SVOD Subscribers to reach 50 million in Europe by 2020 01 July 2016
New research from the EBU’s Media Intelligence Service shows that subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) subscribers in Europe grew 56% in just one year between 2014 and 2015, and are expected to reach 50 million homes by 2020. The “Market Insights: SVoD … Continue reading
USA consumers drawn to the customer service provided by OTT companies 01 July 2016
Americans want cable TV providers to improve customer service and meet the high standards set by progressive Internet TV players, according to research commissioned by pay-TV subscription, billing and CRM specialist Paywizard. Americans are drawn to the next level of … Continue reading
Advertising-based VoD driving OTT growth 30 June 2016
Advertising-based OTT video-on-demand platforms are seeing significant growth and attracting more attention than subscription OTT video, according to Joachim Stephan, senior partner and managing director, The Boston Consulting Group. Speaking at the Cable Congress in Warsaw yesterday, Stephan said that … Continue reading
Sandvine says Amazon is the 3rd biggest streaming video platform in US 30 June 2016
Amazon Video, one of Bezos’ biggest bets, has quickly proven to be on a major growth trajectory for the company, as they now rank as the third biggest video streaming site behind YouTube and Netflix. According to research from Sandvine, Amazon … Continue reading
Percentage of homes with access to both SVOD service and a DVR rose more than 4 points 30 June 2016
Streaming video subscriptions are now just as common in U.S. homes as digital video recorders, according to new research from Nielsen. Half of U.S. TV households had a subscription-based video on demand service such as Netflix, Hulu Plus or Amazon Prime in … Continue reading
