The global pandemic had major impacts on the TV industry in 2020, according to content consultancy 3Vision’s annual trends survey. Lockdowns changed audience consumption habits and caused disruption in broadcasting, production and advertising. Covid-19 has been a great accelerator of change in the TV business. Ninety-eight per cent of respondents agreed that the pandemic has […]
Orange has posted moderate revenue growth despite a slight dip in the fourth quarter. For the year, the strong performance of Africa & Middle East (up 5.2 per cent) and the solid results of France (up 1.6 per cent) offset the decline in Europe (down 3.5 per cent) and Enterprise (down 1.4 per cent). The […]
Accedo has announced the launch of a range of innovative video solutions designed specifically for the sports market. Accedo for Sports combines Accedo’s product and service offerings with those of select partners to support rights-holders, broadcasters and sponsors in creating and growing their video business. As the impact of Covid-19 continues to be felt across the […]
Research from Advertiser Perceptions shows that advertisers are upping their ante on video, and the pandemic has pushed streaming to one-quarter of TV screen advertising budgets. Yet the largest spenders are favouring the Connected TV (CTV) options of established networks over streaming start-ups. This has a direct bearing on the 2021 Upfront, as most advertisers […]
Research commissioned by Sky reveals that the UK’s long-standing obsession with talking about the weather has now officially been usurped, with 72 per cent agreeing they now talk more about the TV than the weather. The research reveals that over the last 12 months, whilst keeping their minds off the serious topics of Covid-19 or […]
In reporting its FY numbers, Virgin Media revealed it is now delivering broadband, video and fixed-line telephony services to 6.1 million cable customers and mobile services to 3.5 million subscribers as of December 31st 2020. The cable operator has delivered a full year net customer gain of 102,000 as demand for, and usage of, its […]
A study from Juniper Research has found that the number of mobile video calling services reached 1.8 billion globally in 2020; rising from 1.2 billion in 2019. This represents a growth of 50 per cent over 12 months, as the Covid-19 pandemic fuelled the need for remote communication services. The study, Mobile Voice & Video […]
The Premier League, Serie A and La Liga should come to market for their domestic media rights in 2021. The tender results for the Premier League, always considered as a gauge of the sports broadcasting market dynamics, will be even more closely scrutinised this year, at a time of a global pandemic, reports market research […]
Findings from research firm Parks Associates reveal that in Q3 2020, more than 50 per cent of US broadband households reported that their broadband usage has increased since the start of the Covid-19 crisis. While consumers report broadband performance is keeping pace with the increased demand, in Q3 2020, 24 per cent of fixed broadband […]
Traffic on US broadband networks rose by more than half and average broadband usage approached one-half a terabyte at the end of 2020, according to the Q4 2020 OpenVault Broadband Insights (OVBI) report issued by OpenVault, a source of SaaS-based revenue and network improvement solutions and data-driven insights for the broadband industry. Per-subscriber average data […]