From January 6th, ABC will require viewers to sign in with their cable account information if they want to watch new episodes of the network’s shows online the day after they air on TV. The US TV network said: “Pay TV service providers are a key part of the television industry in delivering broadcast content […]
Research commissioned by movie and TV streaming service blinkbox suggests that the post-Christmas period could see a surge in on-demand viewing. The Tesco-owned operation suggests that a whopping number of Brits claim they will be turning to the Internet more than ever this Christmas, with most of us fed up with TV Scrooges serving up […]
Ad-free music subscription service Rdio is to close its Vdio Internet television service, which launched in April 2013 for Rdio premium subscribers. A statement on the Vdio website said: “We have decided to discontinue the Vdio beta service. Despite our efforts, we were not able to deliver the differentiated customer experience we had hoped for. […]
Perennial family favourite movie Home Alone is the most pirated holiday movie of 2013, according to findings from anti-piracy solutions specialist CEG TEK International. The company measured activity on the BitTorrent peer-to- peer (P2P) file sharing network during this year’s holiday season. CEG TEK reported that daily P2P download demand by BitTorrent users of the […]
Wuaki tv, the European movie and TV streaming service, announced significant growth in the UK, with more than 125,000 new users signing up to the streaming service since its launch by the end of September. Combined with Wuaki.tv’s Spanish user base, the new users have pushed the company’s total customer base to one million globally. Wuaki.tv […]
BBC iPlayer requests in November were up 27 per cent on 2012 to 263 million requests, making it the third biggest month on record (behind only January and March 2013 following last year’s Christmas boost) Mobile and tablet requests remained stable at 36 per cent of total requests, while computers delivered 38 per cent. The […]
Hulu has revealed it has topped 5 million subscribers and $1 billion in revenue in 2013. New CEO Mike Hopkins says the $1 billion revenue is an increase from $695 million the year before. Hulu says “living room viewing” accounts for more than half of the consumption from users. The app is available on several […]
MarketsandMarkets forecasts the VoD market to grow from $21.08 billion in 2013 to $45.25 billion in 2018, at a CAGR of 16.5 per cent during the forecast period. In terms of regions, North America is expected to be the biggest market in terms of revenue contribution, while Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Latin America (LA) are expected […]
According to global information company The NPD Group, big box-office titles, new releases, and franchise movies are the most streamed movie content on subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) services such as Netflix and Amazon Instant Video. Based on information from NPD’s SVoD Report, from January through October 2013, the three movies streamed most from SVoD services were: […]
Spain’s largest cable company ONO has launched an Internet TV service, branded ‘ONO TV online’, offering up to 40 TV channels and VoD content. Initially, the service is available on PCs and Apple Mac and iPad devices with plans to launch it on mobile phones and Android tablets in the near future. With this move, […]