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10 Million Brits to ditch TV for online streaming 11 August 2016
According to a recent survey conducted by Broadband Genie, as many as 39% respondents would prefer cancelling their TV subscriptions to watch video content on one or the other streaming platform. This amounts to losing about 10 million out of … Continue reading
Broadcast Catch-up Stimulates German OTT Market 02 August 2016
Report and Forecast shows Germany as a hotbed of OTT competition, drawing from the strength of broadcast catch-up, itself driven by the early introduction of HbbTV in Germany from 2009. This has stimulated greater uptake in TV Everywhere and in … Continue reading
Advertising-based OTT video-on-demand is driving OTT growth 28 July 2016
Advertising-based OTT video-on-demand is seeing significant growth and attracting more attention than subscription OTT video, according to Joachim Stephan, senior partner and managing director, The Boston Consulting Group. Increase in video consumption by consumers is going to non-linear online and … 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
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
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
VOD Viewership in Ireland Continues to Increase 21 July 2016
Viewership of video on demand (VOD) on connected devices continues to surge in Ireland with 3 in 4 Irish adults, aged 16+, saying they have viewed VOD over the last six months, according to new research from IAB Ireland and … Continue reading
OTT wakes up in Eastern Europe 21 July 2016
OTT TV and video revenues in 18 East European countries are set to reach $1,976 million in 2021. This, according to a new report from Digital TV Research, will be up from only $26 million in 2010 and $454 million … Continue reading
OTT in Europe sees changed video consumption habits and new investment opportunities 18 July 2016
Research firm Pyramid Research has released its latest report, entitled “OTT Video in Europe: focus on domestic content and local languages to boost take up of services“, which naturally is on sale to relevant parties at relevant prices. Pyramid Research states … Continue reading
73% of households in Central and Eastern Europe to opt for Pay-TV by 2020 18 July 2016
The availability of high-speed next-generation fixed and mobile networks is changing video consumption habits in Europe significantly, driving multiscreen video and video-on-demand (VOD), according to a study from Pyramid Research. High proliferation of connected devices, greater volume of online video … Continue reading
