According to research consultancy TDG, video operators and networks searching for new revenue growth must focus on the two key trends: the advance of Latino viewing and the rise of Social-Mobile (SoMo) video. According to Joel Espelien, TDG senior advisor and author of TDG’s report, growth in the US video market is harder and harder […]
Digital services monetisation specialist CSG Systems International has confirmed that its Ascendon digital services platform will power new ways for UK quad-play operator TalkTalk TV customers to view, browse, rent or buy a wide range of video content, whether at home or on-the-go. TalkTalk chose Ascendon to further elevate its TV offering as a competitive […]
Research from Ampere Analysis shows that Snapchat is unlike any other social media video platform in the audience it attracts and the way it impacts viewing behaviour, offering some clue to the huge valuations being placed on the platform for its impending IPO. Snapchat (and to a lesser degree, Instagram) deliver
Ericsson, Telstra and The Fox Innovation Lab at 21st Century Fox are to unveil what they describe as a “revolutionary, first of its kind” content delivery solution at Mobile World Congress 2017 that will pre-position personalised, premium movie content directly onto consumer devices, with no impact to device performance or consumer data plans. Participants will […]
CSG Systems International, a specialist in launching and monetising digital services, has announced results of its market survey, The Future of the Digital Experience: Mobile Edition. This survey evaluated the future of mobile service through the lens of the rising generation of mobile subscribers: millennials. Through an independent research firm, CSG polled nearly 1,000 millennials […]
The UK’s BARB (Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board) has awarded media intelligence firm Kantar Media the Dovetail Fusion Contract. Kantar Media already collects and reports census data for online TV viewing in the UK across all devices through the BARB TV Player Report. Dovetail Fusion will turn this device data into the people data that the […]
By 2019, half of all Internet users will be playing games digitally at least once a month, according to eMarketer’s first ever UK online gaming forecast. Online gaming penetration, which includes mobile, social and online console gaming, will reach 48.6 per cent of internet users in 2017, equating to 26.4 million people. The surge in […]
Qantas customers on WiFi enabled domestic flights will be able to watch their favourite shows, avoid missing out on live sport and listen to almost any song they like, with Foxtel, Netflix and Spotify coming on board to provide content in 2017. With speeds up to 10 times faster than conventional inflight WiFi, Qantas will […]
In its latest UK social network usage forecast, eMarketer expects digital video viewing from the under 4s to help drive up Internet usage this year. It also expects Facebook and Twitter usage to increase. Report highlights include: Internet Usage eMarketer has increased its estimate for Internet usage, in 2017 54.4 million people, or 82 per […]
With Andrus Ansip, EC Vice-President in charge of the Digital Single Market, describing it as “a new important step” in breaking down barriers in the Digital Single Market, Europeans will soon be able fully to use their online subscriptions to films, sports events, e-books, video games or music services when travelling within the EU, following […]