Findings from a study by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) suggest that more than half (53 per cent) of online US adults watch some form of streaming or downloaded video content in the home. Those consumers have a distinct preference for streaming video versus downloading content, as 51 per cent view streaming content and spend […]
Lions Gate has become the first movie studio to include Facebook rentals in a home entertainment launch of a national feature film in the US this week with its release of ‘Abduction’. Dean Alms, vice-president of marketing at Milyoni, the California-based company that makes social entertainment software for studios said the release of a new […]
LOVEFiLM has partnered with Disney UK in a deal that will give LOVEFiLM members access to full seasons of popular American television from ABC. The branded subscription video on demand (SVOD) service, ABC TV On Demand, will offer LOVEFiLM members on-demand streaming access to ABC Studios’ library of hit network and cable series. Shows will […]
Hulu plans to spend about $500 million on programming this year, up $200 million on the $300 million Hulu spent on programming in 2011. Jason Kilar, Hulu chief executive, says the dual revenue model of subs and advertising meant better content and earlier windows were now available. “We believe our approach will enable us to […]
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 […]
According to TDG’s latest analysis, by 2016 more than 30 million households will use operator-provided ‘TV Everywhere’ (TVE) services to access programmes on their net-connected devices. “The logic is straightforward,” notes Colin Dixon, TDG Senior Partner and author of the new report. “If consumers can access their Pay-tv services on their PCs, pads, and mobile […]
Hot on the heels of Netflix’s January 9 arrival in the UK and Ireland, streaming platform Roku has revealed its launch in Europe, with the first of its streaming players now available for purchase in the UK and Ireland. Consumers living in those two countries can choose from two of Roku’s best-selling models in the […]
Strategy Analytics predicts that the onslaught of new LTE tablets and smartphones demonstrated at 2012 International CES will create a tidal wave of mobile video traffic. Mobile video is getting hotter and can wreak havoc on the unprepared network, as users demand OTT content from YouTube, Netflix, Hulu. “Leading operators, like Verizon and SK Telecom, […]
Danish online video viewing is going through a rapid growth. According to analysis conducted by the Danish IT company, Xstream, 94 per cent of all Danes who go online watch online video content, in average, all Danes are in average watching 57 online video clips each month. In 2011, Xstream delivered more than 2.1 billion […]
Netflix said it plans to invest “a couple of billion” dollars in new content deals as it challenges Amazon’s Lovefilm and Sky in the UK, as its chief Reed Hastings told the Daily Telegraph the service would easily outcompete LoveFilm: “We offer a much better user experience than Lovefilm with HD video streams available. We […]