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Worldwide SVOD Numbers are on Rise 07 October 2016
According a new study by Ampere Analysis, cord-cutters, shavers or cord-nevers all are showing good signs of SVOD adoption across the globe. The largest numbers, obviously come from the US at 71% people subscribing to at least one subscription video streaming … Continue reading
SVOD Catches up with Free services in UK 22 September 2016
UK has always been lagging behind from US and Canada when it comes to the adoption of subscription video streaming services like Netflix or Amazon Prime Video. However, according to a recent research carried out by RBC Capital Markets, Netflix has been … Continue reading
Western Europe SVOD Spends to Reach €3 Billion by the Year End 22 September 2016
Spends in Western Europe on subscription video on demand services were €2 billion (US$2.2 billion) last year and the amount is expected to cross €3 billion by the end of this year. According to a recent study by IHS Markit, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and … Continue reading
Video Streaming: Key to Customer Loyalty 31 August 2016
A recent study from EricssonConsumerLab states that mobile broadband is the primary key to a smartphone user’s satisfaction than a voice experience. This is because the smartphone users are all the younger generation and the recent Video Streaming buzz has taken … Continue reading
Amazon Prime Video Gains as SVOD momentum builds 25 August 2016
A recent Digital consumer survey highlights the growing base of transactional digital video consumers and digital media adaptor owners, together with the shift from traditional TV to OTT and VOD platforms. The study showcases the overlap between Netflix and other leading SVOD … Continue reading
Perform Group to launch a German OTT live sports portal DAZN 11 August 2016
The UK based Media Company, Perform Group has launched a live sports OTT portal named DAZN (Da Zone). The platform fee is kept at €9.99 per month where viewers can watch UK’s Premier League, German Handball Bundesliga, US league NBA … Continue reading
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
Which are UK’s favourite TV on-demand services? 09 August 2016
According to a recent Communications Market Report by Ofcom, 6 out of 10 UK’s TV audience chooses ‘video on demand’ services for watching TV. BBC iPlayer stayed on top by acquiring 32% audience in second half of 2015, the share … Continue reading
BBC to bring 360° live and on-demand video viewing of RIO 2016 for UK audiences 08 August 2016
Just as the Olympics are about to begin, BBC sports has announced to showcase live 360° video footage of the event each day starting Friday, August 5 as a trial app for iOS, android, and Samsung Gear VR platforms. The … Continue reading
Video-on-demand survey finds 65% of viewers would block ads 05 August 2016
In a survey of global users of video-on-demand platforms by Nielsen, 62% of respondents found ads on those services annoying or distracting and a further 65% said they would like to block them. Neither Netflix nor Amazon have ads on … Continue reading
