According to audience measurement and survey company Médiamétrie, acquiring video content online among the French is increasing. The company’s study, VOD360, notes that the viewer now has several on-demand options watch his or her favourite movies, series or documentaries, be it rental, subscription or purchase. While rental has been an important factor, the study suggests […]
21st Century Fox has confirmed that Bill O’Reilly, star anchor of its Fox News Channel, will not be returning to the network after the conclusion of a pre-planned holiday. In a Statement, the company said: “After a thorough and careful review of the allegations, the Company and Bill O’Reilly have agreed that Bill O’Reilly will not […]
Over half (51.2 per cent) of DTT users in Germany have already switched to the new DVB-T2 standard since its launch on March 29th, according to a survey by TNS Infratest for streaming TV provider Zattoo. Some 17 per cent switched to a different method of TV reception already used elsewhere in their home, and […]
A US federal court has ruled that the owners of the Lool IPTV service unlawfully streamed international television channels to users in the United States in violation of rights held by pay-TV operator DISH. As part of the ruling, the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas ordered a $1,050,000 (€980,000) judgement in […]
The near-5 million new Netflix subscribers reported this week (and taking its overall total to 100 million this coming weekend) is another indicator that ‘conventional’ advertising supported linear TV is under extreme pressures. Add in the drift of advertising from TV to online video, digital, social media and mobile, and there are plenty of elements in […]
This past Easter weekend saw many of the informal roadblocks in French Guiana lifted so that residents could do some essential food shopping. But the barriers stayed firmly in place on the main road from the capital Cayenne to the French space centre at Kourou, forcing a total close-down of activities at the Arianespace launch […]
Grey Juice Lab is entering the US VoD market with the opening of a new office in Los Angeles. The company, which builds, curates and manages tailored VoD services for operators across the globe, will kick off its move to the US with a presence at the NAB Show next week. The new office is […]
TV advertising still generates $175bn worldwide and fuels many FTA networks. Now the oldest form of TV revenue is needed to monetize the OTT services of broadcasters and pay-TV operators. The audience is, by its very nature, fragmented but the data generated by OTT should provide the information to target ads right down to individuals. […]
Netflix has released its latest subscriber numbers for Q1 2017, which showed growth of 1.42 million US subs and 3.53 million international. This 4.95 million total is good, but it falls short of Netflix’s own projections for the first quarter of 5.2 million. The failure to deliver hit Netflix’s share price which initially fell 3 […]
With Netflix CEO Reed Hastings advising shareholders that the streaming service expects to cross the 100 million-member mark this weekend, Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer, has suggested that the next 100 million subscribers are going to be far more likely to be watching content on mobile than the first 100 million. Speaking during Netflix’s Q1 […]