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Survey: 66% online audiences viewed new art form in lockdown

Marquee TV, the performing arts streaming service offering opera, dance, theatre, and music on demand service, has partnered with Indigo, the experts in audience insight for the cultural sector, to research attitudes towards cultural content offered online and what audiences are looking for in a post-Covid world. The two companies have unveiled their findings to […]

April 15, 2021

InCoax cracks European telco MDU broadband headache

The global pandemic has fuelled a huge growth in demand and placed additional stress on operators to deliver connectivity for Multi Dwelling Units (MDUs) across Europe, and at this year’s Gigabit Access, InCoax will discuss how reusing existing in-building infrastructure for broadband access can combat the connectivity complexities for residents and businesses. As operators seek […]

April 15, 2021

Report: Pandemic makes headphones integral to daily lives

The global headphones market celebrated a good year in 2020, growing in both volumes and retail value, to reach 480 million units and generate $44 billion (€36.8bn) reports Futuresource Consulting. As consumers have spent more time at home throughout the pandemic, headphones really have become an integral device in daily lives. Households have spent more […]

April 14, 2021

Report: Record amount of DDoS attacks in 2020

NetScout has revealed findings from its bi-annual Threat Intelligence Report, punctuated by a record-setting 10,089,687 Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks observed during 2020. Cybercriminals exploited vulnerabilities exposed by massive internet usage shifts since many users were no longer protected by enterprise-grade security. Attackers paid particular attention to vital pandemic industries such as e-commerce, streaming […]

April 13, 2021

Report: Satellite backhaul worth $25bn annually by 2030

NSR’s Wireless Backhaul via Satellite, 15th Edition report, forecasts $25 billion (€21bn) in annual revenue in 2030 for satellite backhaul, propelled by explosive connectivity demand worldwide and post-Covid-19 recovery in the near term. As it is a core target of virtually every current and new satellite capacity provider, NSR expects Satellite Backhaul to represent one […]

April 12, 2021

Report: ‘2020s decade of smallsats’

Specialist satellite consulting and research firm Euroconsult forecasts further growth in the global supply and demand of government, commercial and academic satellites weighing up to 500 kg. The latest update of the  Prospects for the Small Satellite Market report, now in its seventh  edition, builds upon Euroconsult’s previous iteration that accurately predicted more than 1,000 […]

April 9, 2021

BT expands 5G network

BT has started expanding its 5G network across the UK as lockdown begins to lift. Outlaying the plans, Marc Allera, CEO at BT Consumer Division, commented: “As restrictions gradually start to ease across the UK in the coming weeks, so our mobility will start to increase. After months of working over high-quality video calls, staying […]

April 8, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Report: 12.2% increase in digital advertising

As the world grapples with the ongoing ramifications of the Covid-19 pandemic, the digital advertising sector continues to show tremendous resilience. According to the newly-released IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report, conducted by PwC, digital advertising revenues increased by 12.2 per cent in 2020 compared to 2019. “The second half of 2020 made up for the […]

April 8, 2021

Research: Online video & gaming markets hit $330bn

The global pandemic and the shift to remote work/schooling engendered a captive audience that accelerated trends within the media and entertainment industry. Streaming video subscriptions climbed as households stacked subscriptions, driving subscription revenues to over $69 billion (€58bn) in 2020. Gaming in 2020 saw YoY growth of over 22 per cent with ISPs and CDNs […]

April 7, 2021

Report: Global CTV impressions up 60% YoY

Innovid, the independent omni-channel advertising and analytics platform built for television, has published its Global Omni-Channel Benchmarks Report. The report reveals that in 2020, connected TV (CTV) accounted for 40 per cent of all video impressions, up from 31 per cent the year before, highlighting the significant consumer shift from linear to CTV during the […]

April 7, 2021