Disney+’s live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian looks like a key driver for the SVoD platform as interest levels top those of rival Apple TV+ exclusives The Morning Show and See. The Mandalorian maintained a higher relative interest level than The Morning Show throughout its entire run, despite Disney+ being available in only six markets, according […]
Some 75 million people in the US are now using a smart speaker, and more than half of them – 39 million – are using it to control their smart TV, video streamer or other TV device at least weekly. This finding comes from Strategy Analytics’ report, 2019 Smart Speaker User Survey – US Results, […]
Findings from market research and consulting company Parks Associates indicate that TV sets still dominate home entertainment, accounting for over one-half of all video consumed by US broadband households each week. The firm’s report – 360 View: Digital Media and Connected Consumers – reveals consumers report spending on average nearly 20 hours per week watching […]
MENA SVoD revenues will reach $2.97 billion (€2.69bn) by 2025; or $2.1 billion more than the 2019 total. SVoD revenues will triple between 2019 and 2025. Turkey will total to $908 million by 2025, with Saudi Arabia adding $563 million and Israel $470 million. Simon Murray, Principal Analyst at Digital TV Research, said: “We forecast […]
Over half (54 per cent) of French viewers subscribe to at least one pay-TV service. This is a nine per cent increase on 2018, according to data from the Harris barometer on French pay-TV, which says the increase is largely due to the growth of SVoD subscriptions. SVoD is seen a complement to existing pay-TV offerings […]
PWC reports merger and acquisition activity in the media and telecoms fell in Q4 meaning deal making was down for all of 2019. There were 137 transactions announced in the fourth quarter, down 20 per cent from the fourth quarter of 2018. Those deals were worth $18.3 billion, down 12 per cent. For the year […]
The Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special was watched by an audience of 18.5 million, becoming the biggest TV programme outside of sporting and national events since records began in 2002 This also makes it the biggest single episode of any scripted TV programme across all channels since current records began in 2002. Writer and stars […]
US video game content generated $35.4 billion (€32.1bn) in revenue in 2019, a 2 per cent increase over 2018, according to data released by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and The NPD Group. The figure includes revenues from all software and in-game purchases, as well as US mobile spend data. Sales gains were seen in […]
Ofcom has revealed the latest league tables on the complaints it receives about the UK’s major home broadband, mobile and pay-TV firms. The quarterly report reveals the number of complaints made to the media watchdog between July and September last year, about firms that provide home broadband, pay-monthly mobile and pay-TV. The report includes all […]
Around 7.8 million French viewers now watch catch-up TV on a daily basis, an increase of 13 per cent over the last two years. Catch-up TV is watched for an average one hour and eleven minutes per day according to a study from Médiamétrie. It’s not just repeated content catch-up services. In November 2019, two […]