For Netflix subscribers, the ideal date night is a quiet night in watching Netflix rather than heading out to the movie theatre, according to an Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Netflix. In fact, six in ten (58 per cent) prefer staying in to watch Netflix rather than go out to see a movie (42 […]
Findings from Leichtman Research Group indicate that 81 per cent of US households have a DVR, get Netflix, or use VoD from a cable or Telco provider — with 30 per cent of households using two of the services, and 13 per cent using all three. The survey also found that 57 per cent of […]
Acorn TV is now available on Apple TV and in a new iOS app for iPhone and iPad with Qello Media Solutions. From RLJ Entertainment, Acorn TV is a US streaming service offering popular TV content from Britain and beyond. Matthew Graham, General Manager of Acorn TV, noted, “We’re excited for the millions of Apple […]
YouTube has confirmed that it will premiere the first of its YouTube Red Originals on February 10. Writing in the YouTube blog, Susanne Daniels, Global Head of Original Content, says that in addition to getting all of YouTube uninterrupted and a premium YouTube Music experience, a YouTube Red membership will now give users exclusive access […]
According to a poll from Essential Research conducted in January, 66 per cent of Australians who download films, TV shows and music from peer-to-peer (free) sharing sites also subscribe to Netflix, Foxtel or other paid streaming service subscribers. This appears to indicate that if the content was available via those paid streaming services, piracy wouldn’t […]
Movie digital destination Fandango, a unit of NBCUniversal, is to acquire OTT service M-GO, a joint venture between Technicolor and DreamWorks Animation. The acquisition – the terms of which were not disclosed – comes on the heels of Fandango’s record-breaking 2015, when the company experienced 81 per cent growth in ticketing dollars year-over-year and added […]
Over one in seven Australians now watch no commercial television on a normal weekday – over twice as many as in 2008. The audience is fast getting older and SVoD looks set to make a bigger dent in the medium’s reach in 2016, the latest media data from Roy Morgan Research shows. Seven years ago, […]
Online retails giant Amazon’s Q4 saw operating cash flow increased 74 per cent to $11.9 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $6.8 billion for the trailing twelve months ended December 31st 2014. OTT and TV device highlights for quarter include: – Fire TV remains the #1 best-selling streaming media player in the U.S., having […]
Findings from Horowitz Research’s Multiplatform Content and Services, Wave 2 2015 survey reveal that streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu have been catalysts for increased television viewing: A third (31 per cent) of OTT viewers report watching more TV overall compared to five years ago. The data show
Research from Parks Associates suggests that average monthly spending on Internet-based subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) services among US broadband households increased from $3.71 per month in 2012 to $6.19 per month in 2015. Content Strategies: Survival in the New Video World examines new business models emerging from the increasing consumption of OTT content, including new experiments […]