Analyst firm TDG has been actively reporting on the original content arms race amongst Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video (the ‘Big-3’) for several years, and its research has highlighted the increased role it is playing for both customer acquisition and retention. With major services such as Apple TV+, Disney+, and HBO Max hitting the […]
Consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) finds that 75 per cent of TV households in the US subscribe to some form of live pay-TV service. The percentage of TV households that subscribe to a live pay-TV (cable, satellite, Telco, or Internet-delivered) service is down from
The Communications and Digital Committee of UK parliament’s upper chamber the House of Lords has warned that public service broadcasters (PSBs) need to be better supported to ensure that they can continue to produce high-quality drama and documentaries which reflect and examine UK culture. In return, the broadcasters need to adapt to ensure that they […]
The latest quarterly State of Streaming report from global streaming media intelligence specialist Conviva reveals that time spent streaming continues to climb – up 53 per cent year over year – as consumers embrace on demand videos (63 per cent of all streaming viewing is on demand) on their TVs, PCs and mobile devices. This […]
France’s Canal+ is said to be negotiating exclusive distribution for Disney’s soon to launch SVoD service Disney+. Potentially launching in spring 2020, Disney+ would be a pay channel option on the Canal+ platform but would also be bundled with premium packages and so it would be available for a small premium to all subscribers. Canal+ […]
With the launch of BritBox, the SVoD service created by UK PSBs the BBC and ITV likely to be within the coming few weeks, Alex Mahon, the CEO of fellow PSB Channel 4, has reiterated comments made earlier in 2019 that the channel is in active discussions regarding participation in the platform. Speaking in a […]
Enea has announced that Enea Openwave has successfully optimised Apple’s new streaming service, Apple TV+, over mobile networks, using unique traffic management technology. Enea Openwave was able to achieve this in less than 24 hours after the service launched on November 1st. Algorithms, which are device, resolution, codec and context aware, were used to dynamically […]
A survey by Pop Culture Marketing agency Experience12 reveals that TV has fallen even further from favour among MCM Comic Con attendees with just 34 per cent saying it’s their preferred viewing device, a 13 per cent decrease since May, with both tablets and consoles increasing their share of interest. Experience12 polled 1,008 fans at […]
As the Formula One circus pitched up in Austin, Texas, for the US Grand Prix, ESPN and Formula 1 revealed they have forged a new agreement that will keep the FIA Formula One World Championship on ESPN and ABC through 2022. F1 returned to the ESPN networks in 2018, seeing double-digit television viewership growth in […]
Leading up to the highly-anticipated debut of Apple TV+ today (November 1st), global content demand analytics company Parrot Analytics is tracking pre-release demand for the new streamer’s original series, including See, For All Mankind, Dickinson and The Morning Show. According to pre-release demand data captured over the past seven days (October 21st-27th, 2019), the company found that the […]