Apple has announced financial results for its fiscal 2021 second quarter ended March 27th, 2021. The Company posted a March quarter record revenue of $89.6 billion (€73.9bn), up 54 per cent year over year, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $1.40. International sales accounted for 67 per cent of the quarter’s revenue. “This quarter […]
Lockdown measures around the globe have led to more demand for tablets than can be met right now, according to a report by Strategy Analytics. Apple, Samsung, Lenovo and Amazon all posted strong tablet results in Q1 2021 as Covid has reshaped how consumers spend time and where they get work done. Tablets are now […]
Investment bank Exane/BNPP has issued a comprehensive report on Apple and in summary says that the company is moving from its hardware roots to a platform player. The bank has initiated coverage of Apple (with a “Buy” rating) saying that Apple has evolved from a hardware company to a platform play that cross sells services […]
Live Sports are the last bastion of pay-TV, and are held in high regard by operators and broadcasters. They are the last service tethering customers to their cable and satellite packages, but these operators know that it is a question of when not if, for when the sports leagues pull the trigger and pursue a […]
Apple posted its highest-ever net profit in Q4 as revenues surpassed forecasts to $111.4 billion (€92bn), driven by a 57 per cent rise in sales in China. Net profit rose 29 per cent to $28.8 billion. Sales in all five of the $2.4 trillion company’s product categories grew at double-digit percentages, led by a 41 […]
Discovery’s direct-to-consumer SVoD service discovery+ is now live in the US, with the company also announcing major new distribution agreements that it says will make the product one of the most widely-distributed streaming services at launch. discovery+ is available on the following platforms and devices: Amazon Fire TV streaming devices, Fire TV Edition smart TVs […]
As brands and retailers begin to focus on executing their advertising strategy for the coming year, YouGov believes it is important to know that large shares of people across the world are multi-screening and therefore, multi-tasking. Adopting an omni-channel or hybrid advertising strategy can be critical in reaching audiences who tend to spread their attention […]
BritBox, the SVoD service created by the BBC and ITV, has officially launched in Australia. The launch is the next step in the global expansion of the platform, following its earlier launches in the US, Canada and the UK. ITV and BBC Studios announced in August 2020 plans to invest more than A$35 million (€21.2m) […]
Facebook has launched its first cloud-streamed video games service – which is free to use, but is not available on Apple iPhone or iPad devices. Initially, five titles are available as standalone smartphone apps and will be accessible via the main Facebook and Facebook Gaming apps on Android and Facebook’s website on PCs. The first […]
Apple has announced financial results for its fiscal 2020 third quarter ended June 27th. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $59.7 billion (€50.3bn), an increase of 11 per cent from the year-ago quarter, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $2.58, up 18 per cent. International sales accounted for 60 per cent of the quarter’s […]