Approximately 11.6 million Australian Internet users aged 15 to 65 have watched online video in the last six months. This represents a percentage of 83 per cent in 2014; an increase over 68 per cent in 2012. Frost & Sullivan’s latest report, Australian Online Video Market 2014 reveals that Australians aged 15 to 65 that […]
Analysts at RBC Capital Markets say that the likes of Netflix, Hulu Plus and Amazon Prime – among others – will pay a massive $6.8 billion next year in signing syndication rights to movies and TV shows. This is a $1.6 billion uplift on this year’s $5.2 billion payment to Hollywood’s production studios. Moreover, senior […]
New Zealand pay-TV operator SKY has announced the December launch of subscription video on demand (SVoD) service NEON, which it says will make it easy for Kiwis to access great entertainment, offering exclusive TV series, hundreds of movies, great factual entertainment, documentaries and brilliant family viewing. The first 30 days are free and the service […]
Yahoo7 – which combines the strengths of Yahoo’s global network with Seven West Media’s TV, magazine and newspaper brands – and Australian telco Telstra have announced a new partnership agreement that will deliver PLUS7 premium video content to Telstra T-Box customers. The agreement will see PLUS7 available directly via the T-Box Catch Up TV menu, […]
Spain-based VoD provider Wuaki.tv will launch in Germany on November 25th, COO Josep Mitjà has confirmed. The online streaming video service provides movies and TV series which can be rented individually for a 48 hour period or for permanent ownership. A subscription service is currently not planned for the German market. Wuaki.tv launched in France […]
Wh ile pay-TV is the biggest segment of the overall consumer video services market, accounting for 96.3 per cent of total spending in 2014 and 94.2 percent by 2018, subscription video on demand (SVoD) is a growing market. Fernando Elizalde, principal research analyst at Gartner, was quizzed about the current and future state of the […]
In a move to offer premium content to a growing online audience, next generation global content specialist Lionsgate, and Tribeca Enterprises, a diversified global media company which owns and operates the Tribeca Film Festival, have partnered to launch a subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) service. The service, called Tribeca Short List, will encompass a prestigious selection of […]
IDATE has released the latest version of its TV and video services worldwide market report analysing changes in viewer habits, TV access networks (terrestrial, satellite, cable, IPTV) and revenue sources (linear TV, pay-TV, DVD, Blu-ray, VoD) in more than 40 countries. The report’s project manager, Florence Le Borgne, comments
Investment bankers Mediatech Capital Partners (MCP) believe that Netflix is now firmly a potential acquisition target. Porter Bibb, MCP’s managing partner, speaking on Bloomberg TV, told viewers that Netflix’s 50 million-plus subscribers – and growing – might put financial pressures on Reed Hastings, Netflix’s founder. “Netflix [share price fell] but it is still very, very […]
Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way has teamed with Netflix to release gorilla documentary Virunga. The wildlife film, directed by Orlando von Einsiedel, follows park rangers as they struggle to protect gorillas in Africa’s oldest national park. “Films like Virunga are powerful stories that are a window into the incredible cultural and natural diversity of […]