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X-Mobility signs TVPlayer deal

MVNA (Mobile Virtual Network Aggregator) x-Mobility has agreed a partnership with TVPlayer. The deal means that x-Mobility has added TV streaming to its voice, text and data services for brands that wish to become mobile providers. TVPlayer enables viewers to watch the best free-to-air UK TV channels including BBC One, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 […]

July 24, 2017

Mobile devices to boost video viewing by 20% in 2017

Online video viewing will rise 20 per cent in 2017, according to Zenith’s Online Video Forecasts 2017. Global consumers will spend an average of 47.4 minutes a day viewing videos online this year, up from 39.6 minutes in 2016. This increase will be driven by a

July 17, 2017

Research: Australians embrace new content and platform options

The Q1 (January-March) 2017 Australian Video Viewing Report – from audience research bodies Regional TAM, OzTAM and Nielsen – shows video viewing behaviour continues to shift with growing content, device and platform choices. The report examines the times of day when Australians watch video as well as the amount of time they devote to doing […]

July 10, 2017

blackpills mobile content launches in Spain

Following recent successful launches in France and the US, the mobile contentplatform blackpills is launching in Spain on iOS and Android. The platform creates, produces and distributes TV series between 6 and 15 minutes targetting a youth audience. In the coming weeks, blackpills will be launching in other key European markets including the UK, Italy […]

June 29, 2017From David Del Valle in Madrid

Analysis: Turks prolific viewers of mobile video

In a 13-country study by Ampere Analysis, Turkish Internet users are revealed as prolific smartphone viewers of online video content. More than three quarters (76 per cent) of respondents in Turkey view online video on their smartphones compared to an all country average of 58 per cent. More than four in ten (43 per cent) […]

June 14, 2017

Sky Deutschland scores Champions League rights

Sky has built on its content offering with a new agreement to broadcast exclusively, with the Perform Group as sub-licensee, the UEFA Champions League in Germany and Austria. Sky Deutschland will broadcast the 2018/19 season through to 2020/21 across satellite, cable, IPTV, web and mobile platforms. “We are extremely pleased with this result which means […]

June 13, 2017

Cisco VNI: Live Internet video to increase 15-fold

Over the next five years (2016 – 2021), global digital transformation will continue to have a significant impact on the demands and requirements of IP networks according to the Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Complete Forecast. Top-level indicators include

June 8, 2017

Study: Vertical video is on the up

YuMe, a partner for video advertising leadership and innovation, has released areport and that reveals growing consumer awareness and preference for vertical video as both a content and advertising format. Vertical video offers a natural experience within mobile and app content as the video is designed for upright, portrait mode viewing. According to the study, […]

June 7, 2017

AOL: “Shorter videos = bigger audiences”

The results from a AOL’s latest global research study reveal the consumer behaviours and industry trends driving the evolution of digital video, and point the way for advertisers and publishers looking to make the most of digital video in 2017. There are many challenges, but with consumers making digital video a habit – 92 per […]

May 3, 2017

Adobe: Mobile viewing in decline

Adobe has released its State of Digital Video report, including data from more than four billion TV Everywhere authentications in North America and more than 300 sites and apps. Key findings from

April 25, 2017