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Western Europe consumer spending driven by Online Video growth 22 May 2017

IHS Markit, research firm expects home video consumer spending in Western Europe to increase with a CAGR of 3.5% per year and estimates that by 2020, it will reach €8.7 billion. Reaching €7.9 billion, the market demonstrated a great expansion … Continue reading

Amazon moves towards UK live music streaming, launches with Blondie London’s gig 16 May 2017

Amazon is making an entry into the live music streaming business in the UK by managing and promoting its own gigs starting with Blondie later this month. This is the their new business based on their music strategy expansion plans, … Continue reading

Europe to have 335m UHD homes by 2020 23 March 2017

According to the latest data from SES, European consumers are buying more into the Ultra HD concept. The report states that Europe now has around 17.3 million UHD screens (6.6 % of homes as of year-end 2016), up from 12.1 million a … Continue reading

China to dominate 4K and 8K TV shipments by 2020 20 March 2017

Even though Japanese makers are aggressively switching to 4K TV ranges, China will continue to dominate the market by 42% of all TVs in 2017 with 4K shipments, says a recent IHS Markit research. The analysts calculate that in 2016, more than 25 … Continue reading

4 million HDR TVs to be shipped this year 14 October 2016

According to a recent IHS Markit study, High Dynamic Range (HDR) TV units to be shipped in numbers are 4 million and this is expected to grow at more than 30 million by 2020. The research predicted that almost all of the 112 … Continue reading

Western Europe SVOD Spends to Reach €3 Billion by the Year End 22 September 2016

Spends in Western Europe on subscription video on demand services were €2 billion (US$2.2 billion) last year and the amount is expected to cross €3 billion by the end of this year. According to a recent study by IHS Markit, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and … Continue reading

UK viewers have been the quickest to embrace on-demand TV 02 August 2016

UK viewers have been the quickest in Western Europe to embrace on-demand TV, while Italians watch more TV overall than any other nationality in the region, according to new research. Overall daily viewing time of linear TV has continued to … Continue reading