Pay VOD Up Slightly For Traditional TV Providers 19 June 2015

  Almost 70% of TV consumers do not make pay video on demand purchases (PVOD) on a monthly basis, movies and other content — though there has been some improvement in this area in recent years. TV search company Digitalsmiths, … Continue reading

Two Of France’s Greatest Entrepreneurs Team Up To Create Spotify For TV 19 June 2015

  Pierre Lescure is one of the founders of Canal+, France’s biggest pay-TV channel and movie & TV innovators (think HBO). Jean-David Blanc co-founded AlloCiné, France’s 1 movie review and showtimes website and a huge traffic getter, and is also … Continue reading

TV stations eye Internet video services / Networks hope to recapture drifting viewers, fading revenue 19 June 2015

  Commercial TV stations are recently focusing on online video on demand distribution services, hoping to secure a new revenue source by enhancing distribution services while maintaining peak advertising revenue, as well as to restore the power of TV by … Continue reading

Next TV Summit: Ad Advances Key to New Distribution Deals 19 June 2015

  While new internet TV platforms and the push to expand content on many devices has opened up distribution opportunities, it has also highlighted the importance of developing better ways of monetizing that content via advertising, argued executives at the … Continue reading

One CEO trying to blow up TV isn’t afraid of Apple, he’s worried about internet companies 19 June 2015

  The CEO of Sling TV, the $20 per month internet TV service aimed at “cord cutters” — those who’ve ditched their cable and satellite subscriptions to watch TV online instead — seems more concerned with broadband monopolies than he … Continue reading

TV’s popularity 16% lower among younger viewers 18 June 2015

  A new ‘Truth about Youth’ study, commissioned by UK marketing body Thinkbox, shows that TV’s popularity as a form of video consumption drops a vertiginous 16% among 16 to 24 year olds. However, young people have always watched less TV … Continue reading

81% interested in à la carte pay-TV 18 June 2015

  Digitalsmiths, a TiVo company, has released its Q1 2015 Video Trends Report covering key topics across pay-TV, VoD, PPV, OTT, TV Everywhere, connected devices, and content discovery. Based on an analysis of survey results from over 3,140 consumers, Digitalsmiths’ … Continue reading

Business models, legal issues hold back IP video technology 18 June 2015

  The media and entertainment industry is getting in its own way in the campaign to package content for a younger, OTT-friendly audience. Most companies are struggling due to their adherence to traditional TV business models, which impede the effect … Continue reading

Millennials to Account for 65% of Latin American OTT Video Consumption by 2025 18 June 2015

  According to new research from TDG, Latin America is poised to become a significant market for OTT video, with use especially prominent among younger adults. By 2025, TDG forecasts that consumers between the ages of 18 and 34 will … Continue reading

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