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FandangoNOW in HBO digital download deal

Premium on-demand video service FandangoNOW has struck a new relationship with HBO Home Entertainment to make HBO content available for purchase via digital download on FandangoNOW. Individual episodes and seasons of HBO content will join FandangoNOW’s collection of 40,000 new release and catalogue movies and TV shows. FandangoNOW is distributed on an install base of […]

February 7, 2017

Podcast-first programmes from 5 live

BBC Radio 5 live has signed former England cricket captain Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff to host a new podcast as the station launches a series of podcast-first programmes. Flintoff is teaming up with former Premier League footballer and BBC Radio 5 live regular Robbie Savage to host a new weekly podcast starting on Monday 13 February. […]

February 6, 2017

PayPal: Mobile driving content transactions

Digital payments platform PayPal has released the second wave of its Digital Goods Economy Survey, which looks at the attitudes, habits, and behaviours of the digital media consumer across the digital video (including Movie/TV series) and digital music industries. These findings complement

February 3, 2017

Global home video spend $251.5bn

Futuresource Consulting’s annual evaluation of the health and shape of global home video entertainment, detailing the macro trends of 2016, in addition to insights for 2017 and beyond, indicates that households are spending more than ever before on video entertainment, and in 2016, the combined home video and pay-TV market totalled $251.5 billion (€234bn), up […]

February 2, 2017

US Millennials most likely cord-cutters

According to GfK MRI’s Survey of the American Consumer, when it comes to TV and video content, Millennials refuse to be tied down – with cable cords, telephone wires, or any other conventional delivery ‘pipe’. The report, which surveys around 25,000 people in-person annually, finds

January 25, 2017

Australia: Beach, office are big for sports streaming

Research from Optus has found that 39 per cent of Australians live stream sports on the go, confirming Australia’s undeniable passion for sport and unwavering commitment to catching all the sporting action. The streaming experience is richer than ever, allowing fans to relive the moment, listen to commentary and catch all the live action, and […]

January 24, 2017

Nielsen: More time on social media

Research from Neilsen reveals that more time than ever before is being spent using social media. “With the ubiquity of the smartphone – now firmly in the hands of over 87 per cent of the US adult population, as well as tablets and PCs, brands and content creators

January 17, 2017

US home entertainment spend tops $18bn

US entertainment trade body DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group has released its year-end 2016 Home Entertainment Report compiled by DEG members, tracking sources and retail input. Preliminary figures suggest

January 10, 2017

IHS: “iPhone changed everything”

Apple often claims its products are revolutionary, because on each launch, Apple competes with its own previous truly revolutionary product announcement. But, there has been no Apple product with greater impact than the iPhone, for Apple, for the mobile industry, and because of the spread of mobile technology, for the whole technology industry reports IHS. […]

January 9, 2017

The Force awakens UK video spend

Figures released by the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) based on data from The Official Charts Company and IHS Markit show that consumer spend in the video category rose by 2.2 per cent in 2016 bringing the total value of the category to £2.25 billion (€2.63bn). While ownership remains vital to the category and […]

January 5, 2017