While Covid-19 lockdown has prompted a positive shift in UK households’ digital activity, concerns around data privacy and security breaches alongside broadband reliability issues have created underlying levels of anxiety – according to an EY report. The survey of 2,500 UK consumers, conducted between May 27th and June 1st, outlines the challenges and opportunities facing […]
Twenty-five public service media organisations from the EBU Member community have responded to an urgent TV content appeal by providing over 200 TV programmes, amounting to 1,300 hours of content, for use by all public service broadcasters. The EBU-facilitated appeal was launched following the disruption of production schedules and predictions of a crisis for the […]
Findings from analyst firm Parks Associates indicate that 76 per cent of US broadband households subscribed to an OTT video service in Q1 2020, while the churn rate for streaming services was 41 per cent. Sixty-two per cent of US broadband
Young viewers value public-service television as much as older generations, according to research conducted for UK free-to-air platform Freeview. The streaming generation has given a powerful vote of confidence to free-to-view TV as lockdown sees young people placing high value on the four public service broadcasters – BBC, ITV, C4 and Channel 5 – for […]