TiVo has found that UK users are overwhelmed by the rising amount of video providers, adding to increased viewer irritation when deciding what to watch. According to the latest 2024 TiVo Video Trends Report: UK, only 16 per cent of viewers know what they want to watch when they start browsing, resulting in ‘habit browsing’ […]
Rakuten TV, the European streaming platform, has announced its new business line, Rakuten TV Enterprise Services, at MIPCOM. The announcement was made by Rakuten TV’s CEO and President Cédric Dufour during the Global Streamers Talks in a conversation with industry expert Evan Shapiro and Maxime Carboni, Chief Business Officer at Euronews, one of the first […]
NFL season officially kicked off in September to the delight of fans across the US, and attracted viewers by the millions. Nielsen’s September 2024 report of The Gauge revealed that NFL viewership for the month notably reflected audiences’ familiarisation with the cross-platform distribution of its games. This was most clearly indicated by the 12 per […]
The Connected TV (CTV) video streaming industry in the US operates a massive data-driven surveillance apparatus that has transformed the television set into a sophisticated monitoring, tracking and targeting device, according to a new report from lobbying group the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD). How TV Watches Us: Commercial Surveillance in the Streaming Era documents how CTV […]
TiVo has published its Q2 2024 Video Trends Report which reveals that US consumers are pulling back on entertainment spending as the industry works to rebalance and bundle its current entertainment offerings. In 2020, entertainment consumption and spending surged as the pandemic limited consumer activities outside of the home. Now the pendulum is swinging back […]
According to analysis from Omdia, 365 million SVoD subscriptions will be distributed through operator TV, broadband and mobile bundles, representing 20 per cent of the global streaming market. By 2029, bundling is expected to generate 540 million online video streaming subscriptions, or 25 per cent of the global market. Omdia has completed a significant extension […]
Enterprise influencer marketing platform CreatorIQ has released its Winning Strategies in Streaming: How Industry Leaders are Harnessing Creator Marketing report, which highlights the increased role creators play in driving tune-in and combatting churn. The report leverages CreatorIQ’s proprietary data, insights and industry-standard Earned Media Value (EMV) metric to uncover valuable insights into the creator marketing […]
DEGI: The Digital Entertainment Group International (DEGI), in collaboration with BB Media, has provided a fresh overview of the digital APAC entertainment landscape. This data allows a greater understanding of the region, while increased knowledge of both the established and emerging players provides greater depth to the conversation around discoverability, and potential consumer confusion. This […]
Warner Bros Discovery and Charter Communications have announced what they describe as a “groundbreaking”, multi-year distribution partnership that re-imagines the future of video by fully integrating linear video and streaming services. They say that with this early renewal, the agreement further evolves the video ecosystem with more value and flexibility in video bundles, deeper libraries […]
YouTube moved into the top spot among media distributors in the July 2024 Media Distributor Gauge report, Nielsen’s monthly view of total TV consumption across the US by media company. Time spent watching YouTube on television was up 7 per cent compared to June, leading the streaming platform to account for 10.4 per cent of […]