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European TV accounts for just 21% of episodes on SVOD services

European TV content accounts for just 24% of all episodes found in European TVOD catalogues and 21% of all episodes found on European SVOD services, according to a new report. The European Audiovisual Observatory study said that among this European content, national TV shows represent the majority of episodes on transactional video-on-demand services (63%), but […]

CCS Insight: 5G connections to reach 60m in 2020

CCS Insight has raised its forecast for 5G rollouts after strong industry momentum in the last six months – but says that Europe continues to trail the early adoption of the US and Asia. The research firm now forecasts that there will be almost 60 million global 5G connections in 2020, up more than 50% on its […]

HBO announces first European and Latin American co-productions

HBO’s European and Latin American arms are springboarding off the upcoming football FIFA World Cup in Russia to coproduce together for the first time. The pair is working up ten-part documentary Destino Rusia 2018, which will tells stories of “passion, friendship, solidarity and achievement in the world of football, as told by leading players from across […]

Deutsche Telekom makes TV gains, extends CEO’s contract

Deutsche Telekom grew its TV customer base by 9.0% in Germany and 4.8% in the rest of Europe during 2017 and announced that it has renewed CEO Tim Höttges’ contract. In its home market, Deutsche Telekom’s IPTV and satellite TV subscriber base climbed to 3.14 million at the end of 2017 – an increase of […]

Kagan: European SVOD revenues to reach US$6.8bn in 2022

The European subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) market is due to reach revenues of US$6.8 billion in 2022, up from US$3.9 billion in 2017, according to Kagan research. The S&P Global Market Intelligence research group said that Netflix’s localised presence throughout Europe was one of the “main factors” contributing to this growth. Other cited factors were the […]

IHS: number of EU cable homes reached 65.1m last year

The number of cable homes in Europe grew year-on-year in 2016 and accounted for 30.5% of total television households, according to IHS Markit. The research firm’s latest European Broadband Cable Yearbook noted that the number of unique cable homes in the EU “continued to climb steadily”, reaching 65.1 million in 2016. This was up from […]

Report: Huawei plans European OTT service

Huawei is reportedly planning to launch an over-the-top streaming service in Europe next year. According to reports, Huawei will debut the service in Spain and Italy in 2018 and has already agreed a content deal with Atresmedia in Spain. DTVE contacted Huawei but was not able to get confirmation of its over-the-top plans ahead of […]

Ampere: online video watched more in US than Europe

US internet users are more likely to watch online video across a range of devices than their European counterparts, according to Ampere Analysis. The research firm said that the number of people who watch online video on smart TVs at least monthly is 66% in the US, compared to 61% in Europe. The proportion who […]

Simplestream raises £500,000 for US, Europe expansion

UK-based multiscreeen TV technology company Simplestream has received ￡500,000 in funding from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank’s Growth Finance team. The company said it will use the finance to help expand internationally, with plans to create a presence in the US and mainland Europe. “It’s a hugely exciting time for us and the new funding will […]

Moody’s study: a tale of two telco markets

European and US telcos are experiencing contrasting fortunes, with Europe’s players seeing prices rising thanks to their ability to sell converged bundles of TV, broadband and telephony while US operators suffer from increasing wireless competition, according to credit ratings agency Moody’s. According to a report on the sector by Moody’s US telcos’ revenue growth will […]

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