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Video Streamers are pushing Cable TV out of the game 12 March 2015

Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau claims that as much as 40% of TV-rating declines in the third and fourth quarters were attributable to video streaming services. The news comes as TV viewing has declined by an estimated 10% from a year previously in … Continue reading

Viewing on smartphones & online has grown in double digits, says a Nielsen report 12 March 2015

  According to Nielsen’s just released Q4 2014 Total Audience Report, traditional TV viewing stayed pretty steady with the year before. Compared to Q4 2013, that manner of viewing dipped just 4.1% to 149:14 hours a month on average. With … Continue reading

Asia-Pacific Pay-TV revenues to go up by USD 10 Billion 10 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

Online Video Industry in China is now worth 3.5 Billion Euros 09 March 2015

Revenue generated by the Chinese online video streaming services market reached 23.97 billion yuan (€3.46 billion) in 2014, increasing 76.4 per cent from a year earlier and helped by the sale of self-produced content rights, according to consulting firm iResearch. … Continue reading

Infograph : Multi-Platform Viewing in the US has gone up, claims Comscore 05 March 2015

As fewer people are tuning into linear TV, more of then are getting their viewing fix online, whether it’s watching the same TV content online via services like Hulu or web-native content on video streaming platforms like YouTube. According to … Continue reading

If anything’s stopping OTT from ‘KO’-ing Pay-TV, it’s experience 27 February 2015

Indeed, according to the study by customer experience solutions provider Amdocs, superior customer and network experience, including carrier-grade Wi-Fi, as well as innovative and multi-play services will be the key elements to winning and maintaining customer loyalty and preventing the … Continue reading

PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts new 100 million screens for VoD in Spain, asks Telcos to buck up 26 February 2015

Connected mobile screens, over-the-top (##ott) and video-on-demand (##vod) platforms are to change the telecoms market forever, and Spain – where #telcos have already seen income reduced by 40% since 2010 – is predicted to have 100 million connected devices by … Continue reading

2015 will mark the beginning of the end of cable TV, says MoffetNathanson 26 February 2015

A new report from MoffettNathanson today might say it’s about cord-cutting, but it seems it’s really about the revived strength of the housing market. “Consumer Segmentation: #ott Video Buyers”  that concludes 17% of current broadband subscribers in the U.S. will … Continue reading

Content monetization platforms, OTT subscriptions to make mercurial risings in 2015, says FreeWheel 25 February 2015

The FreeWheel Report says monetization via #ott devices zoomed 236% in the fourth quarter, while smartphones went up 70%. For the year, those increases were 257% and 109% respectively. For the year, FreeWheel says, video views were up 27% and … Continue reading

Infrograph : Digital Content Consumption by Kids 24 February 2015

It may not be surprising that kids in every age group are watching TV regularly, but that’s far from the only way the lunchbox set are consuming media. With digital devices now a facet of everyday life, even the youngest … Continue reading