The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has released statistical and financial information on Canadian specialty TV services (pay-TV, VoD, PPV) for the broadcast year ending August 31st 2015. In 2015, the pace of growth for these services slowed as their total revenues increased by 0.5 per cent, or $19 million, to $4.3 billion. Revenue growth […]
Global youth brand Vice has unveiled an expansive slate of international deals designed to cement further its status as the world’s leading youth media brand, while making its multi-screen programming available to audiences across 51 territories. Vice Founder and CEO Shane Smith announced a series of digital, mobile and linear deals with a roster of […]
Amdocs, a provider of customer experience solutions, has announced the results of a global study into the digital DNA, behaviour and expectations of today’s teenagers (aged 15-18 years old). The study reveals a fragile relationship between communications service providers (CSPs) and teens, and the role digital technology will play in the lives of a generation […]
As the subscriber base of SVoD services continues to grow (9 million subscriptions in the UK, 91 million subscriptions in the US), social video platform YouTube still enjoys the biggest share of viewers in the UK, whilst subscription service Netflix takes the top slot in the US. Across the 10 countries in the research, 46 […]
Globally, media owner advertising revenues will grow by +5.4 per cent in 2016, to $480 billion, and by 3.1 per cent in 2017, acording to MAGNA Intelligence. That compares with +4.8 per cent and +3.2 per cent in the December 2015 forecast. This year’s events (US elections, UEFA Euro 2016 , Summer Olympics in Brazil, […]
Data from comScore and Barb for the first quarter of 2016 shows that YouTube reached more 18 to 34 year olds via mobile devices than any commercial TV channel in the UK. The Google-owned video portal has also conducted a YouGov
Europe spent the past few months watching the UEFA Champion’s League which ended up with two Spanish teams in the finals. With a third of the digital population in Europe accessing sports content, the continent demonstrated its deep interest on Europe Champions league showing a much more engaged behaviour with sports during the UEFA’s months. […]
Ooyala, a Telstra subsidiary and specialist in video publishing, analytics and monetisation, has published its Q1 2016 Global Video Index drawing insights from more than 3.5 billion video analytic events per day from 220 million viewers across the world. The report this quarter compares engagement trends between subscription video services (SVoD) and advertising video services […]
New analysis by Adobe Digital Index (ADI) puts to rest the notion that TV Everywhere viewers are an on-the-go audience. ADI has found that the majority of TVE viewing occurs in one location, indicating minimal ‘on-the-go’ behaviour. “What this means is that TVE viewers are
IBM and The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) have unveiled new technologies for The Championships 2016, marking the next phase in the AELTC’s digital transformation. New for 2016 is an Apple TV app for Wimbledon developed by IBM Interactive Experience that will enable fans to engage with Wimbledon in the comfort of their own […]