America’s broadband providers invested $89.6 billion (€77.2bn) in US communications infrastructure in 2024, according to USTelecom – The Broadband Association’s 2024 Broadband Capex Report. This near record-high investment brings the industry’s total to more than $2.2 trillion since 1996, underscoring broadband’s essential role in powering the US economy and enabling innovation in the age of […]

Research has highlighted Irish audiences’ evolving attitudes to harmful and offensive media content, with two-in-three adults (67 per cent) reporting that they did not have concerns about seeing or hearing potentially harmful or offensive media content themselves. However, among adults who are parents, a majority (52 per cent) were concerned. The research on Audience Perspectives on […]

A report from Ampere Analysis has found that announced game-to-anime commissions jumped 137 per cent year-on-year in 2024, overtaking comics to become the third-largest source of adaptations. With anime’s strong and growing appeal among gamers, video content producers are maximising game universes to reach established anime viewers and convert gaming audiences into new fans. As […]

Kyndryl, a provider of mission-critical enterprise services, has released its second annual Kyndryl Readiness Report, drawing on responses from 3,700 senior leaders across 21 countries. The data reveals an instance of momentum and reflection – as businesses report growing returns from AI investments while facing mounting pressure to modernise infrastructure, scale innovation efforts, reskill workforces […]

In September, 1 per cent of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) saw an increase of 0.4 Mbps, 26 per cent rose by 0.2 Mbps, 72 per cent stayed the same, and 1 per cent decreased by 0.2 Mbps on the Netflix ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which ISPs provide the best prime-time Netflix […]

A Parrot Analytics analysis of thousands of titles across Prime Video, Disney+, Netflix and HBO Max in the US finds that movies deliver disproportionately high engagement relative to the volume of content hours they represent. The recent narrative has been that movies, in contrast to TV series, were in decline – casualties of a once-in-a-century […]

Research released by Verve shows that consumers are increasingly receptive to ad-supported content but also are more worried about how their data is used, particularly in relation to AI. Now in its second year, the 2025 In-App User Privacy Report, shares insights from a survey of 4,000 consumers across the UK and US, exploring the […]

Novaspace’s 32nd edition of the Satellite Connectivity and Video Market report reveals a significant shift in satellite service economics. Data applications are set to overtake video services by 2033, with their share of total service revenues rising from 21 per cent in 2024 to 55 per cent by 2034. This transformation marks a fundamental rebalancing of the […]

iSpot, the cross-platform TV ad measurement company, has released additional findings from its analysis of national linear TV advertising in the US during Q3 2025, particularly surrounding top programmes and networks for reach, and their continued consolidation around live sports and news. While the NFL and college football are fixtures as some of TV’s top […]

Using Speedtest data, Ookla has taken a look at the early usage of T-Mobile’s T-Satellite service across T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon and FirstNet users in the US. Speedtest data highlights the early usage of T-Mobile’s T-Satellite service, which works on most new iOS and Android smartphones released in the past 2-4 years. The service is available […]