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Viu OTT scores record 1.2 million downloads in 6 months 12 April 2016

Viu, PCCW Media’s OTT app for mobiles has seen over 1.2 million downloads in Hong Kong within 6 months since its launch. This achievement has made Viu win the Gold Award for Best Mobile App in this year’s HKICT Awards. … Continue reading

Single & independent most likely to have SVOD 06 April 2016

According to the recent research by Nielsen, SVOD is most used by single independents (78%) and the numbers are lowest for people starting a family. Around 66% between the ages of 18-24 use SVOD services. Single millennials living alone aged … Continue reading

TV and video streaming in UK and Australia 04 April 2016

According to Thinkbox, IPTV players like Netflix and Amazon now hold 4% of the total video consumption market in the UK. This has increased from 2.3% in 2014. 3 hours 51 minutes is the average time consumed on TV in … Continue reading

Comcast to make Stream TV available on other networks 01 April 2016

  Comcast is eyeing a standalone option for its IPTV platform – Stream TV. Stream TV is offered at 15 USD a month as a skinny TV bundle made for mobile devices particularly. Now reports say that Comcast is going to … Continue reading

Pay TV and video on demand services co-exist in Australia 01 April 2016

Around 20% of Australians households have more than one paid TV service. According to a survey by Canstar Blue, Australians in their 30s are more likely to have such an arrangement. Only 16% expressed interest of wanting to unsubscribe a … Continue reading

Smart STBs growing in demand 31 March 2016

Increase in demand for interactive TV in many developed regions is fueling the need for smarter set top boxes having mobile connectivity, HEVC codec support, 4K resolution and many others. Hence there is pressure on equipment manufacturers to satisfy the … Continue reading

Binge watching on bed increases 11 March 2016

TV viewing is shifting to internet TV platforms. There is a rise in demand for streaming services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime. Binge watching is the trend. TV is still the dominant viewing platform, but things are changing in this … Continue reading

Connected TVs now in more than 50% of US homes 09 March 2016

6 million connected TVs were added last year. This makes more than 50% of all US homes having at the least one TV connected to the internet. According to the NPD Group, homes having connected TVs have an average of … Continue reading

90% PayTV users interested in add-ons 09 March 2016

According to a survey by Vindicia, there is an interest to upgrade with add-ons amongst 90% Pay-TV subscribers. Discounts and offers are always a desire among users. The survey shows that more than 50% of users are ‘very interested’ to … Continue reading

71% marketers believe Ad spending will shift from Linear TV to Digital TV 08 March 2016

The shift to digital is expected to give new dimension to the TV ad industry. According to a recent survey by Videology, there will be a good increase in online TV consumption in the next 3 years. The survey which … Continue reading