Analysis by Hub Entertainment Research into how subscribers would react to an ad-based Netflix subscription plan suggests that many subscribers would be open to the idea, but only with a significant discount off the current ad-free subscription. With speculation rampant about the possibility of a Netflix ad-supported subscription plan, Hub gauged consumer reactions to the […]
Research from Parks Associates shows US broadband households highly likely to cut the cord in the next 12 months watch more than six hours of video content on their mobile phone a week, compared to 2.5 hours among all US broadband households. Examining Broadband Cord Cutters notes that fixed broadband providers that do not offer […]
Digital media platform China Sports Zhibo has struck a deal to live stream the Tour de France via its official platforms through to 2021. The partnership will commence with this year’s Tour’s Grand Depart in Brussels on July 6th, running to the race’s conclusion on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on July 28th. China Sports Zhibo […]
Research from analyst firm Roy Morgan shows 13,975,000 Australians aged 14+ now have access to some form of pay-TV or SVoD service, up 7.9 per cent on a year ago. Netflix is the clear market leader with nearly 11.5 million Australians now having a Netflix subscription in their household, up by 17.6 per cent on […]
Total cross-platform television viewing times across the US and major European markets are declining as consumers increasingly turn to non-linear platforms as a substitute for traditional TV viewing, according to IHS Markit. Excluding social media, total average daily video viewing time for the countries analysed stood at 273.7 minutes per-person per-day in 2018. This compares […]
Since Q3 2016, US and European viewers of videos on Facebook have declined from 28 per cent to 23 per cent of internet respondents. YouTube also recorded a slight decline from 70 per cent to 66 per cent, according to data from Ampere Analysis. Over the same period Netflix viewers have increased from
Italian sports broadcaster Sportitalia has launched four HD channels on DTT via HbbTV technology. Having previously offered just one sports channel in standard definition, the broadcaster is now transmitting four free-to-air HD channels on national DTT channel 60 as part of the SI Smart package. The expanded offer is available to viewers that have a […]
Spanish TV group Mediapro is seeking new opportunities in China to distribute its content through OTT platforms such as Tencent or IQIYI, and even invest in IP operators, according to a report by Expansión. “In content we are looking for possible IPs to invest with Mediapro providing them with the International distribution,” said Pilar Jiménez, […]
Pluto TV, the free streaming US TV service, has announced the launch of Pluto TV Latino, a new, dedicated category debuting on the platform featuring a suite of linear Spanish and Portuguese-language channels. The debut of Pluto is the first offering of its kind to be introduced on a major ad-supported OTT platform. Pluto TV […]
Some 70 per cent of gamers surveyed in UK, France, Germany and Spain say they’re not interested in a video game streaming service according to a survey conducted by Ipsos MORI’s GameTrack survey, on behalf of GamesIndustry.biz. Just 15 per cent of the surveyed gamers (defined as anyone playing games via any device) are interested […]