The interest for e-sports and gaming is growing rapidly in Sweden. An increasing number of consumers are drawn to this type of online content. Almost 400,000 Swedes watch e-sports or […]
Survey: Millennials shaping video piracy in MEA
A new online consumer piracy survey from Irdeto found that over half of respondents polled in MENA – 59% in Egypt and 53% in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – […]
Mexico defies Latin America’s pay-TV torpor
Mexico overtook Brazil in 2016 to become Latin America’s largest pay-TV market, despite Brazil having twice as many TV households.
20% of US pay-TV subscribers dissatisfied
20% of US pay-TV subscribers say they are dissatisfied with their pay-TV service, representing a 100% increase since early 2013.
US pay-TV providers lost 795,000 subs
The largest pay-TV providers in the US, representing about 95% of the market, lost about 795,000 net video subscribers in 2016, compared to a pro forma loss of about 445,000 […]
African pay TV revenue to reach $6 billion in 2021
According to the latest data by Dataxis for the year ending 2016, the number of pay-TV subscribers in Africa stood at approximately 18.7 million.
eSports revenues to reach $3.5 Billion by 2021
A rapid rise in consumption of eSports and streamed games content will drive $3.5 billion in revenues by 2021, up from $1.8 billion in 2017.
Half of Dutch households have smart TV
The share of Dutch households with a smart TV has more than doubled in the past two years, to 48% from 20%.
Streaming video viewers equal paid TV subs
For the first time ever, the percentage of free or paid streaming video subscribers in the US (68%) has caught up to the number of paid TV subscribers (67%), according […]
Amazon and Netflix invest in higher resolution content
Amazon and Netflix are not only acquiring documentaries and films, but are also heavily involved in producing their own content using UHD technologies, according to IHS Markit.