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India: 79% of smartphone users watch OTT apps

techARC-Unomer has released some key insights about OTT entertainment app (live and VoD) penetration in India.  The insights are from Unomer AppMap, an in-depth analysis of smartphone and consumer data collected from over 5 million Smartphone users across the country. 4 out of 5 Smartphone users are having at least one OTT entertainment platform which […]

July 22, 2019

WWE creating new show for Quibi

Quibi, the short form video platform, has announced that WWE will be creating original content for its soon-to-launch service. Stephanie McMahon, the Chief Brand Officer at WWE, will host a new show entitled Fight Like a Girl. Each episode will pair a WWE Superstar with a young woman struggling with a personal issue that has […]

July 11, 2019By Nik Roseveare

JW Player partners with Ovation TV

JW Player, an independent video platform, and Ovation TV, an independent television and digital media company dedicated to supporting all forms of arts and culture, have announced a partnership to help expand its video distribution presence across all screens. The partnership will expand the reach and capabilities of OvationNOW, Ovation TV’s mobile, desktop, and connected-TV […]

July 10, 2019

Verimatrix launches ProtectMyApp

Verimatrix, a global provider of security and analytics solutions that protect devices, services and applications, today announced the launch of ProtectMyApp, a new service designed to bring cost-effective mobile application security to developers. With rampant reverse engineering and tampering activities that can lead to potentially devastating vulnerabilities, financial losses and data theft, today’s mobile application […]

July 9, 2019

Research: US broadband cord-cutters moving to mobile video

Research from Parks Associates shows US broadband households highly likely to cut the cord in the next 12 months watch more than six hours of video content on their mobile phone a week, compared to 2.5 hours among all US broadband households. Examining Broadband Cord Cutters notes that fixed broadband providers that do not offer […]

July 4, 2019

Report: Glastonbury 2019 breaks data records

EE, the official technology partner of Glastonbury Festival, has revealed that over the course of the iconic event an epic 103.6 terabytes of mobile data was used, almost double the total from 2017 and almost 1,000 times as much as in 2010. This was the first festival in the UK to have 5G mobile coverage, […]

July 3, 2019

Nickelodeon Play VoD for Poland, Bulgaria

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) is partnering with mobile operators Play in Poland and Telenor in Bulgaria to deliver a premium experience Nickelodeon Play mobile VoD app. Mobile customers in Poland and Bulgaria can access an extensive Nickelodeon content on-demand experience, including a wide selection of full-length episodes of popular animated series, games and original […]

June 19, 2019

BBC record high reach

More people around the world are tuning into the BBC than ever before, reaching a new high of 426 million a week – an increase of 50 million (13 per cent) over the year, according to new figures released by the Corporation. The Global Audience Measure (GAM) shows BBC News has an audience of 394 […]

June 18, 2019

Report: Fraudulent Connected TV & mobile apps up 120%

DoubleVerify (DV), an independent provider of marketing measurement software and analytics, has released its 2019 Global Insights Report, providing a market-by-market benchmark on the current and future state of media quality on the Internet. The new 2019 data indicate that mobile app brand safety violations have grown 194 per cent in the last year – […]

June 14, 2019

Research: US adults spend more time with mobile than TV

US consumers are now spending more time using their mobile devices than watching TV, with smartphone use dominating that time spent, according to eMarketer. Consumers’ use of smartphones will continue to make up the majority of their media consumption, but eMarketer predicts that use will plateau by 2020, as consumers become increasingly uneasy about overuse […]

June 6, 2019