Netflix has announced that from September it will be the exclusive US pay-TV home for all Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm and Pixar movies released from 2016 onwards. Meaning, it will be the only place to find movies such as Captain America: Civil War, The Jungle Book and the upcoming Star Wars sequels and the Rogue One […]
According to TDG research, when forced to choose between legacy pay-TV and streaming services, dual-service users react differently according to their age. The younger the adult, the more likely they are to choose TV streaming services over legacy pay-TV, and vice versa. According to the TDG study, from the pending fifth edition of Benchmarking the […]
OTT TV and video revenues for 17 countries in the Asia Pacific region will reach $18.396 billion in 2021; up from $707 million in 2010 and $5.741 billion in 2015. The Asia Pacific OTT TV & Video Forecasts report from Digital TV Research estimates that China will overtake Japan in 2016 to become market leader. […]
Amazon has announced new robotic voice assistant Alexa features that are coming to streaming media player Fire TV, including the ability to control playback of Amazon Video and Add-On Subscription content, launch apps, access local movie show times, search local businesses and restaurants, and more—all just by using your voice. According to Amazon, discovering and […]
ABC Commercial has reached a new SVoD content agreement with children’s TV and learning app Hopster that will see a number of iconic ABC KIDS programmes made available to stream through the app from June 1st. The multi-year deal will see 50 episodes from recognisable series like the Octonauts and Thomas & Friends available to […]
Netflix, Amazon Prime and similar SVoD services could soon be adhering to a 20 per cent quota for European content in EU member states. French Daily Les Echos reports that European Commission media industry officials are working on this basis. Commissioner Andrus Ansip, responsible for the digital single market, said that a more level playing […]
The BBC’s plans launch a Netflix rival have gained significant momentum after proposals in the UK Government’s White Paper on the future of the BBC included provisions for the Corporation to launch a new paid-for subscription service. BBC chiefs are understood to have held talks with potential partners, including ITV and NBCUniversal, about launching such […]
For the first time, Mediabug Wave research from consultancy firm Decipher has shown the impact of new low-cost streaming devices such as Amazon Fire Stick, Roku and Google Chromecast in driving OTT VoD use onto the big screen in UK television homes. Now in its fifth year, the bi-annual report is based on an online […]
American households continue to connect their television sets to the Internet at a rapid pace, and they’re doing so using a greater variety of devices. The 2016 Magid Media Futures Video Entertainment Study from research-based consulting firm Frank N. Magid Associates indicates three-quarters (74 per cent) of online consumers now have what’s considered a Connected […]
Americans assigned a value of nearly $1200 per year (€1053) to the array of free, ad-supported services and content currently available to them on computers and mobile devices, according to a groundbreaking survey conducted by Zogby Analytics. More than 85 per cent of respondents said they preferred an ad-supported Internet model instead of paying for […]