In 2017, global consumer expenditure on entertainment content (video, games and music) worldwide continued to climb. By 2021, this spend is set to reach $439 billion globally, a 17 percent increase from 2017, according to the latest Global Entertainment Content Outlook report from Futuresource Consulting.
Read MoreOverall radio ad revenue dipped to $13.87 Billion in 2017, according to new research from BIA/Kelsey. Two new BIA reports examine the state of the radio industry to explain the effect of new audio competition, audience levels, programming trends, transactions and provide market profiles of Nielsen Audio-rated stations.
Read MoreThe days when a content provider could simply roll out a new over-the-top (OTT) video service and watch the customers (and cash) roll in are over, Brett Sappington, senior director of research at Parks Associates, told attendees at NAB 2018 in Las Vegas.
Read More“A very determined cyber-criminal has very high odds of getting into your system. The new war is about planning for a cyber security breach and being able to detect, respond, isolate and eradicate that breach. Many companies are practicing good cyber hygiene. But for the very advanced hacks—you have to detect them.” – Bryce Austin, CEO of TCE Strategy
Read MoreNext week’s NAB Show in Las Vegas will mark the debut of a new half-day program to examine the impact of machine intelligence on filmmaking today and in the future. It is part of the Next-Generation Media Technologies Conference and will run Tuesday, April 10, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Read MoreQoE video analytics is growing into an arms race to build third party tools, which allow all pay TV players and many free to air broadcasters, to behave more like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, according to a new Rethink Research report.
Read MoreA new study from Juniper Research has found that domestic aide robotics will drive consumer robotics hardware revenues from an estimated $6.4 billion in 2018 to nearly $23 billion by 2022; an increase of over 250 percent.
Read MoreThe Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming the pharmaceutical industry at a rapid pace, according to new research from GlobalData. Indeed, IoT software and services in the pharmaceutical industry is expected to grow from $420 million in 2015 to $2,486 million by 2020, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 42.7 percent from 2016 to 2020.
Read MoreWhile E-commerce and digital marketing have proven to be effective platforms, Virtual Reality (VR) is the next innovative technology that will improve and impact the retail and marketing sectors. ABI Research forecasts that VR in retail and marketing sectors is expected to generate $1.8 billion in 2022.
Read MoreA new study from Juniper Research has found that the wearables market has begun to shift away from wrist-based devices such as smartwatches and fitness trackers, with other device categories forecast to grow much faster.
Read MoreData center network equipment revenue -- including data center Ethernet switches, application delivery controllers (ADCs) and software-defined enterprise WAN (SD-WAN) -- totaled $13.7 billion in 2017, IHS Markit says in a new report. That growth translates to a 13 percent increase over the previous year.
Read MoreNew findings from Juniper Research have concluded that the cross-border B2B money transfer market is ripe for disruption, as new technologies and legislative changes redefine traditional banking practices across the globe.
Read MoreDigital pay TV subscriptions around the world, including cable, satellite and IPTV, exceeded one billion for the first time in 2017, according to new research from IHS Markit. This global growth comes despite the continued uptake of over-the-top (OTT) subscription video services, like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video, which added more than three times the number of subscriptions than pay TV last year, according to IHS Markit.
Read MoreThe market for the technologies that enable Smart Cities initiatives in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) is expected to reach $28.3 billion in 2018, according to the first-ever IDC Worldwide Semiannual Smart Cities Spending Guide. As these initiatives gain traction, IDC expects spending to accelerate over the 2016-2021 forecast period, reaching to $45.3 billion in 2021.
Read MoreNearly 20 percent of organizations observed at least one Internet of Things-based attack in the past three years. To protect against those threats, Gartner forecasts that worldwide spending on IoT security will reach $1.5 billion in 2018, a 28 percent increase from 2017 spending of $1.2 billion.
Read MoreNew data from Juniper Research has found that global business spend on cybersecurity solutions will grow by 33 percent over the next four years, reaching $134 billion annually by 2022.
Read MoreVoice Assistants (VAs) are being integrated into an increasing number and variety of connected consumer devices in multiple markets and are on course to develop as a major user interface over the next two-to-three years, according to the latest Futuresource Consulting Report, “Voice Assistants in Consumer Electronics”.
Read MoreWorldwide spending on mobility solutions is forecast to grow 3.2 percent year-over-year in 2018, reaching more than $1.6 trillion, according to a new Worldwide Semiannual Mobility Spending Guide from International Data Corporation (IDC).
Read MoreAs Augmented Reality (AR) continues to create a beachhead in enterprise and shows promise for consumer AR in the coming years, attention is being paid not only to the potential applications for AR -- but also to what impact hardware components will have in the market, according to ABI Research.
Read MoreThe emergence of digitization and integration of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)-based technologies will boost demand for EAM software and create a connected environment, according to new research from Frost & Sullivan.
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