Catch-up TV Revenues at €105m in 2016 in France 28 March 2017
The Ad generated revenues from catch-up TV rose from €90 million in 2015 to €105 million in 2016. The number of videos viewed increased by 27.1 percent to €6.5 billion according to an annual replay TV survey by CNC. October 2016 set … Continue reading
North America Pay-TV subs to fall by 10 million 2012-2022 28 March 2017
According to a Digital TV Research, the US and Canadian Pay TV markets are set to headwinds as the industry is hit by subscribers dropping services and a rise in on-pay homes. The research stated that Pay TV subs in North … Continue reading
Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube in bidding war for streaming rights of Thursday night NFL 28 March 2017
After Twitter won the fight of streaming Thursday night NFL games last year, Amazon, Facebook and YouTube are all in the race of bidding for these rights this year. Last season twitter paid $10 million to secure the rights, was able to sell … Continue reading
US uses social media for TV discovery – Deloitte Survey 27 March 2017
According to Deloitte’s 11th Digital Democracy Survey, almost half (49 %) of US consumers and nearly 60 % of generation Z, millennials and Generation X subscribe to at least one paid video streaming platform. However the survey notes that despite the … Continue reading
Cord-cutting in Canada is at record levels 24 March 2017
According to a a latest research from Boon Dog, Canada’s publicly trading television service providers on a whole continued to lose a record number of TV subscribers in 2016. The research stated that the big traditional TV service providers lost … Continue reading
VOD is 20% cheaper than YouTube: Channel 4 study 23 March 2017
According to a recent research by Channel 4, effective cost per thousand views on broadcaster VOD platforms is far cheaper than the equivalent cost for YouTube or Facebook. The true cost of broadcaster VOD services is in fact just a third of … Continue reading
Europe to have 335m UHD homes by 2020 23 March 2017
According to the latest data from SES, European consumers are buying more into the Ultra HD concept. The report states that Europe now has around 17.3 million UHD screens (6.6 % of homes as of year-end 2016), up from 12.1 million a … Continue reading
AR/VR headset market to reach 100m units 22 March 2017
According to a recent data from International Data Corporation (IDC), new AR/VR device launches, expanding array of content for both consumer and enterprises, and lower price points will propel the augmented and virtual reality headset device market worldwide at a breakneck … Continue reading
20% US pay-TV subs are dissatisfied with their service 21 March 2017
According to a recent Parks Associates research, 20 % of US pay-TV subscribers say that they are dissatisfied with their pay-TV service, representing a 100 % increase since early 2013. One other report stataed that one third of pay TV subscribers are … Continue reading
VR lacks engaging content – Says a Research 21 March 2017
While the virtual reality (VR) market is poised to grow tremendously over the next several years, a recent study from the User Experience Strategies (UXS) service discovered that current VR experiences lack the type of context required for real engagement … Continue reading
