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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

German parents value advantage to watch VoD content 29 July 2016

The majority of parents of children aged between 4 and 12 oppose the use of Video on demand as a substitute for babysitters, according to a recent survey among parents whose children regularly watch VoD content from Maxdome. However, they value the … Continue reading

5 Reasons To Adopt IPTV Today Over Traditional TV 12 May 2015

As viewers gain access to newest forms of entertainment in the form of handheld devices, the traditional TV is drawing its ace in the form of Internet TV, or as the techies call it, IPTV. With IPTV you usually mean … Continue reading

Former BBC iPlayer boss: local TV is ‘years behind in its thinking’ 23 April 2015

The former BBC executive and video on demand technology expert who oversaw the launch of the iPlayer has criticized Ofcom’s implementation of local TV as being “years behind in its thinking” and argued that the concept of such a service … Continue reading

Online video streaming and the future of traditional television 21 April 2015

The way we watch television has changed dramatically in just the past decade or so. The days of sitting through commercials, waiting a week or two between episodes of your favorite shows and upgrading to a more expensive cable package … Continue reading

Time Shifted TV Viewing Is The Default 17 April 2015

According to new research from Hub Entertainment Research “Time Shifting” viewers, who have broadband and watch at least 5 hours of TV per week, time-shift more TV than they watch live. The average viewer says that 47% of the TV shows … Continue reading

NAB 2015: Content discoverability to be the top challenge for the TV biz, “and there’s no number two” 17 April 2015

With the digital, global, avalanche of content ever growing and never slowing, discoverability will be the number one challenge in the video on demand industry’s future, according to panellists on a forward-looking TV panel at the National Association of Broadcasters … Continue reading

OTT TV Apps Target Millennial Males 16 April 2015

According to the NPD study, 62 percent of men 18-34 years- old are aware of the currently available or announced over-the-top TV network apps. Men aged 18-34 are most likely to buy apps that allow them to view OTT video … Continue reading

Canadians eschew cable, satellite for Internet 15 April 2015

A new report says more Canadians are choosing to cancel their cable TV and satellite packages and there’s no sign of the migration slowing down. The Convergence Consulting Group says about 95,000 fewer households had a cable TV or satellite subscription … Continue reading

The World’s Love Affair with the TV May Be Coming to an End, believes an Accenture report 15 April 2015

The television’s popularity as the go-to entertainment device may be ending, according to “Digital Video and the Connected Consumer”, a new research report from Accenture. The television was the only product category to see uniform, double-digit usage declines across different types … Continue reading