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Advertising-based VoD driving OTT growth 30 June 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

Sandvine says Amazon is the 3rd biggest streaming video platform in US 30 June 2016

Amazon Video, one of Bezos’ biggest bets, has quickly proven to be on a major growth trajectory for the company, as they now rank as the third biggest video streaming site behind YouTube and Netflix. According to research from Sandvine, Amazon … Continue reading

Percentage of homes with access to both SVOD service and a DVR rose more than 4 points 30 June 2016

Streaming video subscriptions are now just as common in U.S. homes as digital video recorders, according to new research from Nielsen. Half of U.S. TV households had a subscription-based video on demand service such as Netflix, Hulu Plus or Amazon Prime in … Continue reading

There will be around 2.4 billion unique monthly active users of OTT by 2020 30 June 2016

At WWDC 2016, Apple announced the introduction of the CallKit application programming interface (API) and the SiriKit software development kit (SDK) as well as an overhaul of iMessage. The new products will facilitate a deeper integration between third-party communications apps … Continue reading

VR and OTT to go hand-in-hand 29 June 2016

More than half (52%) of OTT service providers are researching, getting ready to launch or have already launched VR-video content, according to a global study commissioned by Level 3 Communications. Unisphere Research, in partnership with Streaming Media, interviewed 628 people from … Continue reading

Nielsen claims half of US households subscribe to VOD services 29 June 2016

According to a new report from Nielsen, that about half of all households in the US partake in subscription Video on Demand services like Netflix or Hulu. While that number was dangerously close to half back in February, it’s been solidified now. Television viewing habits … Continue reading

US consumers spent more than $6.6bn on video streaming in 2016 28 June 2016

Fresh data published by Strategy Analytics looks at some interesting trends in the growing US video on demand streaming market and how this relates to DVD and downloads consumption respectively. Altogether US consumers spent more than $6.6bn on video streaming in 2016 … Continue reading

Youtube will allow users to broadcast live footage from a smartphone 28 June 2016

Although YouTube has allowed live video streaming from a computer since 2011, users will now be able to broadcast live footage from a smartphone, a function already available from social networks Facebook (via Facebook Live) and Twitter (via Periscope). Smartphone … Continue reading

Viewers are flocking in record numbers for video content, according to YouTube 28 June 2016

While announcing its newest slate of original content for subscription service YouTube Red, the company this week touted the success of early originals including the web series Scare PewDiePie. In a blog post listing season-two renewals and six new video projects, YouTube Inc. said “Our … Continue reading

39% millennials subscribe to at least one OTT service 27 June 2016

Some 80% of millennials subscribe to at least one over-the-top (OTT) service and 39% report watching at least seven hours of video of demand platforms per week, according to new research. According to Limelight Networks’ State of Online Video report, … Continue reading