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ReThink: Virtual broadband connections to pass 500 billion by 2025

A boom in virtualization of fixed broadband access infrastructure is developing and will sweep through almost all connections over the next decade, passing the 500 billion mark in 2025. That will be 40% of the total 1.26 billion global broadband subscriber base by then, compared with just 0.48% at the end of 2018 and 2.58% now at the start of 2020. These findings have just been reported by Rethink TV, the research arm of Rethink Technologies Research, in its latest report, Broadband Virtualization Accelerates to 500 million connections By 2025.

Staff ReportsDecember 23, 2019Virtualization, Broadband, Rethink Research, NSP, Telecommunication, Cable

Globalization to Lift TV Sports Rights Past $85 Billion by 2024 Rethink Research Says

The rise of streaming is bringing major sporting events to a global audience and pushing up media rights revenues. According to a new report from Rethink Research, these dynamics will drive media sport rights revenues up 75% from 2018 till 2025 from $48.6 billion to $85.1 billion.

Nate FisherOctober 11, 2019Rethink Research, TV Sports rights, direct-to-consumer, D2C

Esports Revenue to Grow Five-fold by 2024, Rethink Research Says

A new report from Rethink Research forecasts hefty growth in esports revenue over the next five years, surging from $900 million in 2018 to $5.05 billion in 2024. There is a lot of money to be made in esports, and revenues will be divided up among game publisher fees, sponsorship, media broadcasting rights, tickets and merchandise, tipping and advertising.

Lane CooperSeptember 3, 2019Rethink Research, esports, Asia Pacific, esports betting

Open RAN Architecture Set to Disrupt 5G Landscape: Rethink Research

Openness comes to most proprietary technologies, because it is a time honored way of bringing down pricing in any given market. Whether Open RAN concepts emerge in the next 12 months or over the next four years, it will have the same effect, according to a report from Rethink Research.

Lane CooperJune 25, 2019Rethink Research, 5G, Open RAN, radio access network