According to a Sensemakers study, nearly 40% of all TV viewing in Italy occurs on connected devices. There are over 22 million Smart TVs in the country’s households, accounting for more than 50% of all television sets.
European technology giants Ericsson and Nokia have partnered with the German Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) to develop and promote a new video coding standard that will define the media landscape in the 6G era.
According to research by Ampere Analysis, over 10% of internet users have watched episodes of drama series lasting less than 10 minutes on social networks.
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has strongly spoken out against any merger of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) with another major studio, calling such consolidation a “disaster” for its members.
Gazprom-Media Holding (GPM) will merge its key video assets—the video hosting platform Rutube, the vertical video service Yappy (formerly Shorts), and the online cinema Premier. The head of the holding, Alexander Zharov, announced this at the “Media Business” conference.
A study on snacking habits showed that the majority of Brits (90%) enjoy their food the most when relaxing in front of the television on the sofa, rather than in the kitchen or at a desk.
Three of the largest European companies—Airbus, Leonardo, and Thales—have signed a memorandum to create a new leading player in the space industry.
At the Medientage München conference, experts named the main problem facing streaming services: difficulties with content discovery.
JSC “Telesport Group,” one of the largest sports broadcast operators, has filed for its own bankruptcy. According to the liquidator’s estimates, the company’s total debt to creditors is nearly 3.6 billion rubles.
PwC has published a report stating that the African Entertainment and Media (E&M) market is growing faster than the global average.
