TiVo has released research showing that the consumption of recorded television and Internet-delivered programming is quickly surpassing live TV viewership. Nearly two thirds of the viewing on web-connected TiVo units is now delayed television or on-demand video via broadband. That’s the latest data from TiVo’s audience research unit, which tracks anonymous usage across some two […]
The BBC’s popular iPlayer app was downloaded 220,000 times on Christmas Day – almost a five-fold increase on the previous day. On Boxing Day the BBC’s catch-up service was downloaded a further 130,500 times, triple the average day’s total. This frenzy of app downloading also proved to be a boon for live TV. The iPad […]
Comcast Corporation and The Walt Disney Company have reached a long-term, comprehensive distribution agreement that will deliver Disney’s sports, news and entertainment content to Comcast’s Xfinity TV customers into the next decade on television, online, on tablets and handheld devices. The new agreement enhances the multichannel business model and supports the companies’ mutual goal to […]
The proliferation of devices is increasing access to content, which recent data suggest is driving more consumption, according to consultancy firm Deloitte’s sixth edition State of the Media Democracy survey, which reveals that the introduction of new platforms has led to increases in the consumption of movies and books. The survey assesses media consumption preferences […]
iPlayer is now on iPad and iPod and ‘is working hard’ on Android according to its tech blog. “We have also been working on the BBC iPlayer Android app. We have got a bit more work to do to improve the video playback experience and add 3G streaming and we will be releasing an update […]
British TV and film viewers are hungry for change to the traditional TV status quo, frustrated by a lack of accessibility to content, according to a UK-wide survey exploring changing consumer attitudes and behaviours to TV and video. The survey was conducted by media management specialist Red Bee Media, and is a part of the […]
According to findings from entertainment, media and technology market research firm Interpret, despite the “monumental” growth of online TV viewership, the effects on cord-cutting have so far been minimal. Interpret’s report – Online TV: Competitor or Complement to Traditional TV? – analyses the quarterly evolution of online television and what drives consumers to access this […]
According to findings from market research firm The NPD Group, ‘throttling down’ is a bigger threat to television service providers than ‘cord cutting’. The firm’s report – Entertainment Trends in America – suggests that many consumers are supplementing their pay television offerings from cable TV, satellite TV and IPTV operators. Looking beyond traditional basic and […]
Media and entertainment company Central European Media Enterprises (CME) is moving towards a subscription model of its video on demand service in all of its regions. Following the roll out of the VOD brand Voyo in six central and eastern European countries during 2011, the next step, says the company, is to monetise the service […]
4oD, Channel 4’s on-demand offering, saw its viewing figures continue to rise in September, with 33 million requested views across all platforms during the month, an increase on the 31 million views reported in August. Up to the end of September, VoD views totalled 308 million for the year-to-date, up 19.3 per cent year-on-year. The […]