Dailymotion, the online video portal, is showing the friendly football match between France and Germany live from the Stade de France, Paris, on Wednesday 6th February. The game can be viewed free of charge to all fans watching via a connected device in the UK, Japan and the Netherlands. Dailymotion secured the rights to the […]
According to global information company,The NPD Group, while traditional pay TV operators and broadcast networks still dominate the consumer television landscape, new options are emerging, from subscription video on demand (SVoD), to electronic sell-through (EST), to free TV streaming. According to the firm, while SVoD drives the most online TV streams by far, the incidence […]
YouView is estimated to have up to 230,000 subscribers six months after launch, with TalkTalk revealing that it is seeing demand running at more than 10,000 sign-ups per week. This contrasts with reportedly very slow sales through retailers. The joint venture between the BBC, ITV, BT, Channel 4, Channel 5, Arqiva and TalkTalk finally began […]
Amazon has upped the ante in its battle for online entertainment supremacy with Netflix by securing the exclusive subscription rights to the third series of drama series Downton Abbey for its Prime Instant Video service, with the prospect of extending such exclusivity to future series. Seasons 1 and 2 of the award-winning series are currently […]
Although attention will be on Netflix as it launches its first major original series, House of Cards, revolutionising content distribution by giving consumer all the content at once, which is exactly what consumers want, with virtually every traditional media outlet rooting for the releasing strategy’s complete and utter failure, Amazon’s progress in the online video […]
As anticipated at its July 2012 launch, Sky has enhanced its NOW TV OTT service by making Sky Sports available on a simple, pay-as-you-go basis. The broadcaster had suggested that sport would launch before the end of 2012. For just £9.99 (€11.65), customers will be able to get unlimited access for a 24-hour period to […]
IDATE forecasts that in 2020, for the USA and EU combined, OTT communication service revenues will have increased to €15 billion from €7 billion in 2012. Yet they will still only account for 6 per cent of total communication service revenues, with telcos accounting for the remaining 94 per cent. The total market will decline, […]
In a new report released by TDG, iPad and other tablet video use by American consumers is forecast to rise dramatically over the next five years, driving significant changes in the business landscape for television and online/OTT video. According to Bill Niemeyer, TDG Senior Analyst and author of the new report, “The breakout sales success […]
Google’s YouTube is set to start asking users to pay subscriptions to access some of its content starting in the spring. The first such channels could be available around Easter according to reports, with YouTube expected to charge between 60p (€0.74) and £3 a month. The company has held talks with several video producers, asking […]
Although it’s currently not cost effective for television channels with large numbers of viewers to move to OTT-only video delivery, for many individual channels that have small- or medium-sized audiences, a switch to OTT streaming as their sole means of video delivery could become an option over the long term, suggests information and analytics provider […]