Consumption of legitimate free and paid for online video is on track to exceed 770 billion views across the USA, UK, France and Germany this year, according to a new report from Futuresource Consulting. Improvements in accessibility and ease of use are among the growth triggers that have seen the rise from around 640 billion […]
The trend of viewing “live” and on demand programming on devices such as smartphones and tablets is accelerating – with 76 per cent of 18-44 year olds indicating that they are watching more TV on these devices than a year ago, according to research by QuickPlay Media. The report, which captured a number of trends […]
Rapid proliferation of the Internet made it all the more easier for unauthorised people to gain access to digital information and illegally circulate the same. This situation calls for immediate attention as piracy and data losses not only cause huge revenue losses for the company but also tarnish the image of the company for ever. […]
A preliminary report detailing the extent and type of digital piracy that is currently taking place in the United States suggests that while individual acts of digital piracy are common, large-scale digital piracy was found to be rare. Sponsored by Columbia University’s The American Assembly project, the results were excerpted from a larger forthcoming survey-based […]
Advertising in VoD programming offers specific advantages for brand marketers to effectively engage consumers, according to the Phase II study of the Advanced Advertising Media Project (AAMP) – a US industry-wide research initiative to measure the impact of advertising within free VoD. The study, which examined the viewing behaviour of more than 1,000 consumers, revealed […]
British TV and film viewers are hungry for change to the traditional TV status quo, frustrated by a lack of accessibility to content, according to a UK-wide survey exploring changing consumer attitudes and behaviours to TV and video. The survey was conducted by media management specialist Red Bee Media, and is a part of the […]
In the US, the amount of time spent streaming videos online is growing at a much faster rate than the number of video viewers, according to Nielsen. Over the last three years, time spent watching video from home and work computers has more than doubled while the number of unique viewers increased 26 per cent […]
The world’s cinemas are abandoning celluloid film as an exhibition medium at a rapid rate. Research company IHS-Screen Digest has reported that early 2012 will see the number of ‘digital’ screens exceeding the number of celluloid projection screens for the first time. Having reached this tipping point the downward spiral of celluloid use will see […]
Chile’s Telefónica del Sur, part of the Grupo Gtd telecommunications group, has deployed a VideoBRIDGE end-to-end monitoring and analysis system which includes Bridge Technologies’ VB220 probes for advanced digital media monitoring of its IPTV services. Chile’s fourth-largest telecommunications company and the country’s first to introduce IPTV services, Telefónica del Sur offers Internet, cellular, and fixed […]
Findings from a survey carried out by ISP information website ISPreview reveal that 57 per cent of the 590 respondents are “interested” (29 per cent are “Very” interested and 28 per cent have “Average” interest) in the new generation of broadband ISP-based television services (IPTV), which are slated to be launched in 2012. Furthermore, 47.2 […]