The Media Production & Technology Show (MPTS) attracted a record 10,000+ visitors from 47 countries. Held at London’s Olympia on May 10th – 11th, the editorially curated programme comprised of over 100 live sessions, 250+ hours of free content across six theatres and featured more than 300 speakers. Combined with a packed show floor of […]
Globalstar is a fast-growing mobile satellite operator which has struck a dramatic deal with Apple for connecting Apple’s latest smart phones to its satellite-based services. Its latest numbers show a 79 pe rcent increase in service revenues for the quarter-year to March 31st from $29.3 million (in Q1 2022) to $52.94 million. Its bottom-line net […]
Kantar, the marketing data and analytics company, has released its latest Worldpanel ComTech Smartphone Operating System (OS) data. The study reveals signs of market stabilisation, whilst Apple continued to lead against Android-based competitors. Kantar’s Global OS study uncovers the following behaviours within the Global Smartphone market in Q1 2023: The global Smartphone market has shown […]
Northern Sky Research (NSR) says that Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system has “singlehandedly accelerated connected vehicle development” and Recreational Vehicles (RVs) in particular. NSR says Starlink’s service for RVs fand its much lower pricing offer than competitors, has leveraged production at scale for terminals, as well as subsiding costs to attain higher market share. This […]
In the first quarter of 2023, French mass media company Vivendi has reported revenues were at €2.29 billion, compared to €2.21 billion for the first quarter of 2022. This 3.3 per cent increase was primarily due to revenue growth at Canal+ Group (+€32 million) and Havas (+€20 million), as well as the performance of video […]
Apple TV+ has shared the first-look teaser for the second season of award-winning natural history series “Prehistoric Planet,” from executive producers Jon Favreau and Mike Gunton and BBC Studios Natural History Unit (“Planet Earth”), narrated by Sir David Attenborough. Set to debut globally in a five-day, week-long event on Apple TV+ starting on May 22nd, […]
Canal+ Group is to offer to all subscribers in metropolitan France and Switzerland, free-of charge, access to all the content from streaming platform Apple TV+, beginning April 20th. According to the multi-year strategic deal between Canal+ Group and Apple, all shows will be available via on-demand platform MyCanal. A number of original series produced by […]
Apple Original Films and A24 have announced that the highly anticipated, critically acclaimed documentary “Stephen Curry: Underrated,” directed and produced by Emmy Award winner Peter Nicks, will be released in select theaters and premiere globally on Apple TV+ on July 21st. “Stephen Curry: Underrated” is the remarkable coming-of-age story of one of the most influential, […]
Non-traditional categories of digital gaming, online video, messaging apps, smart home and digital music are showing faster growth, with projected five-year CAGRs of 5 per cent – 21 per cent according to research from Omdia. Although of smaller value than established telco services such as mobile data, pay-TV and broadband, these fast-growing markets are forecast […]
PC sales, including Apple units, have tumbled by 29 percent during the recent quarter-year. Statistics from International Data Corp (IDC) says that the fall-out from the pandemic has lead to a glut in store and supplier inventory. IDC states that global PC shipments were 56.9 million in Q1 this year, down 29 per cent y-o-y […]