ABI Research

Live streaming subs to soar over the next five years

Subscriptions to live streaming services are predicted to hit 91 million over the next five years. According to a new study from ABI Research, the advancement in the live streaming market is being driven by demand for sports and other live programming. The market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10% up to […]

“Worldwide Pay TV market far from dead” claims ABI Research

The pay TV market is expected to surpass a 1.1 billion subscriber base in 2024, claims a new report. According to global tech market advisory firm ABI Research, while the increasing adoption of video streaming platforms has created significant challenges to traditional pay TV services, the pay TV market will see overall increases in the […]

4K adoption on the rise with 8K still out of reach

4K TV adoption is set to rapidly increase in the coming years.  According to global tech market advisory firm ABI Research, 4K flat panel TV shipments will grow at 13% CAGR to reach 233 million in 2024.  8K, the next innovation for TV production, has already entered the market, but with the cheapest sets still […]

ABI: Global pay TV revenues to reach US$295bn in 2022

The worldwide pay TV market is set to reach revenues of US$295 billion in 2022 as operators react to changes in the market by incorporating OTT offerings as part of their service line-ups, according to ABI Research. The report cited DirecTV Now and Dish Network’s Sling TV as examples of the kind of video streaming […]

ABI: OTT video market to reach US$51bn in 2022

The worldwide over-the-top (OTT) video market is due to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10% to generate revenues of US$51.4 billion in 2022, according to ABI Research. The report predicts global OTT subscriber numbers will reach 400 million in 2018 and said that growth in this sector is driving changing trends […]

ABI: service providers losing up to US$8bn a year to piracy

Video service providers lose between US$6 billion (€5.1 billion) and US$8 billion in revenue to piracy each year, according to a study by US-based ABI Research. The report claims that while video piracy has been around since the advent of home recording and the VHS tape in 1979, today the most common forms of piracy […]

ABI: VR seeing strong interest from US businesses

Virtual Reality (VR) is seeing strong interest from US businesses, particularly in the healthcare, retail, consumer packaged goods, and automotive and transportation sectors. This is according to ABI Research, which found in a recent poll of US-based companies that 85% of firms are at least “in the stages of early investigation” into VR – even though […]

Immersive content and 360° video to generate US$6bn

Interactive and immersive content formats and 360° video will generate revenues of US$6 billion by 2022, according to ABI research. The research firm said that this type of content taps into the VR ecosystem and widespread support for app development on mobile platforms, citing experiments by major companies like BT, Deutsche Telekom and Netflix in […]

HDR TV shipments to reach 245m in 2022

Shipments of high dynamic range (HDR) TVs will grow at a 41% compound annual growth rate and reach 245 million units in 2022, according to ABI Research. The new study claims that HDR features will “help boost 4K’s (UltraHD) momentum” and that HDR sets are expected set to surpass 4K TV shipments in 2020. ABI […]

ABI: TV service market to reach US$1.5bn in 2021

The ‘TV as a Service’ (TVaaS) business market is due to grow to US$1.5 billion (€1.4 billion) in 2021, representing 35% of video software revenues, up from 10% in 2016, according to ABI. The research firm said that recurring revenues based on video consumption, transactions, or subscriber-related metrics will take over traditional hardware sales, software […]

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