Global Pay TV subscriber base to surpass 1.1bn in 2020

The worldwide pay TV market grew at a steady rate of 4% in 2014 to reach 923.5 million subscribers, according to ABI Research, a US-based provider of in-depth analysis and quantitative forecasting of trends in global connectivity and other emerging technologies.

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BDO Survey: Retail CFOs Forecast 10 Percent Growth in 2015 Online Sales

Click, swipe, tap and repeat. On the heels of another banner year for e-commerce, retail CFOs expect U.S. consumers’ feverish appetite for online buying to continue its strong upward trajectory in 2015. According to a recent BDO USA, LLP survey, nearly four out of five (78 percent) retail CFOs anticipate their online sales to grow. Overall, CFOs forecast an impressive 9.9 percent boost to e-commerce sales this year. This projected increase comes after the Commerce Department’s estimate of a record-breaking $304.9 billion in U.S. online sales in 2014.

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