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Consumer Behaviour

Sky: 950m hours of sport viewed in H2 2024

Brits are spending more time watching content than ever before, consuming 16 billion hours of content on Sky in 2024, according to Sky’s bi-annual Attention Index report. The latest data reveals that while viewing is up, the content people consume is increasingly fragmented as audiences shift away from pre-scheduled broadcasting and instead move to on-demand […]

March 31, 2025

Survey: Younger fans, innovation fueling Middle East’s sports growth

Strong interest among younger fans and innovative, new investment vehicles are spurring growth in sports in the Middle East, according to new analysis from Altman Solon’s Global Sports Survey. Interest in sports has jumped among 16-24-year-olds, from 27 per cent in 2021 to 36 per cent in 2024, and now Generation Z Middle Eastern sports […]

March 31, 2025

IPL sets viewership records on JioHotstar

The 18th edition of TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) drew record viewership across JioHotstar and Star Sports Network in India. With a cumulative watch time of 4,956 crore minutes, JioStar Network has set new benchmarks, delivering an enhanced cricketing experience across TV and digital platforms. On JioHotstar, digital viewership of the first 3 matches was […]

March 28, 2025

Report: CTV takes 77% of ad views for live programming in Europe

The FreeWheel Video Marketplace Report (VMR) – based on aggregated data collected from FreeWheel, the technology platform for the premium video advertising industry – highlights the changing dynamics of how enterprise-class content owners and distributors are monetising premium digital video content. The dataset included in this report is one of the largest available on the […]

March 27, 2025

Study: Cinema ads drives up price premium

Amid the current challenging economic climate, brands must navigate rising costs while consumers seek to manage their spending. Only one in three consumers feel they have discretionary income after essentials, while 88 per cent hope to maintain or reduce spending across most categories this year (Source: DCM/everyday people 2025). This makes it more important than […]

March 27, 2025

Research: Algorithms beat word-of-mouth for content choices

According to Ampere’s Consumer data, more viewers than ever now trust the personalised suggestions offered by streaming platforms rather than the traditional favourite – recommendations from friends and family. Among global Internet users, 26 per cent now rely on streamers’ algorithm picks to decide what TV and film to watch, versus 23 per cent who […]

March 26, 2025

Survey: 73% see data centres as key to innovation

Research reveals that 73 per cent of UK adults see data centres as key to innovation, in a major indicator that the public is supportive of the UK Government’s strategy to push forward data centre investment. In January, the Government announced plans to ‘turbocharge AI’, fuelled by expansions to data centre infrastructure. Research conducted by […]

March 26, 2025

Report: Social platforms a dominant force in M&E

According to Deloitte’s 19th annual Digital Media Trends survey, the media and entertainment (M&E) industry is at a crossroads. Gen Zs and millennials are increasingly turning to social platforms for entertainment, drawn by data-driven personalised recommendations and a myriad of free, ad- supported content. Meanwhile, the percentage of paid TV (such as cable or satellite) […]

March 25, 2025

Netflix’s Adolescence makes ratings history

Netflix series Adolescence has become the first streaming show to top the UK’s weekly TV ratings. The first episode of the crime drama was watched by 6.45 million people in its first week, according to ratings body Barb, citing data from March 10th to March 16th. This is the largest audience for any streaming TV […]

March 25, 2025By Nik Roseveare

France: Digital device ownership, usage growing

French bodies L’Arcep, le Conseil général de l’économie, l’Arcom et l’Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires (ANCT) have published the findings of the Baromètre du numérique (Digital Market Barometer), an annual survey conducted by CREDOC in 2024 on the adoption of digital devices, and how their use has evolved over time. Digital devices have […]

March 21, 2025