Research
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IHS: Shipments of Larger-Size TV Screens Increase
Size matters when it comes to high-definition televisions. Despite flat TV shipments in the most-recent fiscal period, the average TV unit-shipment screen size increased more than any previous quarter in the past year. Global shipments of 60-inch and larger TV screen sizes increased more than 40% year-over-year, with even stronger growth in North America and … Continue reading “IHS: Shipments of Larger-Size TV Screens Increase”
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Report: Netflix Most-Recommended Brand in 2018
With more than 130 million subscribers globally, including about 57 million in the United States, Netflix’s appeal would appear to supersede conventional marketing. Indeed, a new report from tech data firm Morning Consult found Netflix bested other brands when it came to who survey respondents were most-likely to recommend to others. Overall, 74% of adults … Continue reading “Report: Netflix Most-Recommended Brand in 2018”
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Bye-Bye ‘Sabrina,’ ‘Narcos: Mexico’ is the New No. 1 Digital Original
After two weeks of racing up the digital originals chart, “Narcos: Mexico” dislodged “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” to claim the top chart position the week that ended Dec. 1, according to Parrot Analytics data. The Netflix series about the Mexican drug wars generated an average of 36.5 million daily Demand Expressions, about the same … Continue reading “Bye-Bye ‘Sabrina,’ ‘Narcos: Mexico’ is the New No. 1 Digital Original”
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Black Friday Fuels Return of ‘Deadpool 2’ to No. 1 on Disc Sales Charts
Post-Thanksgiving retail sales typically give older titles a chance to make hay on the home video sales charts, and 2018 was no exception. Only one new release debuted in the top 50 the week ended Nov. 24, as Warner’s Crazy Rich Asians landed at No. 36 on the NPD VideoScan First Alert chart, which tracks … Continue reading “Black Friday Fuels Return of ‘Deadpool 2’ to No. 1 on Disc Sales Charts”
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‘Searching’ Top Rental, ‘House With a Clock in Its Walls’ Top Seller at Digital Service FandangoNow This Week
Sony’s Searching and Universal’s The House With a Clock in Its Walls topped the rental and sales charts, respectively, at FandangoNow, Fandango’s digital content service, from Nov. 27-29. Searching, the story of a father’s quest to find clues in the laptop of his 16-year-old daughter after she goes missing, was followed on the rental chart … Continue reading “‘Searching’ Top Rental, ‘House With a Clock in Its Walls’ Top Seller at Digital Service FandangoNow This Week”
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Parks: Confidence in Online TV Increasing Among Younger Consumers
Following a fiscal quarter that saw pay-TV operators lose about 1 million combined subscribers, new data from Parks Associates finds consumers’ willingness to recommend their service (net promoter score, or NPS) is waning. The average NPS for traditional pay-TV providers in the third quarter was minus 19, down from minus 15 in Q1, although some … Continue reading “Parks: Confidence in Online TV Increasing Among Younger Consumers”
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Futuresource: Global 4K UHD TV Shipments to Surpass 100 Million Units in 2018
Pushed by average retail prices reaching parity with HDTV sets, annual global shipments of 4K UHD TVs are expected to surpass 100 million units in 2018, according to the latest market tracking report from Futuresource Consulting. “The market will continue to grow with double-digit CAGR throughout our forecasting period to 2022,” said Tristan Veale, market … Continue reading “Futuresource: Global 4K UHD TV Shipments to Surpass 100 Million Units in 2018”
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‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Tops Disc and Digital Redbox Charts
Crazy Rich Asians, the surprise blockbuster from Warner Bros. about an American professor who travels to meet her boyfriend’s family in Singapore and is surprised to find they are, well crazy rich, topped both Redbox charts the week ended Nov. 25. The romantic dramedy, which earned nearly $174 million in North American theaters, took the No. 1 … Continue reading “‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Tops Disc and Digital Redbox Charts”
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British Ditching DVD Players?
Heading into last week’s Black Friday retail weekend in the United Kingdom, tech shoppers apparently weren’t looking for DVD players, desktop PCs and MP3 devices. New data from Ofcom, U.K.’s communications regulator, found that 64% of consumers shopped for a DVD/Blu-ray Disc player in 2018 – down from 83% in 2008. Another 27% bought a … Continue reading “British Ditching DVD Players?”
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‘Narcos: Mexico,’ ‘Big Mouth’ Top Gainers on Digital Originals Chart
A nearly 60% spike in demand for “Narcos: Mexico” sent the Netflix series about the Mexican drug wars racing up the digital originals chart for the week that ended Nov. 24, according to Parrot Analytics data. The show finished the week at No. 2, up from No. 6 the prior week, when it debuted, with … Continue reading “‘Narcos: Mexico,’ ‘Big Mouth’ Top Gainers on Digital Originals Chart”
