Time to Pull the Plug? 8 Real Threats to Traditional TV 02 April 2015
For years, people have been talking about the demise of traditional television, and now, it is finally here. It is getting unbundled and attacked from so many different directions that there is no way that it can be around as is … Continue reading
China Removes Unlicensed Foreign Movies and TV Shows From Streaming Sites 02 April 2015
China has introduced a raft of new rules that will remove unlicensed foreign films and TV shows from video streaming sites, as a much-heralded deadline kicked in on April 1. Until late last year, online video sites largely were self-censoring, but … Continue reading
Cord Cutting Continues in Canada as Cable Companies Lose Thousands More Customers 02 April 2015
Canada’s large cable and satellite providers have had another year of declining subscriber numbers. The seven largest cable, satellite and IPTV providers lost a total of over 24,000 subscribers between Aug. 31, 2013 and Aug. 31, 2014, according to disclosures filed … Continue reading
Video on Demand Continues to Revolutionize TV, Movie Industries 01 April 2015
Video on demand services like Netflix and Hulu were niche businesses just a few years ago but in recent months it’s become clear that these platforms for streaming movies and television shows are a big part of the coming future of … Continue reading
Netflix and Fairfax in an uncaring new media environment 01 April 2015
Serious TV viewers have been celebrating last week’s arrival of legal Netflix video on demand content, which offers ’all you can eat’ streaming for just $8.99 per month. On the one hand, it makes pay TV more accessible to low income earners, who until … Continue reading
Channel 4 predicts 50% of VoD inventory will be traded on demographic data by 2017 01 April 2015
Channel 4 predicts that within two years as much as 50 per cent its advertising inventory on VoD (video-on-demand) will be traded based on demographically targeted information. Currently, around 15 per cent of its VoD ad sales are ‘big data-enhanced’. The … Continue reading
Online VoD to eclipse linear TV by 2020 in Germany 01 April 2015
Streaming and video on demand services will overtake linear television by 2020, according to Michael Westphal, leader of the streaming media work group at German internet industry group Eco. Digital TV Research analysts predict that VoD service Netflix alone will have … Continue reading
Online video to drive 4.4% jump in global ad spend in 2015 31 March 2015
Online OTT video is now growing faster than any other digital channel, leading a 4.4 per cent uplift in global ad spend in 2015, that will be driven by advertisers pulling more budget from TV and broadcasters selling packages that … Continue reading
OTT video streaming services claims bigger viewing share, claims Horowitz Research 31 March 2015
Over-the-top services continue to claim more of Americans’ video viewing time, a new survey from Horowitz Research found. Nearly 40% of viewers spend at least one-fifth of their viewing time watching OTT video on demand services such as Netflix, Hulu … Continue reading
Digital TV Asia Pacific Growth Story 2015 : VoD will keep surprising 31 March 2015
Pay TV revenues in the Asia Pacific region (22 countries) will grow by $10 billion between 2014 and 2020, according to Digital TV Research. The Digital TV Asia Pacific Forecasts report estimates that pay TV revenues will reach $41.52 billion … Continue reading
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