The US cable industry is delivering economic benefits nationwide, generating $568.7 billion (€487.9bn) in total economic output and supporting 1.3 million jobs across the country, according to a report commissioned by NCTA – The Internet & Television Association and conducted by Chmura Economics & Analytics. Additional findings in the study, Investing In America 2024: The […]
The Red Roses qualifying for the Women’s Rugby World Cup final has driven significant online engagement. Data from Adtech firm Quantcast shows that online engagement levels have grown 40 per cent during the tournament so far, compared with the same length of time the month before. To put it into perspective, the Women’s Six Nations […]
YouTube is now the dominant hub of family attention in the US. According to the eighth installment of the Precise Advertiser Report: Kids (PARK) from Precise TV, the contextual video ad tech platform driving business outcomes for brands, 78 per cent of Gen Alpha children aged 2 to 12 use YouTube, eclipsing VoD services (72 per […]
A study from WARC, specialists in marketing effectiveness, has found that global advertising spend is now on course to grow 7.4 per cent this year to $1.17 trillion (€1.45tn), a marked upgrade of 1.2 percentage points (pp) from WARC’s June forecast due to a strong second quarter performance. A further rise of 8.1 per cent […]
According to data from 5G Americas and Omdia, global 5G connections climbed past 2.6 billion in Q2 2025 — a 37 per cent year-over-year surge – and are projected to reach nearly 9 billion by 2030, representing 60 percent of all wireless connections worldwide. In parallel, global cellular data consumption grew by 15 per cent […]
China’s space infrastructure is expanding rapidly, supported by commercial and private enterprises, as well as technological advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI), analytics, quantum computing, and 6G research. These developments are tightly integrated with China’s ambitious plans to deliver next-generation connectivity solutions. According to intelligence firm ABI Research, China’s Serviceable Addressable Market (SAM) for satellite D2C subscription services […]
The creative industries have a vital role to play in tackling climate change. Not only by reducing our own environmental impact, but by using the Creative Industries Council’s (CIC) capacity to drive awareness, influence behaviour and generate solutions. Back in 2023, industry members of the CIC signed the Creative Climate Charter, pledging to take ambitious […]
Openreach has announced that 20 million homes and businesses can now access the UK’s most reliable broadband technology, thanks to its nationwide infrastructure upgrade. From Fair Isle in Scotland’s far north to the far reaches of Cornwall in England’s South West, Openreach’s engineers have now laid full fibre cables in cities, towns and villages throughout […]
In the first half of 2025, a new wave of geopolitically motivated cyber activity swept across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). According to NetScout’s DDoS Threat Intelligence Report, hacktivists launched more than 8 million distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks globally in H1 2025, with the majority of these attacks targeting EMEA. Looking at the […]
Parks Associates has announced a new white paper, A Guide to Connectivity Innovations in Multifamily Housing, in partnership with Cox Communities, with research showing that nearly one in five multifamily residents with home internet in the US reported receiving gigabit or faster download speeds. The research explores key connectivity options available for multifamily properties, including legacy bulk […]