Industry Updates

Thinkbox rubbishes Google’s TV to YouTube claims 15 April 2016

Google’s research claims that owing to the popularity of YouTube among 16-24 year olds in the UK, brands should invest around 24% of their TV budgets into YouTube. But Thinkbox, UK’s trade body for TV denies the claims. It states … Continue reading

Video on demand growing amongst the older generation too 12 April 2016

Video on demand is becoming a part of everyday lives for many. According to a study by Nielsen, around 43% said that they watch some form of VOD at least once in a day. Numbers are as usual high in … Continue reading

Sky invests $45M in iflix – a south east Asian VoD company 12 April 2016

Sky has invested $45 million in iflix, a Netflix type VOD company of Southeast Asia owned by Catcha Group of Malaysia and US based investment firm Evolution Media Capital. Sky also runs NOW TV, Sky Online and Sky Go on … Continue reading

Movies highest viewed on VOD in Philippines 11 April 2016

Broadcast TV is still ruling in Philippines. According to Nielsen Global video-on-demand survey that polled over 30000 online respondents from 61 countries, 59% of Filipinos online have a cable connection and 16% have subscription video-on-demand. 45% of them access VOD … Continue reading

Online video advertising faces problem of transparency 07 April 2016

Online video advertising is growing , but is facing a problem of transparency. As online video streaming content consumption increases, led by YouTube which accounts for 75% of the traffic. According to Neil Nguyen, the CEO of Sizmek, “There is … Continue reading

Sony launches its 4K video streaming service 05 April 2016

  4K HDR video streaming named Ultra has been launched by Sony. The service will currently be available exclusively for its own 4K Ultra HD TVs. Content will be available from Sony Pictures. Apart from 4K resolution, high dynamic range … Continue reading

Xiaomi brings $25 million funding to Hungama 05 April 2016

The Chinese tech company Xiaomi makes its first investment in an Indian company; $25 million in Hungama Digital Media Entertainment. Hungama sees more than 65 million users for its music, video and movie content in a month. Local content will … 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