According to research from Parks Associates, 33 per cent of UK broadband households subscribed to an OTT video service as of Q3 2015. The study – Connected Consumer in Europe – also shows that only 15 per cent of UK households with pay-TV subscribe to premium movie channels. “Overall OTT video usage
US streaming service Hulu has signed a multi-year agreement content with Sony. The deal gives Hulu streaming rights to series including The Shield, Party of Five, Dawson’s Creek and Damages as well Sony’s movie archives. The agreement also includes series Happy Endings, all episodes of which were recently made available on the service. All Sony […]
Connected TVs were the most popular devices to watch BBC iPlayer on over the festive period – with unique browsers on connected TVs up 32 per cent on the same period in 2014. Connected TVs accounted for 38 per cent of unique browsers, followed by 24 per cent on tablets, 22 per cent on computers […]
Funimation Entertainment has announced a partnership with Sony DADC New Media Solutions to use the Ven.ue platform to launch a new ad-free streaming anime service branded FunimationNow. FunimationNow subscribers will be able to watch ad-free, HD streaming of Funimation’s library of over 400 anime titles, both subtitled and dubbed, including Dragon Ball Z, Attack on […]
Apple has revealed that customers around the world made this holiday season the biggest ever for the App Store, setting new records during the festive period. In the two weeks ending January 3rd, customers spent over $1.1 billion on apps and in-app purchases, setting back-to-back weekly records for traffic and purchases. January 1st 2016 marked […]
LG Electronics has initiated a global partnership with Netflix to facilitate the expansion of Netflix’s global on-demand Internet streaming operations beyond the onlineTV network’s already established markets (the Americas, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan). The expansion will bring an extensive library of content, including 4K HDR-mastered original TV series, to more markets in […]
OTT TV streaming service VIDGO has debuted at CES 2016. Now in beta testing, VIDGO offers the most channels of live linear TV and VoD including premium, sports, local and international content. The OTT service works with devices from smart TVs to tablets to smartphones, providing true on-the-go video for a monthly fee. “VIDGO combines […]
Ooyala’s State of the Broadcast Industry Whitepaper reports that 2015 was the year that premium OTT video content moved decisively to centre stage. The shift from traditional TV continues and shift-deniers have been pushed to the curb. Broadcasters and operators have accepted OTT as a fait accompli, and the repercussions are affecting all areas of […]
Surging digital revenues pushed the UK’s combined games, video and music markets to an all-time high of £6.1 billion (€8.3m) in 2015, shrugging off a decade of decline, according to figures from the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) based on data from the Official Charts Company (music, video) and GfK Chart-track (video games). Entertainment sales reached
2015 was the first year that the UK video industry went truly multichannel as uptake of digital video services reached a tipping point, delivering a greater than predicted 30 per cent (30.3 per cent) year-on-year uplift in sales according to annual figures from global information services provider, IHS, released by the British Video Association (BVA). […]