Raymond Snoddy says there is one small worm in the bud when it comes to cable networks all over both Europe and the US; while revenues are holding up reasonably well – and even continuing to rise despite the recession – subscriber numbers are being hit… Almost everywhere competition to cable is becoming more intense!
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BSkyB and YouView will find it difficult to match TiVo, according to a new report by investment bank Morgan Stanley.
As broadband subscriptions continue to grow in the EU27, Point Topic has today announced analysis on how many subscribers there will be and how many will take an IPTV service as well. According to the leading global broadband analyst firm, IPTV is set to treble by 2020.
180 million US internet users watched online video content in August for an average of 18 hours per viewer, according to the comScore Video Metrix. The total US internet audience engaged in a record 6.9 billion viewing sessions.
The UK’s online population has grown by 1.4 million people in the last year, according to the latest data released by media research and insight company Kantar Media. The second quarter of 2011 saw the online population grow by nearly 4% year on year, totalling 38.4 million users.
The UK’s national newspaper websites saw usage figures increase during August, with almost all audited sites recording a rise, with the exception of Mirror Group Digital.
US service provider Verizon has just launched free apps that allow customers access to its video-on-demand service ‘Flex View’ anywhere they like to their iOS devices, including iPhone’s and iPad’s.
Facebook’s global revenues are expected to reach $4.27 billion in 2011, up from $2 billion in 2010, according to eMarketer.
Google is reportedly investing $500 million into YouTube in a bid to transform the online video site into an alternative broadcaster, according to Strategy Eye.
Sky Go has recorded its one-millionth download, just two months after it launched.
