Argentina’s government is starting its own Netflix knockoff 09 July 2015
Argentina’s president loves Netflix so much she decided to create her own version. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is putting into motion plans to create a new Netflix-style online video on demand streaming platform that will feature only a … Continue reading
OTT video service credential sharing will cost the industry $500 million in 2015 09 July 2015
Parks Associates announced new digital media research today that finds OTT video service credential sharing will cost the industry $500 million in direct revenues worldwide in 2015. The report The Cost of Piracy shows 6% of U.S. broadband households … Continue reading
Perfect Storm of OTT and UHD Raises The Bar For Pay TV Security 09 July 2015
The arrival of UHD video services will intensify the arms race with content pirates, with many pirates working diligently to capture premium video and redistribute over the Internet. It coincides with the proliferation of high quality OTT video services, … Continue reading
Streaming constitutes 28% of all US viewing 09 July 2015
More than a quarter (28%) of all TV viewing in the US is now done via digital streaming, according to a new GfK MRI report. Accessing subscription or free online VoD platforms via a computer or mobile device accounts … Continue reading
DVR – the key for next generation OTT TV is in the clouds 08 July 2015
With the growth of OTT TV platforms, multiple screen viewing and cord cutting catching on in the U.S., it is unsurprising that what matters in the world of video, TV and advertisers is converging. For instance, in a recent … Continue reading
How To Stop A Binge: Study Shows Viewing Pitfalls 08 July 2015
Binge viewing, it would seem, is a precarious pleasure – with 42% of viewers ready to abandon a series after just one negative experience, and more than half of this number neutral-to-unlikely to return. The figures come courtesy of a … Continue reading
UK television advertising booms despite digital rise 08 July 2015
If television is dying, British advertisers have yet to hear the message. Spending on TV advertising in the UK will surge 9 per cent this year to £4.2bn, according to forecasts by GroupM, WPP’s media investment division. The figures … Continue reading
Internet Users in Middle East and Africa Choose Mobile for Access 08 July 2015
There’s no doubt that the internet population in the Middle East and North Africa is a mobile-first one. According to 2015 data from Northwestern University in Qatar, Harris Interactive and the Pan Arab Research Center (PARC), 93% of internet … Continue reading
Popcorn Time: ‘We’re being made an easy scapegoat for explosion in movie streaming piracy’ 08 July 2015
Popcorn Time, a service commonly known as the “Netflix for Pirates” that allows users to stream pirated content without physically downloading the video file, is now being blamed for the sharp increase in movie piracy by many countries. According … Continue reading
Australians flock to on-demand streaming 08 July 2015
Around 2 million Australians were using paid movie and TV streaming services like Netflix and Stan at the end of June, according to research. This is up from 315,000 subscriptions at the end of December 2014, with new services, free … Continue reading
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