. However, despite 96 per cent of the global population living in areas with mobile internet […]
A report by Grant Thornton, produced in collaboration with the Live Content Coalition, reveals that illegal streaming of sports and other live events continues to rise, reinforcing that piracy remains one of the main threats to rights holders. Two years after the European Commission published its Recommendation to combat this issue, the data shows that […]
ITVX has reported that reached over 260 million streams in August, its best August since launching three years ago. The streaming platform achieved a 35 per cent increase year on year, thanks to a combination of popular drama and reality commissions, as well as strong performances from its flagship soap operas. Drama became the top […]
Rakuten TV, the European streaming platform, has revealed findings from its survey, A Clearer Picture, exploring UK advertisers’ current views on media investments in CTV. The study found that 97 per cent of marketers have concerns around transparency, while 74 per cent plan to increase their programmatic CTV spend in the near future. In order […]
Preliminary data shows that fans around the globe were captivated by the FIFA Club World Cup. The figures show that an estimated 2.7 billion fans viewed the tournament across all forms of media, based on analysis conducted by Nielsen Sports. The figures cover the tournament held in the US from June 14th to July 13th, […]
During August 2025, 0.5 per cent of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) saw an increase of 0.2 Mbps, 18 per cent stayed the same, 81 per cent decreased 0.2 Mbps, and 0.5 per cent went down 0.4 Mbps on the Netflix ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which ISPs provide the best prime-time Netflix […]
Kyndryl, a provider of mission-critical enterprise technology services, has unveiled the results of its third annual State of Mainframe Modernisation Survey, illustrating how enterprises are redefining the role of the mainframe in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. The study reveals that organisations are embracing nimble modernisation strategies, leveraging AI at scale, and doubling down on […]