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TiVo: TV content still dominates across generations

According to findings from TiVo’s Third Annual Millennial Video Entertainment Survey, Millennials still consume TV shows more than any other type of video content, even if they’re not watching the content from a traditional paid TV provider. Seventy-three per cent of Millennials report they watch network and cable TV shows regularly. Older generations showed virtually […]

December 9, 2015

PwC: 23% cord-trimmed in 2014

A PwC survey found that 23 per cent of pay-TV subscribers engaged in cord-trimming in the last year. The report found that more TV audiences are choosing to downsize or opt out of their pay-TV services. The PwC study found that 79 per cent of consumers in the US subscribe to a traditional cable, satellite […]

December 9, 2015

Amazon adds OTT partners

Following advanced-television.com’s revelation that Amazon was set to add other OTT services to its Prime service in an effort to attract cord-cutters, it has launched the Streaming Partners Program, an over-the-top streaming subscription program for video providers that enables them to reach tens of millions of Prime members. With the Streaming Partners Program, video providers […]

December 9, 2015

Australia: Should Netflix, YouTube acquire sports rights?

Eighty per cent of Australians (aged 14+) watch sport on television, data from Roy Morgan Research shows – from every last match of a code from pre-season to grand finale, the odd perusal of a Pyrenees peloton, to a fascination with figure skating once every four years. So as Free-to-air networks and Foxtel spend billions […]

December 9, 2015

Sky streams on Xbox One

Sky’s TV streaming service, TV from Sky, has launched on Xbox One in the UK, allowing users to watch Sky shows via their Xbox One consoles. Sky TV customers taking advantage of Sky Go Extra or Sky Multiscreen will be able to watch Sky’s live and on demand content from a wide range of entertainment […]

December 9, 2015By Nik Roseveare

YouTube premium “too little, too late”

Strategy Analytics believes that YouTube’s move to take on the likes of Netflix and Amazon with its own premium streaming service is doomed to fail.Mike Goodman, Director of Digital Media Strategies at Strategy Analytics, comments: “Although a premium subscription video service has long

December 8, 2015

45% of Xmas OTT subs will cancel in 6 months

OTT TV will be a big hit for consumers this Christmas, with 52 per cent of viewers around the world planning to use an online TV service during the festive season,  according to a research study commissioned by Paywizard. However, although a hit at Christmas, operators like Amazon Prime, Hulu and Netflix will lose many of their […]

December 8, 2015

Sandvine: Netflix still dominates streaming

Netflix still dominates streaming US networks by a wide margin, but rivals are increasing in traffic, says Sandvine in its latest Global Internet Phenomena report. Network manager Sandvine based its findings on data collected from 250-plus customers around the globe in September and October and said Netflix accounted for

December 7, 2015

Incognito puts the user in control

Advanced Television talks to CEO Stephane Bourque about Incognito’s mission to provide the subscriber with a much better QoE by taking the Home Gateway functionality to the cloud. This means an operator can provide a great experience with a simple, friendly, UI, state-of-the-art functionality and comprehensive user management no matter what the network or legacy […]

December 7, 2015

Enders: TV remains robust

Enders Analysis has published its latest ten year viewing forecasts which showed live and seven-day broadcast time-shift/catch-up to the TV as still making up the great majority of viewing in 2025, though the firm assumes that the complex regulatory network that supports public service broadcasting will remain in place. However, this could come into question […]

December 4, 2015