Crimson Hexagon has released consumer insights into the battle between streaming services Roku and Apple TV. Crimson Hexagon is a leader in deriving intelligence from social data. The company used its library of 1 trillion social media posts to gain an understanding into what streaming features consumers love, and what factors they consider when making […]
YouTube is pulling ads on channels with under 10,000 views, sot it can “determine the validity” of a channel before it is monetised. YouTube said that by upping the threshold required to join its YouTube Partner Programme, it is helping to “protect creators”. It also claimed that the 10,000 views would give YouTube enough information […]
Samsung Electronics and video-on-demand platform RakutenWuaki, have confirmed the expanded availability of Samsung’s TV Plus service at MIPTV in Cannes, making it the first VoD service to sell newly-released premium 4K HDR movies across Europe. Launched in Germany in January, TV Plus will be available in five European countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United […]
Verizon Communications will introduce a new division called Oath this summer, around the time the telecommunications giant expects to close its deal to combine its AOL unit with Yahoo! internet assets. The new unit will oversee more than 20 brands reaching more than a billion consumers, AOL Chief Executive Officer Tim Armstrong said. He didn’t […]
Suggesting it is bringing millennials back to TV, French OTT TV platform Molotov has reached 1 million registered users, a milestone achieved in just six months since its full-scale launch in November 2016, which took place after an exclusive introduction on Apple devices last summer. Molotov says it offers a radical new way to watch […]
Cloud-based OTT video distribution service Zype, and OTT transition enabler Opera TV are teaming up to launch a fully-integrated, end-to-end distribution and monetisation solution for video content owners to manage and maximise advertising revenue through the Opera TV Store. World Poker Tour and Shout! Factory are among the more than 20 customers included in the launch. […]
The Q4 (October-December) 2016 Australian Multi-Screen Report – from Regional TAM, OzTAM and Nielsen – continues to document how growing content, platform and screen choices have caused a gradual shift in the way consumers apportion their viewing across devices. Australians are voracious consumers of broadcast TV and other video, and as of Q4 2016 had a dizzying array of options by which to […]
The increasing popularity of original content and a growing trend of paying for multiple video services are among the key findings in the quarterly Voice of the Connected User Landscape (VoCUL) survey from 451 Research which reveals the latest trends in North American consumer use of streaming services. According to 451 Research’s survey, 19 per […]
Netflix has revealed details of the TV sets selected under its Netflix Recommended TV programme for 2017. Writing in the company blog, Brady Gunderson, Director of Product Management and David Holland, Director of Business Development say the service is continuously innovating to make sure using Internet TV is as easy and great as possible. “Improving […]
Multiplatform on-demand video service OVGuide is partnering with inventory management platform SpotX to monetise its catalogue of long-form video content on connected TVs. OVGuide’s movies and TV content, which can be found on Roku, Apple TV and smart TVs, is being made available via SpotX’s programmatic enablement and ad serving technology, giving buyers exclusive private […]