Serious TV viewers have been celebrating last week’s arrival of legal Netflix video on demand content, which offers ’all you can eat’ streaming for just $8.99 per month. On the one hand, it makes pay TV more accessible to low income earners, who until … Continue reading
Channel 4 predicts that within two years as much as 50 per cent its advertising inventory on VoD (video-on-demand) will be traded based on demographically targeted information. Currently, around 15 per cent of its VoD ad sales are ‘big data-enhanced’. The … Continue reading
Streaming and video on demand services will overtake linear television by 2020, according to Michael Westphal, leader of the streaming media work group at German internet industry group Eco. Digital TV Research analysts predict that VoD service Netflix alone will have … Continue reading
Online OTT video is now growing faster than any other digital channel, leading a 4.4 per cent uplift in global ad spend in 2015, that will be driven by advertisers pulling more budget from TV and broadcasters selling packages that … Continue reading
Every fourth young internet user in Poland watches online films, series and TV shows, according to the MEC Video Track survey by media agency MEC. Binge-viewing is rare for the average Polish e-viewer, but 10 percent of viewers aged 15-24 … Continue reading
Subscribers to IPTV reached ten million in August 2014. The milestone was achieved in just six years since the launch of IPTV in 2009. IPTV’s rapid growth has brought various impacts to the film industry. On occasion, some films’ VoD … Continue reading
Nearly 60% of Canadian broadband households have at least one connected CE, including a smart TV, Blu-ray player, gaming console, connected PVR/DVR, or VoD platforms connected to the Internet, according to research from Parks Associates. The analyst’s report, Emerging Power … Continue reading
At a keynote speech on Sunday morning at SXSW, ‘The League’ star Mark Duplass told young filmmakers not to worry about theatrical distribution. “God bless VOD,” Duplass said. “This is a great thing for independent film. Please don’t reject VOD … Continue reading
A new category of ”hybrid” video-on-demand (VOD) services will be exempt from licensing. These hybrid services would be available both over the closed facilities of a broadcasting distribution undertaking (BDU), and also delivered and accessed over the Internet. Such VOD platforms would be able to offer exclusive … Continue reading
Traditional television viewing is declining faster than ever as video streaming services become a mainstream feature in American homes, according to new research by Nielsen. Adults watched an average of four hours and 51 minutes of live TV each week … Continue reading