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Report: Cloud gaming to significantly disrupt monetisation

Even though cloud gaming only represented 1 per cent of video games industry revenue in 2020, the technology is expected to fundamentally change the space over the next ten years growing at a compound annual growth rate of 40 per cent to 2030. In a GlobalData webinar, Associate Project Manager Rupantar Guha noted that cloud […]

February 23, 2021

beIN court action on StarTimes rights payments

StarTimes, the Chinese-owned pay-television operator in sub-Saharan Africa, is facing the threat of a winding up order after failing to pay beIN Media Group for rights to French football’s Ligue 1, according to a GlobalData report. GlobalData also says that the broadcaster, part of Hong Kong-based holding company Century Sun, has delayed payments to other […]

February 19, 2021

Report: Cloud gaming will transform video games industry

Cloud gaming will fundamentally change the video games industry over the next ten years, according to data and analytics company GlobalData, bidding farewell to traditional disk-based PC and console games and hefty downloads in the process. Just as video and audio streaming has reshaped the music, film and TV markets, cloud gaming is expected to […]

February 3, 2021

Analyst: Tencent leads 2020 M&A activity

Tencent is the leading player in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the tech, media and telecom (TMT) sector with nine deals of value greater than or equal to $50 million(€41m) worth $6.6 billion in 2020, according to data and analytics company GlobalData. M&A activity declined during the first half of 2020, especially in Q2 […]

January 22, 2021

Forecast: Moderate growth for Thailand pay-TV to 2025

Thailand’s pay-TV services market is set to recover and post an 8 per cent growth in revenue in 2021 but will slow down again thereafter to post a moderate compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.1 per cent over the forecast period 2020-2025, according to GlobalData. GlobalData’s Thailand Telecom Operators Country Intelligence Report reveals that […]

January 12, 2021

Singapore: Falling IPTV subs to affect pay-TV revenue

The total pay-TV service revenues in Singapore will decline by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.4 per cent during 2020-2025 due to falling IPTV subscriptions, according to forecasts from GlobalData, a data and analytics company. GlobalData’s Singapore Telecom Operators Country Intelligence Report reveals IPTV subscriptions in the country will decline at a CAGR […]

December 23, 2020

Forecast: S. Korea pay-TV market at $7.2bn in 2025

The Pay-TV services market in South Korea is expected to reach $7.2 billion (€5.8bn) in 2025, mainly driven by the subscription growth in IPTV service and growth in overall pay-TV average revenue per user (ARPU). The market is forecast to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.5 per cent between 2020 and […]

December 22, 2020

S Korea: Fixed broadband to drive fixed comms market growth

The fixed communications services market in South Korea is expected to reach $6.2 billion in 2025, recording a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.2 per cent between 2020 and 2025, mainly driven by growth in fixed broadband segment, according to GlobalData. GlobalData’s South Korea Telecom Operators Country Intelligence Report forecasts that fixed voice service […]

December 18, 2020

GlobalData analyst: “Football rescue package insufficient”

Following the news that the Premier League is providing a £250m (€277m) support package to the English Football League (EFL); Conrad Wiacek, Head of Sports Analysis for GlobalData, a data and analytics company, offers his views: “While the £250 million support package is welcome, more financial support would be highly beneficial. With Premier League teams […]

December 4, 2020

Forecast: Mobile data to drive mobile services revenue in APAC

The total mobile services revenue in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region will increase from $307.4 billion in 2020 to $390.9 billion in 2025 at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.9 per cent, supported by steady growth in mobile subscriptions and increase in aggregate mobile services average revenue per user (ARPU), according to GlobalData. GlobalData’s […]

October 8, 2020