The long-awaited fourth season of Arrested Development made its Netflix debut on Sunday and although Netflix itself has not released official data, network intelligence company Procera has offered up a preliminary report of the impact of the cult show on overall Netflix traffic. Highlights from the report, which sampled 10 different networks that it monitors […]
Conax, a global provider of solutions for securing multi-device and digital video content distribution, has announced that Mexican cable operator Cablemás is further expanding their VoD platform with Conax Xtend Multiscreen. In a contract with security partner Conax, Cablemás, Mexico’s 2nd largest operator, is continuing its aggressive market approach by rolling out additional VoD content […]
ITV dramas will be available on Tesco’s Clubcard TV following a deal with ITV. The agreement will see selected episodes of classics including A Touch of Frost, Inspector Morse, Cold Feet and Prime Suspect added to the new ad-supported service for Clubcard members. Also included are a raft of new cooking shows including episodes from […]
Margaret Thatcher’s funeral on April 17th was the third most-requested live TV programme ever on the iPlayer, with nearly 823,000 requests for real-time viewing of the event. It was topped only by the London 2012 Olympic games in terms of viewer numbers. The funeral received a total 986,000 clicks, meaning that 163,000 people requested it […]
American mobile video watchers are almost twice as likely to watch videos shared by friends as they are via web search, according to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of web TV content sharing site Telly. The study – conducted online in April among over 2,000 US adults – reveals that 78 million […]
A report published by the Politecnico di Milano and Studio Frasi on the evolution of the Italian TV market from prime time to non-linear viewing, has provided new data on time shifted and on demand viewing which gives a clear picture of this market and its potentials. Findings include: – 31 per cent of Italian […]
BlackArrow, a provider of advanced advertising solutions for TV platforms, and Canoe, a provider of advertising software and services to US programming networks, announced that Canoe has licensed BlackArrow Affiliate, a sophisticated toolset that enables programmers to manage ad avails in and around VoD content. This technology further enables the companies to support the monetisation […]
Viewster, a fast-growing VoD service, has partnered with Shine Group, Starz Digital Media, ALL3MEDIA and KBS Media, to offer 240 hours of new TV series on-demand, for free, through its popular, ad-supported platform for films and TV shows. Available in 120 countries globally, Viewster is enjoying rapid growth worldwide as younger viewers swap linear TV […]
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings told the Canadian Digital Media Network 3.0 conference that the future of Internet TV will be filled with apps and constantly evolving. “We are now in 40 countries around the world, so people are starting to watch Internet video and you can start to see the outlines of what TV will […]
Netflix is considering the Netherlands, France and Belgium as new European launch markets, according to reports. Belgian news site Bloovi reported that the on-demand streaming company was preparing to launch in Belgian before the end of the year, while newspaper Le Soir reported that France and the Netherlands were likely to roll out first, followed […]