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Media & Technology DigestFebruary 04, 2019The Media & Technology Digest provides a monthly analysis of the key trends and innovations shaping the global technology landscape. Written by our senior analysts the digest includes a detailed focus on key industry hot topics, analysis of all major industry and product announcements with in-depth examinations of significant industry trends.Subscribers Only
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Mobile World Congress 201925-28 February 2019 | Barcelona, SpainMeet our Media & Technology analysts at Mobile World Congress 2019.
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In the Face of Stiffer Global Competition, YouTube Turns to Premium Subscriptions to Raise Revenue, IHS Markit SaysSeptember 17, 2018To address rising competition in the advertising market, Google-owned YouTube is diversifying its business model by rebranding and expanding its YouTube Premium subscription service and other measures to raise revenue, while maintaining the company’s position as the world’s leading online video platform.
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Television Content Producer M&As More than Doubled Between 2013 and 2017, IHS Markit SaysMarch 08, 2018With ownership of TV programming rights becoming a vital asset in the international TV market, production company mergers and acquisitions have continued to rise over the past five years.
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Immersive Computing - Consumer Augmented & Virtual Reality Report - 2018January 25, 2018IHS Markit's latest report on the consumer augmented and virtual reality markets. This report adds to the coverage of last year's report with additional data and analysis related to the consumer augmented reality market opportunity and also the location-based (out of home) consumer virtual reality market.Subscribers Only
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Improved Broadband Connectivity Driving Online and On-demand Content for Children, IHS Markit SaysAugust 07, 2017Driven by faster broadband and widespread take-up of connected devices, the cumulative number of children’s video on-demand services grew 136 percent from 74 services in 2012 to 175 in 2016, according to IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions.
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Comcast Launches Stream to Defend Position, Not Change the MarketJuly 16, 2015Comcast, the largest pay TV operator in the US, is set to offer a low cost ‘streaming cable’ pay TV service. The $15 per month service, Stream, will only be available to Comcast’s internet customers as the service uses the managed-IP part of Comcast’s cable infrastructure to deliver video and not the open internet.Subscribers Only
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Onkyo Expands its High Resolution Music StoreFebruary 20, 2015Home AV hardware company Onkyo has launched a digital music store, Onkyo Music, in the UK, the US, and Germany. Onkyo Music offers “hundreds of thousands” of high resolution music tracks for purchase. The e-Onkyo music download service first launched in 2005 in Japan, and Onkyo Music is the company’s expansion of the concept. The store is a partnership with digital music specialist 7Digital, and is a download-to-own service with no streaming option. High resolution music is priced at $15-25 per album and $2-4 for single tracks, and the site allows search and download of lower-resolution CD-quality tracks as well. Onkyo is currently developing the Onkyo Music app for iOS and Android, and plans to allow files to be downloaded to multiple devices, whilst also being stored in a cloud locker.Subscribers Only
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UK regulator to investigate Premier League rights saleNovember 18, 2014UK communications regulator Ofcom has opened an investigation into the sale of Premier League audiovisual rights in the UK. The investigation follows a complaint from Virgin Media in September over the number of televised matches and the cost to consumers of the coverage.Subscribers Only
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The Changing Shape of Home Entertainment in EuropeSeptember 22, 2014Richard Broughton, Director of Broadband, presented at the 2014 ESCA Digital conference in London and gave an assessment of the outlook for home entertainment across Europe, analysing some of the key drivers which are shaping change in the sector.Subscribers Only
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BSkyB confirms deal to buy Sky Italia and Sky DeutschlandJuly 25, 2014BSkyB has agreed to buy 100% of Sky Italia and 57% of Sky Deutschland from 21st Century Fox in a £4.9 billion deal that will create a pan-European pay TV operation with 20 million subscribers. The deal, which has been widely expected, will result in £200 million annual cost savings and give BSkyB an enlarged addressable market of 97 million homes, 66 million more than can been reached in the UK and Ireland.
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Apple and Beats: Strategic Synergy or Questionable Value?June 11, 2014Apple is to buy Beats Electronics for $3 billion, which is not only the largest acquisition in the Cupertino-based company’s history, but also its most high-profile strategic investment to date. The deal comes after handset competitor HTC recently sold the remaining half of its $309 million, 50.1% controlling interest of Beats back to the company for $265 million in September 2013.
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Google expands availability of Play movies, rolls out Chromecast to EuropeApril 04, 2014Google has increased the geographic availability of its Google Play movies and music stores to 37 new markets, with the service now available in 54 countries around the world. Simultaneously, Google has officially begun to ship its Chromecast HDMI device to France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, the Netherlands, and the Nordics.Subscribers Only
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Comcast and Netflix sign deal for transit, not carriageFebruary 25, 2014Comcast and Netflix have signed a deal for ‘interconnection’. No terms of the multi-year deal have been disclosed except the companies have made it clear that the agreement has been developed over ‘many months’ and that under the deal Netflix traffic receives no preferential treatment at a network level.
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WWE to roll out international OTT network in 2014January 15, 2014WWE is set to launch an OTT network in 2014. By focusing on OTT, WWE is bypassing a traditional live linear channel on pay TV. The WWE Network is due to launch on February 24 in the US, with the UK, Canada,...
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Microsoft Targets Always-On Relevance With Xbox One's Integrated Entertainment SolutionMay 22, 2013Overall Positioning With the unveiling of Xbox One, Microsoft has put forward its vision for the evolution of its positioning of the Xbox platform as home entertainment hub, by building a hardware, software...Subscribers Only
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PEVE Event Delivers End-to-End Coverage of Home Entertainment Business—From Top Executives to Everyday ConsumersApril 08, 2013To succeed in today’s highly complex and fast-changing home entertainment market, companies need a broad understanding of issues, ranging from high-level business strategies, down to...
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Online Video Growth for RTL GroupMarch 30, 2013Overview of European broadcaster RTL Group services and user consumption.Subscribers Only
