One of the ways Americans reacted to pandemic restrictions during 2020 was to load up on TV streaming services to help fill their shelter-at-home time. But according to Hub Entertainment Research’s newest wave of Predicting the Pandemic research, consumers’ reliance on streaming services seems to have shifted from ‘stop-gap’ to established behaviour. Highlights from the […]
During the pandemic year, Americans watched nearly 42 minutes of video per day on their mobile devices, with growth in time spent on video apps paced by Gen Z (up 44 per cent) and Baby Boomers (up 10 per cent). This data comes from The Pandemic Year in Mobile Apps report, obtained through GWS’ OneMeasure […]
Nearly a third of UK households now connect at least one TV to the internet using Samsung’s Tizen smart TV platform, according to data from Strategy Analytics. According to the report, The Complexities of the Multi-Device Connected TV Household, the Samsung platform holds a clear lead over platforms operated by Amazon, Sony and LG, and […]
The pandemic has given a boost to consumption of pay-TV in Spain. Viewing time of Vodafone TV has increased by 34 per cent in one year, with customers being in front of their TV set for an average of 74 minutes more than pre-pandemic every day. The usage of OTT platforms integrated into Vodafone – […]
The world’s first live motorsport and automotive rolling news channel is set to be launched by motorsport and automotive market digital coverage brand Motorsport Network. Motorsport.tv Live will deliver breaking news as it happens from around the globe on the Network’s OTT platform Motorsport.tv. The service will be hosted from studios in London and Miami […]
According to the findings of the Connected TV (CTV) Ad Supply Trends Report 2020 from ad fraud intelligence and marketing compliance platform Pixalate, 78 per cent of US households are now reachable via programmatic CTV advertising, but ad fraud rates remain high, at 24 per cent in Q420. The report analyses the state of programmatic […]
Samsung Smart TV users can now enjoy their favourite digital movies in one simplified, personal collection, with cloud-based digital movie ownership scheme Movies Anywhere. Movies Anywhere syncs purchased movie libraries from multiple digital retailers across devices, platforms and is now live on 2017-2021 Samsung Smart TVs. Movies Anywhere conveniently brings together over 8000+ movies from […]
Content protection services provider Friend MTS has launched 4th Generation ASiD, an enhanced and extended set of subscriber-level watermarking solutions designed to address a wide range of content protection scenarios to secure high-value content and revenue across all types of broadcast and OTT devices, clients and apps. With an increasing need for content owners, broadcasters […]
Enterprise video data platform Datazoom has released what it says is the industry’s first streaming video datatecture and microsite, an effort to inventory the core components, services, technologies, and companies that come together to create the streaming video industry. The goal is to create content and other resources that offer insights and observations about the […]
OTT TV episodes and movies revenues for 22 countries in the Asia Pacific region will reach $54 billion (€45.3bn) in 2026, up by 90 per cent from the $29 billion recorded in 2020, according to the Asia Pacific OTT TV and Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. China will increase by $8.4 […]