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    Netflix signs biggest-ever deal for original content

    Netflix has signed its biggest order for original content to date with DreamWorks Animation, giving all customers exclusive access to new original television series from 2014
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    Video to drive 12x rise in mobile data traffic by 2018

    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.
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    Nearly a billion broadband subs expected by 2018

    The number of broadband subscribers worldwide will increase by around 50% over the next five years to reach 940mn by the end of 2018, with Asia-Pacific driving much of this growth according to new figures from UK research firm Point Topic.

Analysis & Opinion

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Tomorrow Calling – but will broadcasters and operators pick up?

    Broadcasters and TV operators take note: consumers are tired of clunky user interfaces, weary of digital rights issues, and willing to run into the arms of a big technology company like Apple or Google if these problems are not resolved, and fast.

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Worldwide IPTV subs up 36% in 2012

Twitter amplifies TV advertising