At the All Things Digital Conference, Disney CEO Bob Iger talked about Netflix, the Cloud, Disney’s relationship with Apple and what he thinks about social networks for kids. “If I look back seven years ago, we were in businesses that were relatively low growth, and hadn’t changed in a long time,” he said. “For instance […]
According to The Diffusion Group (TDG), the number of households that will be using over-the-top (OTT) video services will grow from 106 million in 2010 to 250 million in 2016. While impressive, this is but 51 per cent of the households that will be capable of receiving OTT TV services in 2016. In other words, […]
HBO will begin picking up modest gains in subscribers through 2015, according to new IHS Screen Digest research. As a result of this increase, and with total net revenue rising at a 1.5 per cent compound annual growth rate through 2015, Screen Digest estimates total net revenue per average subscriber per month for HBO and […]
With no hint of irony, Netflix has revealed that US cable operators still provide higher throughput for their streaming service than telcos, with Charter Communications turning the best performance from January through May 2011, according to the movie rental company. Netflix published updated rankings of US Internet service providers on its corporate blog. The rankings […]
Pay-TV providers are at risk of losing ‘Generation Y’ subscribers who are less attached to traditional television and more prone to finding a greater cost-benefit equation with alternative viewing platforms, according to research findings carried out on behalf of marketing consultancy Ideas & Solutions!, The report – Must Choose TV: What Gen Y Thinks About […]
The number of connected devices will reach over 15 billion – twice the world’s population – by 2015 predicts Cisco. It predicts the proliferation of tablets, mobile phones, connected appliances and other smart devices will drive this growth and consumer video will continue to dominate Internet traffic; that by 2015 one million minutes of video […]
In an unusual preview of next week’s annual developer conference, Apple has revealed it will announce an new ‘iCloud’ service that will include Internet TV. The company gave few details but analysts said it is likely it would allow people access to music, photos and videos on multiple Apple devices, without needing to sync those […]
New research from trade group the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) suggests consumers are relying less and less on over-the-air TV signals and few US households have interest in cancelling their pay-TV service, leading to a call for incentive auctions for broadcast spectrum. In a phone survey of 1,256 adults conducted in December 2010, CEA found […]
The number of online video viewers worldwide is expected to eclipse 1.3 billion by 2016, growing from a current 2010 base of just over 780 million, according to ABI Research. As more consumers look to their broadband connections for content, the Over the Top (OTT) video industry will likewise grow with many companies such as […]
Arqiva is to close online TV venture SeeSaw after failing to find an investment partner or buyer. The company, which is a partner in the BBC-backed YouView video-on-demand venture, will pull the plug on SeeSaw next month. The shutdown comes five months after Arqiva appointed Ingenious Media to find an investment partner or buyer for […]