New research from Roy Morgan reveals the Internet has overtaken TV as Australia’s main source of news over the last two years. Over 12.7 million Australians (60.8 per cent) now say the Internet is a main source of news, up 1.4 million since 2018, including nearly 7.9 million Australians (37.7 per cent) specifically nominating Social […]
One in five UK adults (21 per cent) – the equivalent of 10.3 million consumers – purchased at least one new digital device as a result of spending more time at home because of the Covid-19 pandemic according to Deloitte’s Digital Consumer Trends 2020 report. In total, up to 21.2 million digital devices were purchased […]
Premium digital technology company PubMatic has announced that mobile advertising grew significantly in the second quarter of 2020, despite the Covid-19 economic impact. According to PubMatic’s Q2 Quarterly Mobile Index, mobile advertising spend increased globally, rising 71 per cent over Q2 2019, and was also 8 per cent higher than Q1 2020. While mobile advertising decreased […]
According to a report from cloud video platform Grabyo, UK video customers have increased monthly spending on online streaming services by over £100 million, which equates to an uplift of over 25 per cent, since lockdown began in March in the UK. Grabyo’s UK At Home Video Trends 2020 report surveyed over 2,000 UK consumers […]
As the pandemic continues, so does its impact on the video advertising ecosystem, according to the latest Video Benchmarks Report from TV and video ads asset management solution specialist Extreme Reach (ER). Following a distinct drop in Q1, the share of video impressions served to connected TV (CTV) platforms rose to 40 per cent in […]
The Kudelski Group, a provider of media content protection and value-added service technology, has published its 2020 half year results. Total revenues and other operating income decreased from $400.6 million to $320.1 million. Net revenues for the Group decreased by 19.9 per cent to $316 million, a 18.6 per cent evolution in constant currency, reflecting […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has boosted home entertainment subscription services in Australia according to research from emerging technology analyst firm Telsyte. Australians added 5.6 million new subscriptions to the end of June 2020, an increase of 18 per cent from a year ago. This growth was across streaming video on demand (SVoD), streaming music and games-related […]
Virgin Media abruptly halted eir Sport’s broadcast of its Champions quarter-final between Atletico Madrid vs RB Leipzig on August 13th. Virgin Media, which owns the rights to show Champions League games on Irish television, tweeted: “We have suspended our supply of Virgin Media Sport and Virgin Media Sport Extra to eir Sport because eir has […]
Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Studios have announced a $6 million (€5.09m) commitment to support the European TV and film production creative community through the Covid-19 pandemic. Donations from the fund will be made to Covid-19 relief funds in countries across Europe to support the creative community as TV and film production begins to restart […]
A report from Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) warns that “robust” demand for new TV sets from the US and China and combined with capacity reductions out of South Korea is leading to price rises in LCD panels during Q3. However, the price rises are helping panel manufacturers improve their profit margins which have been […]