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    100mn more IPTV households by 2018

    June 12, 2013
    TV globe
    There will be just shy of 1bn pay-TV households worldwide by 2018, with IPTV accounting for around 167mn of them, according to UK firm Digital TV Research.
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    Asia now dominates IPTV globally

    June 11, 2013
    Despite IPTV gaining its first toeholds in Western Europe and North America over a decade ago, Asian telcos now account for around half of the world's IPTV subscribers, according to SNL Kagan.
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    Video to drive 12x rise in mobile data traffic by 2018

    June 3, 2013
    Overall mobile data traffic is expected to grow twelve-fold by the end of 2018, with much of this growth driven by video, according to a report released today by Ericsson.

Analysis & Opinion

  • TV in Africa: Digital switchover dreams, multiscreen realities?

    Rob Gallagher, Informa Telecoms & Media

    On my most recent trip to Africa to speak at the Africacast conference last month, I was struck once again by the region’s ambition. Home to over 1 billion people and a rapidly growing middle class, Africa has become a focal point of growth and ingenuity for the telecoms industry

    By , December 7, 2012

  • Is the ad industry TV’s weakest link?

    Nick Thomas, Principal Analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media

    It was allegedly Lord Leverhulme, the British soap tycoon, who complained that half his advertising budget was wasted. The trouble, he said, was that he didn’t know which half. Advertisers like to think they have improved measurement in the past hundred years, but now there is a new risk.

    By , November 1, 2012

  • Innovation in services and partnerships hold the key to future growth

    Mark Newman, Chief Research Officer at Informa Telecoms & Media

    According to the results of Informa Telecoms & Media’s annual industry survey, innovation is a key priority for global telecoms and media players in 2013. Over 500 senior executives from across both these sectors were asked how their businesses and markets would perform in 2013 and the role innovation would play in driving future revenue growth.

    By , October 25, 2012

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