UK viewers have been the quickest to embrace on-demand TV 02 August 2016
UK viewers have been the quickest in Western Europe to embrace on-demand TV, while Italians watch more TV overall than any other nationality in the region, according to new research. Overall daily viewing time of linear TV has continued to … Continue reading
Broadcast Catch-up Stimulates German OTT Market 02 August 2016
Report and Forecast shows Germany as a hotbed of OTT competition, drawing from the strength of broadcast catch-up, itself driven by the early introduction of HbbTV in Germany from 2009. This has stimulated greater uptake in TV Everywhere and in … Continue reading
Streaming Sites Dominate Movie and TV-Show Piracy 28 July 2016
According to a new report published by piracy tracking outfit MUSO, streaming sites have taken over as the prime source of video piracy. New figures released publicly this week are part of the company’s annual report, which shows that nearly … Continue reading
OTT providers and network operators share a collective interest in ensuring investments in high speed networks 28 July 2016
According to a report by Rajat Kathuria, Vatsala Shreeti and Parnil Urdhwareshe for The Financial Express, in the two years that have passed since the first consultation paper on ‘Over the Top’ (OTT) services was released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India … Continue reading
33% of millennials are “very happy” with their cable service and have no plans to Cut the Cord 27 July 2016
According to survey data from Furious Corp, 33 per cent of millennials are “very happy” with their cable service and have no plans to cancel. Meanwhile, in the first quarter of this year, “Tier 1 pay-TV providers like Charter added … Continue reading
84% of respondents in a survey in Ireland said they watch Video-on-Demand 27 July 2016
Video-on-demand (VOD) viewers in Ireland are more likely to watch movies on demand than any other genre, according to a July 2016 report from Interactive Advertising Bureau Ireland (IAB Ireland). While 65% watched movies on demand in March 2016, sports … Continue reading
Pay TV and paid VoD revenues to reach 3 bn euros in German-speaking territories 26 July 2016
According to recent VPRT study, revenue from pay-TV and paid video on demand (VOD) rose by 12% in 2015 to around 2.49 billion euros (2014: 2.22 billion euros), while in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, pay-TV and paid VOD revenue totalled … Continue reading
Poor USA homes use free to air TV, OTT video accelerating 26 July 2016
GfK’s 2016 Ownership and Trend Report shows 17% of US TV homes relying on broadcast only delivery up 2% from last year with another 6% using just OTT video from Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, or YouTube who do not have … Continue reading
Smart TVs used in half of Argentina’s connected homes 25 July 2016
According to the latest report from Carrier y Asociados, Argentina’s homes are no longer depending on a single device to access the Internet, and each households owns on average 5.8 devices through which it has access to different online services. … Continue reading
TV, Internet take further ad-share from traditional media in Spain 25 July 2016
According to Arce Media’s i2p report, the general advertising market grew by 3.8% compared to the same period in 2015, reaching investments of over €2.1 billion. Notably free-to-air (FTA) and pay-TV took just over half (53%) of the ad outlay with just TV taking … Continue reading
