Advanced Television

Research

Report: 58% of UK homes have fewer than 3 streaming subs

Samba TV has released its State of Streaming: UK Q4 2025 report. The data spotlights a maturing UK streaming market defined by genre loyalty and careful content curation, both from platforms and from budget-conscious households. Over half of UK households have fewer than three streaming subscriptions, according to the report. UK households demonstrate selective subscription behaviour, […]

November 13, 2025

Channel 4 sees 222m streaming views in October

Channel 4 reports that it was once again the fastest growing of the leading commercial streamers in October. Retaining top spot for a second month running, October saw Channel 4 set industry benchmarks while setting records including an all-time high for youth streaming, according to Barb data. Channel 4 set a new streaming high of […]

November 13, 2025

Report: Record-breaking global audiences for sports

Glance, a specialist in TV and video market intelligence, has shared its annual sports report, Yearly Sport Key Facts 2025, revealing record-breaking audiences and significant shifts in sports viewership patterns across global markets. The report analyses television sports consumption from September 2024 to August 2025 in 45 markets globally. The initial wave of 15 markets […]

November 13, 2025

Report: 22.4m Brits hit by broadband outages in last 12 months

Against a backdrop of repeated major provider outages this year, a Uswitch broadband outage report reveals the scale of the UK’s connection challenge, with 22.4 million (41 per cent) users across the UK left disconnected at least once in the last 12 months. Internet outages totalled 238.7 million hours in the past year, costing the […]

November 13, 2025

Report: Hybrid cloud shapes future of AI and enterprise agility

Kyndryl, a provider of mission-critical enterprise technology services, today released its 2025 Cloud Readiness Report, revealing how enterprises are navigating a pivotal shift in cloud strategy that can fuel AI adoption and enterprise agility. The report reveals that while cloud computing has become the backbone of enterprise operations — growing into a more than $700 […]

November 13, 2025

Study: 40% illegal streamers hit by financial fraud

Consumers are risking thousands of pounds by accessing content illegally online while saving as little as £13 (€14.77) a month, new research reveals. The study, by BeStreamWise, a cross-industry initiative which aims to raise awareness of the dangers of illegal streaming, reveals the false economy of watching pirated material through unofficial sources such as illegal […]

November 12, 2025By Colin Mann

OpenVault report: DOCSIS 3.1 drives 3X increase in median usage

DOCSIS 3.1 and higher services are driving significant across-the-board increases in speed and consumption, most notably a 3X rise in median usage, according to a study in the Q3 2025 edition of the OpenVault Broadband Insights (OVBI) report. Median monthly usage for DOCSIS 3.1 subscribers in the third quarter of 2025 was 530.54 GB, 207.7 […]

November 12, 2025

Research: 38% US internet homes subscribe to sports streaming service

Parks Associates has published research revealing that 38 per cent of US internet households subscribe to at least one sports-specific streaming service, up from just 4 per cent in 2019. The NFL is the most popular sport, with 82 per cent of sports viewers in US internet households regularly watching NFL content during the season. […]

November 12, 2025

Foercast: China fixed comms service revenue growth stagnant

The total fixed communications services revenue in China is expected to see sluggish compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.7 per cent in its revenue from $303 billion (€261.6bn) in 2025 to $314 billion in 2030, mainly due to drop in average revenue per user (ARPU) levels, forecasts GlobalData, the data and analytics company. GlobalData’s […]

November 12, 2025

Data: Readership for Strictly exceeds any other UK show

The debut season of Celebrity Traitors may have caught the nation’s attention, but legacy favourite Strictly Come Dancing remains the UK’s most read-about reality TV programme, according to data from Taboola. Over the past three months, articles about Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One), now in its 23rd season, have generated over 55 million page views – […]

November 12, 2025