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

US pay-TV sheds 795K subs in 2016 21 March 2017

According to a recent study by the Leichtman Research Group (LRG), the largest pay-TV providers in the US, which represent about 95 % of the market have lost about 795,000 net video subscribers in the year 2016, as compared to a pro … Continue reading

64% of Adults Use an SVOD Service 20 March 2017

According to TiVo’s Q4 2017 pay TV and online video trend report, subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) viewing is increasing at a fast rate having 63.8 % adults using at least one service. This is an increase of 8.4 % from the previous … Continue reading

China to dominate 4K and 8K TV shipments by 2020 20 March 2017

Even though Japanese makers are aggressively switching to 4K TV ranges, China will continue to dominate the market by 42% of all TVs in 2017 with 4K shipments, says a recent IHS Markit research. The analysts calculate that in 2016, more than 25 … Continue reading

More Than Half of Americans subscribe to Netflix 20 March 2017

According to a recent Leichtman Research Group (LRG) research, Netflix has reached its penetration milestone in the home country. According to the research, some 82% of households in the United States either have Netflix, a DVR, or video-on-demand (VOD) service from a … Continue reading

Digital Video will keep growing, outperforming Display Ads 17 March 2017

According to a recent eMarketer report, the total numbers of U.S. digital video viewers are set to increase from 221.8 million in 2017 to 239.2 million by 2021, while the internet penetration rate will increase from 81.2% to 83.5%, during … Continue reading

Video streaming app Fox+ to launch across Asia 17 March 2017

Fox has launched its video streaming platform Fox+ in the Philippines in this year, ahead of all other countries in Asia, and is now looking forward to launch in all other seven countries too. The new video streaming service will … Continue reading

US ‘cord nils’ tripled to 22% in last five years 17 March 2017

According to a recent Diffusion Group (TDG) study, the number of US broadband households that do not subscribe to traditional pay TV service has almost tripled in the past five years since 2011. The figures of ‘cord nils’ in the US … Continue reading

Sky launches a new video streaming service – OnPrime TV 16 March 2017

Sky in collaboration with Cisco launches a new video streaming app for users in UK, Italy and Germany to access popular foreign language films, TV shows and news channels all at one place called OnPrime TV. The new OTT service includes various … Continue reading