Sky IQ, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BSkyB specialising in TV viewing behaviours, has published a range of predictions for 2014 from the musings of Liam Plowman Strategy & Propositions, Sky IQ Customer Intelligence Services. These predictions include TV advertising becoming as personalised as online, new ad releases being hotly anticipated throughout the year; not just […]
Since its launch in February 2013, Rabbit TV has assembled what it claims is the world’s largest online library guide of freely available TV shows, movies, live events, and in doing so has amassed over 2 million paid annual subscribers in the US. The low price tag of the subscription, $10 per year, encourages more […]
Yes, Israel’s only provider of multi-channel television broadcasts via satellite, has selected Tvinci, pay OTT TV platform, to create the ultimate user experience for yes GO, Israel’s first personal and social multi-screen TV service. Building on the penetration of connected devices into Israeli households, yes has chosen Tvinci’s MediaStore to create an immersive personal and […]
YouTube’s 46 generic channels are doing better in Germany and France than those being viewed in the UK. A study by IHS Electronics & Media over the past year states that the German and French offering gathered an average of 14 million views, while the UK offering tempted just 11 million views. However, IHS suggests […]
Live streaming, catch-up TV and media management solutions provider Simplestream has confirmed the availability of its free live TV streaming app – TVPlayer – prior to a full service launch later in January. TVPlayer has been selected by Apple as one of its best new apps, with Simplestream already seeing huge traffic. It is also […]
YouView gathered more than £40 million (€47m) in funds from its shareholders in the last financial year, with staff costs increasing by almost 50 per cent as the Internet-based TV service finally launched. YouView called on £42.1 million on funds from its backers – the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, BT, Arqiva and TalkTalk […]
Netflix is testing new prices based on the number of people who can use an account, a move that could force customers to pay more for additional family members. Netflix is offering some new customers plans that provide access on as many as four screens, letting household members watch different shows at the same time. […]
Recognising that anecdotally, live streaming has surged in popularity, global provider of cloud content services Brightcove wanted to check its own customer data sets to understand just how much more prominent live streaming has become in recent years. Writing in the company blog, Brenna Fitzgerald, PR and Marketing Manager, reports that Brightcove recruited its analytics […]
Binge watching may be the new normal, but in 2014 a surprising number of people are willing to get off the couch for all that TV viewing. According to a recent survey among 1,000 US Internet users conducted by Internet entertainment streaming service Netflix , more than 50 per cent of respondents were willing to […]
Research commissioned by movie and TV streaming service blinkbox suggests that the post-Christmas period could see a surge in on-demand viewing. The Tesco-owned operation suggests that a whopping number of Brits claim they will be turning to the Internet more than ever this Christmas, with most of us fed up with TV Scrooges serving up […]