US connected TV audience grows, but ad-spend lags
Connected TV households now make up nearly three-quarters of all US households, but those penetration levels don’t necessarily add up to a huge advertising market—yet. eMarketer forecasts there will be…
Jail term for ISD seller
Warren Gleave, of Burnley in the northwest of England, has been sentenced to 16 months in prison having been found guilty of selling illicit streaming devices pre-loaded with premium content.…
Report: Criminals profit with OTT streaming credentials
Hundreds of stolen login details for popular OTT services are available every month on the dark web for an average of only $8.81 (€7.60), potentially putting consumers at risk and…
comScore, Inscape smart TV data partnership
comScore, a partner for planning, transacting, and evaluating media across platforms, has announced a partnership with Inscape, the largest single source provider of opt-in automatic content recognition (ACR) TV viewing…
Locast expands to Dallas
The non-profit Sports Fans Coalition NY (SFCNY) has launched Locast.org, a free local broadcast video streaming service currently available in New York City, to the people of Dallas, TX, and…
Research: Connected TV impressions overtake mobile in US
Video advertising technology provider Extreme Reach has released its Q2 2018 Video Advertising Benchmarks Report, offering up-to-date insights based on key performance metrics. This most recent analysis of data on…
LG opens new AI Research Lab
This week marks the launch of the new LG Electronics AI Research Lab in Canada, an extension of the newly expanded LG Silicon Valley AI Lab in Santa Clara, California.…
Tru Optik and Beachfront partner
Tru Optik, the audience intelligence and data-management platform across OTT and connected TV (CTV), and Beachfront, the independent video supply monetisation company across CTV, desktop and mobile devices, have announced…
41% of streaming device owners use daily
Parks Associates has published research showing streaming media players are the most frequently used Internet-connected entertainment device, with 41 per cent of owners using their players daily or almost daily.…
Smart TVs 70% of TV shipments in 2018
The global unit-share of smart TVs rose from 45 per cent of total TV shipments in 2015 to 64 per cent in 2017. It is expected to reach 70 per…