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Jeremy Jordan, Anna Kendrick starrer The Last Five Years releases on theaters & VOD 18 February 2015

RADiUS premiered THE LAST 5 YEARS, Richard LaGravenese’s (BEHIND THE CANDELABRA) big screen adaptation of the 2002 Off-Broadway musical by Tony Award winning composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown, in theaters and on VOD on February 13, 2015. Anna Kendrick and Jeremy … Continue reading

Streaming Video is the future of OTT entertainment 18 February 2015

This streaming of entertainment rather than buying and owning is largely driven by a connected world with faster access to the internet, coupled with large-scale infrastructure development to  Online video streaming service is blissfully advertising free. Not before the show. Not during … Continue reading

Multi-screen video delivery is what will kill the TV 18 February 2015

Call it cord cutting. Or call it the rise of online video streaming platforms. Whatever you call it, traditional #tv viewing has slipped dramatically among viewers between the ages of 18 and 34. Fresh ratings numbers from The #nielsen Co. (as … Continue reading

Pyramid Research predicts five-fold growth in SVoD accounts by 2019 17 February 2015

A research report by Pyramid Research finds that cumulative paid OTT revenue from SVoD and TVoD services is projected to be as much as $18.8 billion for the 2015-2019 period, over 80 per cent of which will come from the … Continue reading

Go cable-free, choose VOD : Max Byres, BrandPost 17 February 2015

The FCC’s most recent #report on the cost of cable found that the price of expanded basic cable service increased by 5.1 percent in 2012, and additional reports show that those prices have continued to rise, unabated, ever since. Millions of … Continue reading

VOD sales rocket past DVD and Blu-Ray in Belgium 17 February 2015

For the first time, #vod and EST business exceeded that sale and rental of physical media (DVD and Blu-ray) in Belgium during 2014. According to figures published by the Belgian Entertainment Association (BEA), based on research by GfK, electronic sales and … Continue reading

Ridley Scott’s Halo : Nightfall moves from XBOX to VOD 17 February 2015

“Halo: Nightfall,”  is an original feature-length film executive produced by Ridley Scott, will soon be available for purchase via Blu-ray, DVD, and most importantly, video streaming platforms. Developed by Microsoft’s 343 Industries, “Nightfall” is set between the events of “Halo 4″ … Continue reading

After years of pirate indulgence, BitTorrent turns to VOD 16 February 2015

Last Wednesday, BitTorrent announced that it would be the exclusive initial distributor of multiple new video titles from Rapid Eye Studios over the next several years. Slated to debut late this year, “Children of the Machine” will be the opening salvo … Continue reading

Amidst slow growth, Nielsen guns for VOD 16 February 2015

Going forward, #nielsen looks to focus on more white label video-on-demand services, both subscription-based (such as Netflix) and ad-supported models. “Capturing these fast-growing slices of over-the-top viewing is a key next step in our effort to provide clients with a … Continue reading

IPTV charts double-digit growth map in 2015 16 February 2015

#iptv is expected to grow a market leading 14% in 2014, followed by satellite TV platform at 7%. The growth rates of cable and terrestrial TV platforms are expected to slow to around 3%. Global cable TV market growth is driven … Continue reading