54% of Singaporeans watch OTT video services 28 July 2016
More than half (54%) of consumers in Singapore have watched over-the-top (OTT) video services, especially YouTube and social networks, according to a new study which also found children and millennials to be the most avid viewers. The Media Development Authority … 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
VOD service Pantaflix to launch in Europe and USA 27 July 2016
German actor Matthias Schweighöfer follows the footsteps of Netflix, Amazon and Maxdome and sets up a video-on-demand (VOD) service. Pantaflix will launch on July 28, 2016 in Europe and the USA with further territories to follow. The target is global availability. … Continue reading
Amazon to launch Amazon Prime in India this year 26 July 2016
Amazon will launch Amazon Prime in India this year, reports now suggest that the company is investing is investing $300 million in creating original video content for Prime Video. This investment would be part of the $3 billion fresh funding for … 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
European markets offer a favourable environment for OTT adoption 26 July 2016
With TV penetration to reach 73% of households in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and 69% in Western Europe (WE) by 2020, European markets have seen a high proliferation of connected devices, greater volume of online video catalogues and increasing … 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