IHS says that one of the major myths still casting a shadow over the TV industry is that viewing is largely moving over to non-linear forms, “with users increasingly time-shifting using PVRs and on-demand services on the set-top box and online”. However, according to an IHS report, the actual numbers show this anxiety to be […]
A report from Voxburner into the digital content habits of young people reveals that a quarter (24 per cent) of 16-24s download a TV series and binge watch entire seasons in one sitting, whilst 52 per cent say they watch at least two episodes at a time. Almost half of young people (44 per cent) […]
Customers of upc cablecom, Switzerland’s largest provider of TV, can watch programmes they have missed with up to 30 hours’ delay. Thanks to upc cablecom’s new replay function, all programmes can be paused, watched in slow motion, fast forwarded and rewound. The replay function includes 77 channels – 30 of those in HD – which […]
Viewster, the free platform for VoD has announced reaching the 20 million mark in unique users within its European network, making Viewster the leading VoD platform for European series according to Google Analytics. Headquartered in Zurich, with additional offices in London, Berlin and Kiev, the ad-supported VoD service offers its audience over 12,000 titles for […]
Newly released insights from Kantar Media’s futurePROOF study on the ownership and use of digital technologies and media in Britain reveal that, whilst most people currently prefer to watch “must-see TV” at the time of broadcast, the signs are that this will soon change. According to the futurePROOF study, half of the British adult population […]
Ofcom has revealed an enforcement action it has taken against a VoD adult service “Jessica Pressley.” The website, which provided free-to-view pornographic content without a robust paywall, was referred to Ofcom by the Authority for Television on Demand (ATVOD) – which is responsible for regulating the editorial content of certain on-demand programmes services. On October […]
Comcast is planning to start selling films directly through its cable boxes in the US, according to reports. Comcast will offer newly released and older movies for sale as part of its cable service’s VoD menu, which now offers movies only for rental. Major film studios see electronic sales of movies as a potentially big […]
Amazon’s LOVEFiLM has launched its new LOVEFiLM Instant app for iPhone and iPod touch. This enhanced app allows members in the UK to stream the latest films and TV series from the LOVEFiLM Instant catalogue on their iPhone and iPod touch for the first time. Along with a slick new design, the updated app also […]
YOU On Demand, a multi-platform entertainment and VoD company in China, has released its unaudited operating results for the three-month period ended September 30th 2013. On November 5th, the company announced that C Media Limited, a China-based mobile video service provider, raised its aggregate strategic investment in YOU On Demand to $6 million, with an […]
HD and 3D TV are failing to impress, as the UK’s TV viewers put digital recording features, on-demand content and subscription-free viewing on their list of ‘must have’ TV features, according to research from set-top box provider Humax. The survey of 2,000 UK adults reveals