Channel 4, in partnership with Google, has announced that All 4 – home of all of the broadcaster’s channels and digital services – will be available on Google’s media streaming device Chromecast from November 24th. Viewers will be able to use their Android mobile device or Chrome browser on their computer to stream Channel 4 […]
Nearly 9 out of 10 US pay-TV subscribers (86 per cent) want a single app for all of their video watching, according to data from Altman Vilandrie & Company’s sixth annual survey on consumer video habits. The survey also revealed that 70 per cent of consumers have not downloaded any network or cable channel apps, […]
For the third consecutive year, digital video continues to accelerate in Europe and shows no signs of stopping according to AOL’s 2015 State of European Video Industry Report. Fuelled by online consumer behaviour, we are witnessing an unprecedented and explosive growth in mobile and digital advertising. Over $35 billion (€33 billion) has been spent on […]
ITV has unveiled the marketing campaign for its new digital destination, the ITV Hub, which launches on November 24th across mobile, PC and connected TV. Mobile users will have a unique, ‘swipe to live’ feature which will allow them to connect to live TV in an instant, bringing the linear and on demand TV experiences […]
Describing it as “the biggest reimagining of Sky in its history”, Jeremy Darroch, CEO of the UK pay-TV operator, has launched Sky Q, a family of products which it says are designed to reflect the way people consume content nowadays. It also confirmed that Sky Q would be UltraHD ready in advance of the launch […]
FreeWheel has releasing the findings from its Q3 Video Monetization Report that examines the state of the video market. The research highlights some key similarities and differences between trends in the US. For example, European broadcasters monetised the majority of their dynamically served content across long-form on-demand, accounting for 87 per cent of total video […]
A couple of recent polls have revealed that Quality of Experience is an important factor in satisfaction and subscription renewal with OTT services. You may feel this falls into the ‘You don’t say?’ or even the ‘Do bears use wooded areas as lavatories?’ category of surveys. But behind the obvious are challenging technology questions and […]
The number of SVoD homes is forecast to reach 306 million across 200 countries by 2020, up massively from 28 million in 2010 and an expected 197 million by end-2015, according to a report from Digital TV Research. The total will grow by 42 million in 2015 alone. The Global SVoD Forecasts report estimates that […]
Tom Rogers, CEO of TiVo, is to relinquish his position after nearly 11 years on January 31st 2016, the end of the company’s fiscal year. Rogers will continue with TiVo as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors as of February 1, 2016. TiVo’s Board of Directors has formed a search committee to identify the […]
Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) technologies and live and VoD server, has announced that Discover Digital, a South African digital entertainment company, has selected Broadpeak’s video delivery solution for powering its complete OTT transactional VoD and SVoD platform for B2C and B2B applications. Utilising a combination of Broadpeak’s CDN manager and streaming […]