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Game Consoles May Haul in $45B This Year, and Big Changes are Coming (CNBC)
Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo are investing more heavily in software, subscriptions and content. Cloud gaming, Big Tech and consolidation are set to drive more change in the industr... More
Video Streaming Apps See Major Surge as Lockdowns Continue (RTN)
With consumers stuck at home due to continuing Covid lockdowns, they’re continuing to turn to streaming apps to stay entertained and pass the time.... More
English-Speaking Nations Least Willing to Watch Foreign Language Content (RTN)
With consumer preferences towards subtitled and dubbed content the lowest in the UK and South Africa, consumers in English speaking markets are the least likely to enjoy foreign la... More
Dolby Reveals New Trends in Home Entertainment Consumption, Purchasing
Consumers seek out better audiovisual experiences and new ways of interacting with friends and family. Globally, 87% of people who connected over entertainment virtually did so for... More
AWS, Dolby Help Spiritland Productions Livestream Dynamic Sonic Concerts
UK-based Spiritland Productions has experienced a surge in demand for its services and developed a unique workflow built on AWS and Dolby technologies to enhance the virtual concer... More
Cinemark Strikes Deal With Universal to Shorten Theatrical Window (Media Post)
Another major movie chain has struck a ground-breaking deal with Universal Filmed Entertainment - cutting back on the exclusivity period of movies in theaters, quickening their mov... More
Americans Spent More Than $7B on Home Entertainment in Q3 (DTE)
The report attributes a significant amount of this growth to the closure of cinemas with consumers “seamlessly” shifting their viewing “to a broad variety of content includin... More
Sony and Microsoft Launch the Future of Gaming Consoles This Week (Next TV)
Long-awaited updates PlayStation 5 and Xbox X/S finally hit store shelves.... More
60% U.S. Homes Sub to Pay TV, SVOD (AT)
New research indicate that 60 per cent of US TV households have both a pay TV service and at least one SVOD service.... More
Shows on the Rise: ‘Love & Anarchy’ Debuts At No. 1 (TV Time)
Romantic comedy Love & Anarchy takes the lead! The Swedish Netflix series enters at No. 1 with a rise ratio of 100%, beating the debut of French series Ici tout commence (No. 2).... More
SVOD Subscription Hits 80% in U.S. as Pay TV Customers Continue to Fall (TBI)
Eight out of ten US TV households subscribe to at least one SVOD service while 60% of Americans subscribe to both a streaming and pay-TV offering, a new report has found.... More
Apple TV+ Finally Hits Its Stride (Next TV)
Since its tortoise-slow launch a year ago, Apple has evolved its subscription streaming service substantially.... More
Video Game Revenue Tops $10.7B in September 2020 (LLB)
September 2020 saw the digital games market generate $10.7 billion in revenue. According to new data, the global console games industry is set to generate $57.9 billion in 2020. Co... More
Netflix Launches First Linear Channel (DTE)
The channel will launch in France as a test of the viability of Netflix as a more traditional TV offering. It will air French, international and US films and series that are availa... More
Hollywood Turned Its Nose Up at Horror – Now Streamers are Racing for the Next Big Scare (The Verge)
Amazon, Netflix, and smaller services like Shudder are all in.... More
Global Video Game Revenue Expected to Jump 20% This Year to $175B (The Wrap)
The majority of game revenue comes from the U.S. and China, which represent roughly half the world’s gaming spending. Console gaming experienced the sharpest spike in revenue inc... More
TiVo Launches ‘Deep Discovery’ Programming Search Tool (Next TV)
Finnish Elisa will be the first to deploy the API-based metadata solution.... More
Azure Picked by Bukalapak for e-Commerce Transformation (The Record)
Indonesian e-commerce business Bukalapak is adopting Microsoft Azure to support the services it provides to over 12 million businesses and 100 million customers.... More
Video Entertainment Adspend to Remain Stable in Face of Pandemic (DTE)
Online video brands in the US increased their ad budgets by 142% in 2019, compared to 15% for TV brands. This trend is maintained across the Atlantic, with ad spend by online video... More
Adobe’s 2020 Online Holiday Shopping Predictions
With a global pandemic, in-store social distancing restrictions, and much of the workforce now remote, this will no doubt be an especially homebound holiday season — and research... More
