Ampere Analysis – Understanding the Future of Television

A recording of the Ampere Analysis webinar in association with TiVo in which Robert Ambrose and Ampere's Guy Bisson discuss... 

Retail offer gives turbo boost to Amazon Prime Video in newest markets | Tony Maroulis

Ampere's Tony Maroulis investigates the impact of an Amazon Prime delivery launch on the service's video users in a nation.

Snoopy heading to Apple TV | Advanced Television

Apple has secured the rights to the late Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts brand – the comic strip that is home to the famous Charlie Brown and Snoopy characters.

Justin Lin Inks Overall Deal With Apple | Deadline

"Under the pact, Lin will develop, produce and direct television series with a global perspective. Lin moves to Apple from his long-standing TV overall deal at Sony."

Soccer-CONMEBOL sells TV rights for 2019-2022 club competitions | Reuters

"Fox Sports, TV Globo, Directv and new streaming service DAZN have joined Facebook in securing TV rights for the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana"

Amazon Adds NBA League Pass to Prime Video Channels | Variety

"Prime members can subscribe to NBA League Pass via Prime Video Channels for $28.99 per month, or for $169 for a full-season pass (the same pricing that’s offered by Turner and other partners)"

InnoGames, Zoomin.TV launch strategic cooperation | Rapid TV News

"The cooperation starts with the production and launch of eight videos, which will be released in December 2018 and January 2019 on the ZoominGames channels on Facebook and on YouTube."

Movistar drops eSports channel | Advanced Television

"The channel was launched two years ago aiming to satisfy an expanding market and turn eSports into key content."

TRACE Acquires Music Networks from SPT - TVEUROPE

"The deal covers Chart Show TV, Chart Show Hits, Starz and The Vault, including their electronic program guides and associated brand assets. It marks TRACE’s return to the British market 22 years after launching a print managing there."

Orange to launch 5G in 17 European cities next year | RCR Wireless

"French telecom group Orange said it aims to launch 5G technology in 17 major European cities across Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania and Spain during 2019."

AT&T’s 5G network goes live in 12 cities — but you can’t use it yet | The Verge

"AT&T will begin selling the hot spot for $499. AT&T is also announcing the price of its first 5G plan: $70 per month for 15GB."

Fibre network infrastructure provider Cityfibre secures £1.12bn debt package for full-fibre rollout as part of five million homes plan | City A.M.

"Proceeds from the infrastructure debt package will be used to fund the first part of Cityfibre’s £2.5bn plan to bring full-fibre to five million homes"

Global Streaming Revenue Set to Outpace Box Office in 2019, Study Finds | Hollywood Reporter

"Toby Holleran, a senior analyst at Ampere, noted that in all the markets surveyed, streaming video subscribers were more avid cinema-goers than non-SVOD users. In Japan, SVOD subscribers report going to the cinema more than three times as often as their non-SVOD counterparts."

Global subscription OTT revenues to overtake cinema in 2019 | TVBEurope

"In nine out of 15 markets analysed (Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey, US and UK), the average price of a cinema ticket is higher than one month’s subscription to an SVoD service."

Streaming Subscriptions Will Overtake Cinema Revenue In 2019 | Gizmodo UK

"There's a clear correlation between ticket prices and cinema attendance. In Mexico, where tickets cost just $2.50 (under £2), people go to the movies an average of 3.3 times a year. In France, it's about $8 (£6ish) and people go 1.5 times a year."

Analyst: OTT subs revenue to overtake cinema | Advanced Television

"At $46 billion, global subscription OTT revenues will overtake box office revenues in 2019 when theatrical takings will come in at just under $40 billion, according to analyst firm Ampere Analysis."