iPlayer PC requests driven by radio growth
Requests to BBC iPlayer increased last month to 273 million, up 6 per cent on May 2013, and higher than at any point last year. May also saw the first increase in
July 2, 2014
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Digital video revenues to exceed packaged in Sweden
In 2013, Sweden witnessed a significant shift in consumer behaviour, with a dramatic decline in packaged video coupled with a strong uptake in digital services. This year, digital video in Sweden is on track to account for more than half of home video spend, making it the first market to reach the digital tipping point, […]
July 2, 2014
Game of Thrones a hit on blinkbox
Tescos’s blinkbox Movies and TV and blinkbox Books have both benefited from the popularity of the fantasy drama, with sales of the latest TV series 60 per cent greater than the opening week of season 3. Seasons 1-3 have seen a 47 per cent increase in sales and since the launch of the TV series […]
July 1, 2014
Nielsen: ‘VoD has come of age’
Focusing on the growing impact of the VoD platform on the media landscape, Nielsen’s Q1 2014 Cross-Platform Report reflects that VoD users of all ethnicities actually watch more TV—live or time-shifted – than non-VoD users. Overall, people in VoD homes, watch an hour and five minutes of live television per day compared to the fifty-four minutes of […]
June 30, 2014
Tablets become main device for TV catch-up
Data from Kantar Media’s syndicated study, futurePROOF, shows that tablets have become mainstream consumer devices with more than half of 16-44s now having access to them. Forty-five per cent of all UK adults
June 27, 2014
Netflix set for Oz
Netflix is set to continue its rapid expansion with an Australian launch in 2015. Hollywood studios had been reluctant to strike deals as they each have lucrative, long-term programming deals in place with the country’s main free-to-air broadcasters, reports TBI. However, that situation could be changing. Ten Network is said to be attempting to renegotiate […]
June 27, 2014
4oD goes mobile
Channel 4 has launched a fully mobile 4oD, enabling viewers to stream content wherever they are via 3G and 4G on iOS and Android devices – and watch exclusive original short form content in a new dedicated shorts hub. Reflecting the growing viewer demand for snackable videos, 4oD’s shorts hub curates a diverse selection of […]
June 27, 2014
WWE Network on Amazon Fire TV
WWE Network is now available to subscribers through the WWE App on Amazon Fire TV. With the first-ever 24/7 live streaming network, WWE fans have access to all live pay-per-view events, including WWE’s upcoming Money in the Bank pay-per-view, as well as original programming, reality shows, documentaries, classic matches and almost 2,000 hours of VoD […]
June 27, 2014By Nik Roseveare
France: Netflix offer criticised
A number of French audiovisual executives have put into perspective the quality of Netflix’s SVoD offering, while acknowledging the strength of its business model. “Netflix has no fresh content but movies and series picked up from libraries,” commented M6 Web MD Valéry Gerfaud at a hearing at French Senate, while another highlighted the lack of […]
June 26, 2014From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris
TiVo: 66% do binge
TiVo Research and Analytics has revealed results from the TiVo Spring 2014 Binge-Viewing Survey. With 91 per cent of the 15,196 survey respondents reporting binge-viewing as common viewing behaviour, binging is firmly established as the preferred method of consuming entertainment content. In fact, 40 per cent of respondents had binged within a week and 69 […]
June 25, 2014