Global streaming media intelligence specialist Conviva has released its quarterly State of Streaming report for Q1 2020, revealing large increases in viewing, a significant rise in missed advertising opportunities, unexpected social leaders on TikTok and the continued dominance of Roku in the connected TV space. Streaming consumption habits changed significantly in Q1 2020, particularly in […]
The previously-announced combination of Viasat Consumer, Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group)’s satellite pay-TV and broadband-TV business, with Canal Digital, Telenor Group’s satellite pay-TV business, into a new joint venture company has been completed. The combination was approved by the European Commission on April 30th. The closing of the transaction creates a large-scale player that the […]
Claiming to be Switzerland’s first 24/7 digital TV channel, Blick TV, is running on Brightcove Live and Video Cloud. The newly-launched TV channel – which falls under media group Ringier – offers viewers both a live and video on-demand viewing experience online at Blick.ch, as well as in the Blick app for mobile devices (iOS […]
The majority of consumers would watch targeted adverts to be able to access video content for free, according to research from advertising technology and consumer insights provider Rakuten Advertising. The research, conducted among more than 4,500 adults in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands, showed that 38 per cent of UK consumers […]
Since shelter at home orders were first announced in the United States, there has been a 72 per cent increase in the number of Netflix subscriber profiles that were used to stream video each week. Residents in the Tri-State region of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, with some of the strictest shelter-at-home policies, spent […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated anticipated broadband consumption trends by almost one year and has exponentially increased the number of >1TB/2TB ‘power users’, according to the Q1 2020 OVBI (OpenVault Broadband Insights) report from broadband technology solutions and industry analytics provider OpenVault. Driven primarily by subscriber self-quarantines during March, average consumption at the end of […]
YouTube is to be the exclusive live streaming home for Felix Kjellberg, aka PewDiePie, one of the world’s most popular gaming celebrities and content creators. Kjellberg has amassed 104 million subscribers and generated over 25 billion views to date, far and away the most of any individually operated YouTube channel in history. “YouTube has been […]
It is clear that live events will come flooding back post-crisis and with them all the challenges they present for OTT. But is it time for a new approach? Consumption-based distribution and monitoring provisioned from the cloud means event streamers can leverage top class reliability, efficiency and user experience without the cost of always-on infrastructure […]
Findings from research firm Roy Morgan reveals Young Australians aged 6-13 spend an average of 10 hours a week on the Internet at home, up 0.3hrs from two years ago. Kids are spending more time on the Internet at home than watching TV (9.4 hours) or playing with/talking to friends (9.7 hours) – both of […]
Hub Entertainment Research’s latest Best Bundle study, which looks at how US consumers put together TV services to best meet their viewing needs, reveals big changes in the last year, driven by both Covid-inflicted, self-isolating behaviours and the introduction of Disney+ in November 2019. Highlights from the study: Streaming services have seen a jump in […]