Findings from the Future of Audience and Revenue Study from AI-driven audience engagement and sales intelligence solutions provider Futuri, with SmithGeiger, reveal tectonic shifts in how Americans perceive, consume and pay for media content, as well as media executives’ predictions for the sector and confidence in their ability to meet emerging challenges. The study explored […]
US TV station streamer Locast has been ordered to close its operations permanently. The service had previously been ordered to suspend all operations, but now a New York federal court has ordered a permanent injunction that bans Locast from operating. The owners of the major broadcast networks in the US – namely ABC, CBS, NBC […]
Rupert Murdoch’s News UK is to launch a new channel, TalkTV, in early 2022. The channel will be streamed live and made widely available on all platforms including linear TV and OTT with content available across social media as well as News UK’s own inventory of websites and apps. According to News UK, everyone in […]
Since 2015, Hub Entertainment Research’s annual Decoding the Default study has tracked the TV source that consumers turn on first when they’re ready to watch. This year’s study uncovers a number of surprising shifts in viewers’ first stop for TV. Highlights from the study: 1) More than half of all TV viewers say their TV […]
Data from analyst firm Parks Associates reveals 54 per cent of US broadband households now combine one of the big three VoD players (Netflix, Amazon, Hulu) with at least one other subscription OTT service. Currently, 82 per cent of US broadband households subscribe to an OTT service, and OTT service stacking has grown exponentially as […]
Customer engagement solutions specialist CSG has reinforced its relationship with Indian OTT streaming service platform ZEE5. Using CSG’s customer data platform, ZEE5 integrates its customer data with a single, unified platform that takes a data-driven approach to create what CSG describes as exceptional customer experiences. Easier and faster access to customer data worldwide generates comprehensive […]
Research from Ampere Analysis comparing content popularity ratings from different distributors and commissioners has estimated that roughly a quarter of titles released in the last five years expected to achieve long term popularity are Netflix Originals – matching Disney and WarnerMedia in producing valuable longer-term content. For this analysis, Ampere has used its proprietary Critical […]
Findings from streaming platform and device specialist Roku’s annual survey, The Streaming Decade, indicate that, over the last year, the shift to TV streaming was accelerated by the pandemic with more content – including live programming and new movie releases – moving to TV streaming. The ease-of-use, cost-savings, and content quality of TV streaming was […]
Content services and media technology solutions provider Vubiquity has confirmed a multi-year renewal agreement with Mexican cable TV operator izzi. As part of this agreement, Vubiquity will continue to provide content licensing and processing for the izzitv service. Vubiquity holds relationships with hundreds of content creators and distributors around the globe, bringing the latest release […]
More than half (50.6 per cent) of US consumers prefer using ad-supported video (AVoD) services to reduce or eliminate subscription fees, according to research from multichannel streaming specialist Future Today, and Variety’s Variety Intelligence Platform (VIP+). Similarly, viewers find the ads shown while streaming are considerably more relevant to their interests compared to those shown […]