Seven months after new rules against unjustified geo-blocking began to apply, general consumer awareness of the new rules against restrictions for online shopping and cross-border sales is already high. A Eurobarometer survey shows that just a few months after the new rules on geo-blocking started to apply, 50 per cent of EU citizens are generally […]
AVoD [advertising expenditure attributed to OTT TV episodes and movies] will more than double between 2018 and 2024 to reach $56 billion (€49.3bn) across 138 countries, according to the Global AVOD Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. Online TV and video advertising has been considerably boosted in recent years by the rapid growth […]
Roku’s streaming TV platform accounted for more than 30 per cent of US sales of connected TV devices in Q1 2019, further increasing its lead in streaming TV platforms according to research from Strategy Analytics. The report, USA Connected TV Device Vendor Market Share Q1 2019, finds that there are now more than 41 million […]
A nationwide survey of 2,000 people found that twice as many Britons spend quality time streaming boxsets than being cuddled up in the back row of the movies. With endless hours of content available via streaming services for a relatively small fee, it’s unsurprising that viewers are choosing better value for money at home. But […]
Nevion, a provider of virtualised media production solutions, has agreed with Sony Imaging Products & Solutions to establish a strategic partnership in the area of IP-based solutions for broadcasters and other industries. To reinforce this partnership, Sony will also become a leading investor in Nevion by acquiring a minority stake in the company through a […]
Evolution Digital has announced an agreement with Vast Broadband to be its full end-to-end IP video platform provider for its application-based video offering. As Vast migrates to IP video delivery with Evolution Digital’s eVUE-TV content delivery platform, the app will feature 300+ linear channels, VoD, network DVR, pay-per-view and catch-up/start-over content on the operator-customisable, feature-rich […]
With impressions increasing nearly 60 per cent year over year, connected TV (CTV) advertising now accounts for nearly half of impressions served, according to the latest Video Benchmark Report from Extreme Reach (ER), the complete creative asset management solution for the ad industry. Based on Q1 2019 performance metrics from the company’s platform, AdBridge, and […]
The European findings of the 2019 Pay-TV Innovation Forum, a global research programme designed to explore the biggest challenges and opportunities facing the pay-TV and content industries, produced by content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider NAGRA in partnership with research and strategy consultancy MTM, highlights that pay-TV executives are becoming more optimistic about responding […]
Satellite TV provider DirecTV has extended access to its VoD content and streaming platform DirecTV Go to four additional Latin America countries; Argentina, Peru, Ecuador and Uruguay. DirecTV Go has been available in Chile and Colombia since last year. It will now be available to all post and prepaid customers on any smart TV or […]
Findings from cloud-based video production, editing and distribution platform Grabyo suggest that video audiences are watching on social media and online streaming services more often than pay-TV services in all major markets except the UK. The report surveyed over 9,600 people across the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Australia, and the United States. The majority […]