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UK viewers have been the quickest to embrace on-demand TV 02 August 2016
UK viewers have been the quickest in Western Europe to embrace on-demand TV, while Italians watch more TV overall than any other nationality in the region, according to new research. Overall daily viewing time of linear TV has continued to … Continue reading
Pirates have shifted focus towards illegal streaming-video sites for film and television content 01 August 2016
Pirates have largely shifted from peer-to-peer downloads to illegal streaming-video sites for film and television content, according to a new study. In 2015, out of a total 78.5 billion visits worldwide to film and TV piracy sites visits, 73.7% were to streaming … 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
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
OTT TV and video revenues in Western Europe will reach USD 14.64 billion in 2021 15 July 2016
OTT TV and video revenues in Western Europe are expected to more than double between 2015 and 2021, though the growth rates between the countries will vary widely, according to the latest report from Digital TV Researchy, looking at 17 … Continue reading
Third of Youth prefer Video On Demand Services 13 July 2016
The findings are from Ofcom’s Public Service Broadcasting Annual Report 2016, published today, which looks at how well the public service broadcasters – BBC, ITV, STV in Scotland, UTV in Northern Ireland, Channel 4, S4C in Wales and Channel 5 … Continue reading
40% UK Internet Users watch VoD Content on daily basis. 12 July 2016
As the subscriber base of SVoD services continues to grow (9 million subscriptions in the UK, 91 million subscriptions in the US), social video platform YouTube still enjoys the biggest share of viewers in the UK, whilst subscription service Netflix … Continue reading
52% of Internet users consume content online now using streaming services 07 July 2016
The meteoric rise of streaming services such as Spotify and Netflix may be having a chilling effect on illegal copyright infringement according to new research commissioned by the UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) which has revealed a fall in online … Continue reading
Overall On-Demand TV viewing was just over 3 hours in UK 06 July 2016
In spite of the hype around connected TVs and the industry’s move towards connected devices, services and apps, recent research by IHS shows that European viewers have some “catching up” to do when watching Catch up TV. In UK, overall … Continue reading
Advertising-based VoD driving OTT growth 04 July 2016
Advertising-based OTT video-on-demand platforms are seeing significant growth and attracting more attention than subscription OTT video, according to Joachim Stephan, senior partner and managing director, The Boston Consulting Group. Speaking at the Cable Congress in Warsaw yesterday, Stephan said that … Continue reading
