OzTAM has announced that the number of homes in its television audience measurement (TAM) panels will rise by 50 per cent. The increase will enhance OzTAM’s television audience measurement, and follows OzTAM’s extension of Nielsen’s contract to supply TAM services in Australia’s five mainland capital cities and nationally for subscription television (STV). OzTAM and Nielsen’s […]
RealD, perhaps best known for its 3D polarisation technology, has unveiled a new highly-reflective cinema screen that is a claimed 85 per cent more light efficient than today’s normal ‘silver’ screens. The company says that its technology delivers much crisper detail, and a potential 1000-to-one Contrast Ratio. RealD explains that the traditional ‘silver’ screen is […]
Deezer, the on-demand digital music streaming services, has expanded its international offering by launching to all consumers in the US. Available via the iOS App Store, Google Play, the Windows Store and Deezer.com, music fans can now directly access content and features, including Deezer’s signature FLOW – a personal soundtrack that intuitively knows everything listeners […]
TV channel Planète+ is proud to announce that it continues its association with Quebec cable operators with an agreement signed with Bell Télé Fibe. As of July 14th, the operator’s subscribers will join thousands of other Canadian subscribers who receive the channel through Vidéotron, Telus and Cogeco since its arrival in Canada in 2002. It […]
Netflix seriously disappointed the market with its Q2 numbers released after the market had closed on July 18th. In after-hours trading its stock price crashed down 15 per cent. Investors had been expecting net new subscriber numbers of 2.5 million, but Netflix CEO Reed Hastings reported that the OTT company had managed to add only […]
This year will see mobile devices will overtake ‘fixed devices’ to become the main platform for viewing online video, according to Zenith’s Online Video Forecasts 2016. Consumers around the world will spend an average of 19.7 minutes a day viewing online videos on their mobile devices (smartphones and tablets), compared to 16.0 minutes on fixed […]
The new BBC+ app is available to download, designed to put users in control of the information they receive. After signing-in, users can get up to the minute information about what’s happening in the world, discover new things from across the BBC and explore content on topics such as Books and Authors, Mind and Body […]
Global OTT TV and video revenues [for 100 countries – up from 64 in the previous edition] will reach $64.78 billion (€58.7bn) in 2021; a massive increase from $4.47 billion in 2010 and $29.41 billion in 2015. From the $35.37 billion extra revenues between 2015 and 2021, Asia Pacific will contribute $12.65 billion, Western Europe […]
Italian free-to-air platform Tivù, which brings together the country’s main broadcasters, has launched its new video on demand service TivùOn. TivùOn can be accessed by just tuning in to the channels of partner broadcasters (RAI, Mediaset, La7) and pressing the green button on the remote. The service offers the possibility of accessing TV programmes broadcast […]
Analysis about the way people are using data and technology has revealed a distinct digital divide. Experian’s new consumer classification of today’s digital landscape, Mosaic Digital, has exposed a nation separated into three – with high, moderate and low users of data-driven, digital devices. By combining consumer surveys, together with measurement of web traffic and […]