Figures released by the British Video Association show that the value of the video entertainment market increased in the first half of 2013. Consumer expenditure on all video entertainment reached more than £993 million, up 8.2 per cent compared with the first half of 2012. Sales value increased across both physical and digital formats, with […]
Following the positive response to its first set of TV pilots, Amazon Studios has confirmed it will produce five more original pilots for kids, including the first pilots for ages 6-11. The new pilots come from Emmy Award-winning creators as well as a Hollywood newcomer discovered though Amazon Studios’ open-door submission process. The pilots will stream on […]
Digital content ownership ecosystem UltraViolet is set to receive a boost to its adoption in the UK, according to research specialist YouGov. Discussing industry dynamics during a London briefing on ‘Content on Demand’ organised by the Digital Television Group, Shaun Austin, associate director for media consulting at YouGov, suggested that moving forward, supermarket group Tesco […]
Amazon’s LOVEFiLM has confirmed a deal with Scripps Networks Interactive will see range of TV content from Food Network and Travel Channel become available on LOVEFiLM Instant. LOVEFiLM’s UK members can now stream hundreds of food-related shows from a host of culinary enthusiasts, including British favourites Andy Bates and Reza Mahammad, and many from the […]
Findings from TiVo Research and Analytics (TRA), the largest provider of single-source TV viewing and purchase data for advertisers and TV networks, suggest that subscribing to Netflix is not cannibalising the amount of linear television viewing in TiVo households. In May 2013, TRA – a subsidiary of DVR specialist TiVo – collected 9,956 responses from […]
Findings in the 2013 BFI Statistical Yearbook record a growth of 50 per cent in the UK’s Video on Demand (VoD) market, which the film industry trade body says has implications for the whole film industry value chain. The Yearbook highlights significant changes in the way audiences enjoy films, with changing demographics of cinema audiences, […]
Subscribers to major subscription video services watch four times as many TV shows as movies – and they are just as likely to gravitate to old Star Trek episodes as something from the past year. These are among the findings of a new GfK report that defines the actual viewing habits and preferences of subscribers […]
The arrival of the latest season of Game of Thrones on blinkbox helped the Tesco-owned movie and TV streaming service to a record breaking day on July 15th. Fans who missed out on the show when it was aired on Sky Atlantic earlier in the year have flocked to the service to see the Great […]
Chinese VoD platform YOU On Demand has received an initial $4 million investment from the Chinese mobile video service provider C Media, with the right to make an additional investment of between $12 million and $21 million. C Media’s investment is meant to assist YOU On Demand with its push into the mobile video space. […]
TV production company ALL3MEDIA has worked with The App Business (TAB) to develop an integrated, VoD mobile app for its UK and US audiences. The mobile app automatically stays in-tune with customers’ ALL3MEDIA apps on their in-home smart TVs and game-consoles, enabling viewers to easily switch from TV to mobile device and pick up their […]