Major UK TV companies face the growing threat of the millennial generation’s preference for new media channels, according to research by L.E.K. Consulting, the global strategy consultancy. One of the most important challenges comes from millennials’ planned reduction in spend on pay-TV and switch to OTT services such as Amazon Prime and Netflix. Forty-five per […]
Amazon Prime Video has made all nine seasons of the classic sci-fi drama The X-Files, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny, available on its service in the UK. All episodes are ready for unlimited streaming on Prime Video effective immediately, giving viewers just under 2 weeks to binge it all before the show returns with […]
According to research from Parks Associates, 33 per cent of UK broadband households subscribed to an OTT video service as of Q3 2015. The study – Connected Consumer in Europe – also shows that only 15 per cent of UK households with pay-TV subscribe to premium movie channels. “Overall OTT video usage
Conviva, a specialist in OTT video experience optimisation, has released its final Viewer Experience Report Update for 2015. The report reviews a year in which OTT services became core lines of business for leading media publishers and service providers, and new
Keepixo, a provider of software-based head-end solutions for IPTV and OTT, announces that m:tel has selected its high density transcoders and mosaic generators for its new OTT multiscreen service. Keepixo OTT transcoders are used to deliver more than 60 channels using Apple HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) protocol to a variety of devices with different screen […]
Tony Gunnarsson, Senior Analyst, TV and OTT Video at technology research and advisory firm Ovum, has suggested that Netflix’s recently-announced 130 nation expansion will see the addition of some 10 million subscribers in those markets in 2016, with a similar amount in existing territories. The firm also predicts
The standout CES 2016 trend towards multiscreen TV experiences is supported by new research commissioned by pay-TV subscriber management specialist Paywizard, which finds that mobile devices are the most popular choices for watching paid OTT TV content, with 66 per cent of consumers globally preferring to access Internet TV via a mobile, tablet or laptop. […]
GWI’s Trends for 2016 predicts that live streaming will become more popular in the year ahead. Currently, it’s only tiny minorities of consumers who are using live-streaming apps; according to GWI’s data, about 1.5 per cent globally are engaging with Meerkat and just under 2 per cent are using Periscope. Numbers remain low in all […]
Connected TVs were the most popular devices to watch BBC iPlayer on over the festive period – with unique browsers on connected TVs up 32 per cent on the same period in 2014. Connected TVs accounted for 38 per cent of unique browsers, followed by 24 per cent on tablets, 22 per cent on computers […]
For the first time, Sky Sports became the number one digital destination for sport in the UK as part of a record breaking 2015 across all platforms. As sports fans’ consumption habits continue to evolve, new records were set for users of Sky Sports’ digital and on-demand services while viewers enjoyed more sport than ever […]