The Nielsen Company has reported that viewing of video on television, Internet and mobile devices continues to increase and has reached new heights. In its fourth quarter "Three Screen Report", Nielsen said that the average American watches more than 151 hours of TV per month, an all-time high. Meanwhile, Americans who watch video over the […]
Almost half of web users have used illegal file sharing sites, with Limewire (34 per cent) and BitTorrent (25 per cent) the most popular, according to research from Tiscali. In a survey of over 1,000 consumers, 46 per cent have used a peer-to-peer site (P2P), but 53 per cent have never knowingly downloaded music illegally, […]
Broadband has transformed video viewing habits in Western Europe, where over 20 per cent of broadband households have watched a film or TV programme online in the past six months, according to international research firm Parks Associates, whose The Impact of Online Video in Europe , addresses these changes in viewing habits. European consumers are […]
Hulu is bowing to the demands of its content masters and has asked to be removed from Boxee's media centre platform. Boxee had no formal relationship with Hulu and was just gaining some traction with users. Up to this point, Boxee had provided access to Hulu, Netflix, ABC, CBS, MTV and more for free. Hulu […]
According to China’s State Administration of Radio Film and Television, the official website of China Central Television CCTV.com will soon open a nationwide Internet TV station.
Anevia, a video service infrastructure provider, and Vianeos an IPTV middleware provider, have confirmed the deployment of their IPTV solution at French Grenoble "Stade des Alpes" stadium. Vincent Meddour, Anevia Sales Manager comments: "Grenoble stadium is one of the first sport players to innovate with a new technology. IPTV perfectly suits professional sport values: strong […]
Sky is reportedly considering reopening its EPG slot queue to channels broadcasting in the HD. If so it would be the first time new channels could come directly on to the EPG since applications were closed in October 2007. Room for the additions would be made by a software download, following which the EPG available […]
Channel 4 is relaunching its online catch-up service in March as part of a renewed focus on its own digital services following the demise of planned VoD venture Kangaroo. Following the changes, Channel4.com will house a video player on its web pages. C4 said it will offer higher-quality video streams, based on Adobe’s Flash instead […]
comScore, specialist in measuring the digital world, has released data from the comScore Video Metrix service, indicating that 28.5 million German Internet users viewed a video online in December 2008, up 10 per cent versus the previous year. Driven by the popularity of YouTube.com (which accounted for 98 per cent of all videos viewed on […]
Demand for professionally produced and distributed online video continued unabated in 2008, with cumulative volume advancing 24.3 per cent to 41.6 billion views, according to an annual report published by AccuStream iMedia Research. Over the past ten years, audiences have accessed 142.7 billion pieces of professionally produced, brand-hosted and distributed video. Entertainment/kids captured 10 per […]