As an entertainment category, online video is thriving, offering viewers massive amounts of content, highly targeted genres and sub-genres, and bite-sized formats making it easy to watch on the go—all of which has made the category immensely popular with the types of young consumers advertisers covet, according to Hub Entertainment Research. Hub’s recently-released study – […]
Although Apple’s iOS operating system still sees the bulk of TV Everywhere (TVE) authentications, analysis from Adobe Digital Index (ADI) shows TVE consumption slowly moving toward connected devices, such as Apple TV and Roku. According to ADI’s Q4 Digital Video Benchmark report, iOS share of TVE decreased 20 per cent year over year (YoY), while […]
Optus will soon reveal how Australia’s 1,677,000 English Premier League viewers can tune in (or live stream or catch up) when the next season starts in August. 96 per cent of these EPL followers (aged 14+) own a mobile phone, 77 per cent have fixed broadband in their homes— and they’re already well accustomed to […]
Describing it as “a key focus going forward” and “an exciting revenue opportunity”, US triple-play operator Frontier Communications has unveiled plans to introduce video service in a number of its existing markets with a minimal capital outlay. It made the announcement during the company Fourth Quarter Earnings Call. Dan McCarthy, President and CEO, said the […]
Voddler Group, the cloud-streaming innovator, has signed a partnership with OTT experience management company, Conviva, which will see Voddler Group’s VoddlerNet and Conviva’s Precision and Conviva’s Experience Insights combine to create an online video delivery solution that is particularly appropriate for emerging markets, where connectivity and bandwidth are often a challenge. VoddlerNet combines controlled peer-assisted […]
Courtesy of the good people at www.broadbandchoices.co.uk, Advanced-Television has taken the Amazon Fire TV Stick for a test drive. Amazon are very proud of their Fire TV Stick, with press releases aplenty constantly reminding those who value sales numbers that the device is one of the retails giant’s best selling products ever. And in truth, […]
Executives at TV programming market MIPTV are reshaping the 2016 event better to reflect the digital era. Laurine Garaude, Director of Reed MIDEM’s Television Division, said that to differentiate the April event from its younger sibling MIPCOM, scheduled for October, there was a big focus on innovation, digital and new technology. Speaking at a Press […]
The latest update to Sky+ is designed to make it even easier for users to binge-watch their way through content on the Sky Box Sets service. The changes, Sky’s first software update of 2016, come as Sky Box Sets customers will get exclusive access to the full series of The Tunnel: Sabotage and Billions, the […]
More than half of Malaysians prefer YouTube content compared to TV according to the latest YouTube Insights Program by TNS Research. The survey, conducted in collaboration with Google, found that millennials aged 16 to 34 prefer the video platform over conventional options. Somewhat surprisingly, even half of the senior citizen from the age of 55 […]
PBS, the US provider of educational media for children, will launch new 24/7 children’s services later this year. Provided by local stations, the free services include a new TV channel and live stream on digital platforms. PBS stations across the US will be able to broadcast PBS KIDS shows 24 hours a day on an […]