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Data: ITVX premium growth accelerates

Marketing data and analytics company Kantar has released its latest Entertainment on Demand (EoD) data on the British streaming market. Kantar’s EoD study in Great Britain uncovers the following behaviours within the VoD market between January to March 2023: VoD-enabled households that subscribed to at least one video streaming service in Great Britain fell to […]

April 20, 2023By Colin Mann

Research: Black households strong streamers

Black Americans over-index for using free OTT services compared to the total market, with four in five (80 per cent) using them within the past month, compared to 69 per cent of consumers overall. In fact, usage of free OTT services among Black audiences has grown tremendously from 13 per cent since 2019, according to […]

April 19, 2023

Forecast: OTT revenues to reach $235bn by 2028

Global OTT TV episode and movies revenues will reach $235 billion (€212bn) in 2028, up by $81 billion from $154 billion on 2022, according to the Global OTT TV and Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. About $17 billion will be added in 2023 alone. AVoD will grow faster than SVoD. AVoD […]

April 17, 2023

Whip Media unveils FASTrack

When it comes to streaming, FAST (free ad-supported television) continues to gain traction at a rapid rate among both American and international audiences. That surge in popularity, though, has also made it increasingly difficult for distributors to accurately manage data tied to FAST content. Whip Media – the leading enterprise software platform and data provider […]

April 12, 2023

Research: Smart TVs half of OTT TV viewing

Research from Aluma Insights finds adult SVoD viewers spend half their streaming TV time watching apps on smart TVs, up from 31 per cent in 2015. This is 2.5 times the contribution of streaming media players, which is down from 27 per cent in 2015 to 21 per cent currently. In the early days of […]

April 5, 2023

Research: US monthly SVoD spend drops 25%

Findings from analyst firm Parks Associates show a significant drop in US consumer spending for streaming video services. US Internet households report spending $69 (€63) per month on OTT services in Q3 2022, down from $90 in Q1 2021, although the market remains saturated with 87 per cent of US Internet households having at least […]

April 5, 2023

Forecast: APAC OTT revenues at $52bn in 2028

Asia Pacific OTT TV episodes and movie revenues will reach $52 billion (€48bn) in 2028; up by 56 per cent from the $33 billion recorded in 2022, according to the Asia Pacific OTT TV and Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. From the $19 billion additional OTT revenues, China will add $4 […]

April 3, 2023

Survey: Most SVoDs will add ads in next 2 years

As the global video streaming market continues to grow and become increasingly crowded, streaming businesses are looking for ways to maintain their growth and competitive edge. According to a global B2B industry survey by NPAW, a provider of video analytics and business intelligence for the online video industry, 76 per cent of SVoD companies plan […]

March 29, 2023

Data: 87% of US homes have SVoD service

Parks Associates tracked 354 independent OTT services in the US in 2022, with its OTT Video Market Tracker revealing that 87 per cent of US internet households having at least one OTT subscription service. “Despite the dominance of subscription OTT services, 44 per cent of households continue to watch some form of pay-TV, indicating that […]

March 29, 2023

ARF calls for TV measurement reset

The Advertising Research Foundation (ARF) is calling for a ‘gradual migration’ away from ‘TV households’ to ‘TV-accessible (TVA) households’ as the basis of TV measurement, to account for shifts in viewing dynamics driven by broadband access and mobile devices. The group based its recommendation on data from its comprehensive TV universe study, DASH, the 2022 […]

March 27, 2023By Colin Mann