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Audience Measurement Coalition launches

A number of major European Joint Industry Committees (JICs), Media Owner Committees (MOCs), and professional research companies have announced that they will join to create the Audience Measurement Coalition (AMC). The AMC will serve as a voice to European regulators on all policy matters related to audience measurement in the context of the adoption of the […]

January 28, 2025

GfK’s RAM now single measurement in Malaysia

GfK’s Radio Audience Measurement (RAM) is the single radio audience measurement for Malaysia’s market, as appointed by Commercial Radio Malaysia (CRM). Prior to this, CRM has awarded GfK a three-year contract from 2022 to 2024 to continuously provide RAM in Malaysia. This marked CRM and GfK’s third collaboration since 2016. Astro Radio continuously supports the […]

April 29, 2024

Report: TV series dominate Italian streaming

In Italy, TV series are more popular than movies on streaming services, according to the GfK VOD Tracker. The first research that measures the most consumed titles on VoD platforms in Italy found that 67 per cent of total viewing time was dedicated to TV series, compared to 33 per cent for movies. In the […]

October 24, 2023From Branislav Pekic in Rome

GfK sells CP business to YouGov

GfK, the information services company, has entered an agreement to sell GfK Consumer Panel (CP) to the independent third-party entity YouGov in a deal worth a reported £270 million (€316m). The divestment of GfK CP addresses competition concerns by the European Commission, thus paving the way toward completion of the NIQ and GfK combination.“After careful […]

July 7, 2023

MTM makes new senior hires

Strategy and insights consultancy MTM has strengthened its offer with new roles for senior researchers, reflecting organic growth and expansion into new parts of the media, tech and entertainment sectors. The first two new roles are figureheads for sector expertise; – Jonathan Stone, Director and Head of Technology & Telco sector practice. Jonathan joins MTM […]

April 27, 2023

Survey: 58% of Italian homes have SVoD service

Over half (58 per cent) of Italian households subscribe to at least one of the major SVoD platforms, 10 per cent higher than in 2020, according to a survey by GfK Sinottica. Italian households, on average, have access to two SVoD platforms, and the market has significant growth potential as about three million households say […]

October 12, 2022From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Analysis: Challenging times for CE market

After a strong 2020 driven by the pandemic stay-at-home, the global market for consumer electronics faced a slow-down in 2021 that continued in the first half of 2022, according to research firm GfK. 2022 year saw an 8 per cent drop compared to the same period in 2021, standing at a total of $39 billion. […]

August 30, 2022

Spain: Streaming platforms mean reduced piracy

TV piracy is in decline thanks to the boom of streaming platforms in Spain, according to a report by OBS Business School.  It says piracy has decreased by 25 per cent in the country due to the proliferation of OTT services with high quality content and the crackdown on TV pirates. According to the study, […]

March 22, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Research: Smartphone market recovers in 2021

After a significant drop in revenue in 2020, the global market for smartphones recorded a growth in revenue of 13.4 per cent in 2021 to a total of $365.5 billion (€324.6bn). GfK experts also forecast a further recovery for 2022. 2021 started off positively for the smartphone industry: In the first and second quarters, the […]

February 25, 2022

CMTV most watched channel in Portugal for first time

For the first time in its history, Portuguese cable TV channel CMTV achieved a higher audience share than the main TV channel of Portuguese public broadcaster RTP 1. On February 5th, CMTV registered an average daily share of 10.7 per cent, compared to 9.1 per cent for RTP1. This was also the best result ever […]

February 8, 2022From Branislav Pekic in Rome