Greg Maffei, Liberty Media President and CEO, foresees great opportunities for the company following its minority investment in and announced agreement to acquire Formula 1, suggesting that an OTT product may be developed in the future subject to rights.. Commenting as Liberty Media Corporation reported its Q3 Results, Maffei said: “We were thrilled to announce […]
Films and TV fiction are clearly the main driver for on-demand services. Pay on-demand services specialising in film and TV fiction account for nearly two-thirds (61 per cent) of all pay on-demand services in Europe, compared with only 14 per cent of TV channels, according to the latest figures from the European Audiovisual Observatory’s database. […]
Scripps Networks Interactive has announced it will not renew its streaming deal with Netflix when it expires at the end of the year. COO Burton Jablin, speaking at the company’s earnings conference call, explained the decsion, commenting: “We assessed the SVoD universe and have made the strategic decision not to extend our SVoD agreement with […]
Comcast and Netflix have confirmed that the Netflix service will launch on millions of X1 devices across the US next week. Integrated throughout the platform, X1 customers with Netflix subscriptions will be able easily to browse and access over the Internet the extensive online collection of Netflix TV shows and movies alongside the live, on […]
Online video platform Vimeo has confirmed plans to launch a subscription service. “Vimeo has the once-in-a-generation opportunity to, following in Netflix’s footsteps, deliver compelling subscription viewing experiences for consumers in the market for pay TV,” said IAC CEO and interim Vimeo CEO Joey Levin in a letter to its investors. He continued, “I believe we […]
Over one third of Italians access online streaming services (36 per cent) and they do so from an average of 2 or 3 devices, with a prevalence of smartphones and tablets. According to a report by Italy’s Institute for Competitiveness (I-Com), the number of subscribers to SVoD services should exceed 2 million by the end […]
US consumer spending on home entertainment products rose 3.8 per cent in the third quarter from previous year, according to the Third Quarter 2016 Home Entertainment Report from trade body DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group, compiled by DEG members, tracking sources and retail input. To date, sales are up 2.5 per cent in the first […]
More than a quarter of British consumers (13.9 million or 27 per cent of the adult population) subscribe to video streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Video, according to research published by YouGov and subscription commerce, billing and finance solutions provider Zuora. The rising popularity of these services has a huge effect on TV […]
The seventh edition of Ericsson’s annual ConsumerLab TV & Media Report details an enormous and rapid shift in TV and video viewing behaviour towards mobility. The report also shows that while both mobile video and on-demand TV viewing have soared over the past seven years, content discovery remains a huge frustration for consumers. Continued shift […]
Research consultancy Media Partners Asia (MPA) has launched the Asia Video Consumer Panel, a research report offering detailed insights into how consumers engage, use and interact with video content in emerging and mature markets, focusing on TV and digital video platforms, including key regional and local OTT video operators. The panel covers six Asian markets […]