The BBC has chosen telco BT to provide its broadcast network, which it says will deliver considerable savings and pave the way for future digital innovation. This enables the BBC to move to a new, state-of-the-art network based on Internet technologies from April 2017. The Corporation says the new network will be more efficient, flexible, […]
Sky’s OTT TV streaming service NOW TV is to launch what it says is its most advanced TV box later this year. The brand new NOW TV Smart Box will bring together NOW TV’s wide range of pay TV content and over 60 live free-to-air channels. The addition of digital terrestrial television services pitches the […]
Online retails giant Amazon’s Q4 saw operating cash flow increased 74 per cent to $11.9 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $6.8 billion for the trailing twelve months ended December 31st 2014. OTT and TV device highlights for quarter include: – Fire TV remains the #1 best-selling streaming media player in the U.S., having […]
Findings from Horowitz Research’s Multiplatform Content and Services, Wave 2 2015 survey reveal that streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu have been catalysts for increased television viewing: A third (31 per cent) of OTT viewers report watching more TV overall compared to five years ago. The data show
Research from Parks Associates suggests that average monthly spending on Internet-based subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) services among US broadband households increased from $3.71 per month in 2012 to $6.19 per month in 2015. Content Strategies: Survival in the New Video World examines new business models emerging from the increasing consumption of OTT content, including new experiments […]
Facebook is making its Live Video functionality, which started testing in December 2015, available to everyone in the US via iPhone, with plans to start rolling this out to the rest of the world over the coming weeks. “You can discover live videos from your friends and public figures you follow right in News Feed. […]
As well as confirming its role in developing what Sky’s OTT streaming service NOW TV is describing as its ‘most advanced’ box yet, streaming platform specialist Roku has revealed that it is developing a hybrid set-top box that will be available for production by Roku Powered partners later this year. The new Roku Powered hybrid […]
T-Mobile subscribers in the US can now watch even more video without eating into their monthly data allowance. The carrier has added Amazon Prime Video, Fox News, Univision Now and the WWE Network to its Binge On service. This means that any videos T-Mobile customers watch from these providers over their mobile device don’t count […]
Despite the widespread availability of inexpensive ancillary TV streaming devices, research from The Diffusion Group (TDG) finds that 32 per cent of OTT TV Users prefer having the native connectivity of a Smart TV. This according to data featured in TDG’s Video Behavior in the Age of Quantum Media, a survey of 2,000 US adult […]
In 2015 OTT platforms and catch-up TV services in France contributed to the growth of overall TV viewing time. According to Médiamétrie’s round up of the year, the average daily viewing time on the four screens reached 3 hours and 50 minutes per individual, up 5 minutes and 30 seconds. Time spent watching linear TV […]