Research from market intelligence firm TDG suggests that despite the fact that US incumbent pay-TV operators enjoyed a small net subscriber gain in Q1 2014 – a reversal of recent quarterly trends – the reality is that today’s pay-TV subscribers are just as inclined to cancel their service today as they have been since 2011. […]
Physical discs continue to account for the majority of video and video game revenues, but digital content has established itself as a significant and growing sector of the market, according to findings in The 2014 D2 Report: Discs & Digital – The Business of Home Entertainment Retailing, released by the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA), which […]
Internet TV streaming service Aereo has confirmed it is now live on the Google Chromecast platform. The Aereo app for Android is available for download in the Google Play store. Subscribers can access Aereo’s antenna and DVR technology to record and watch live broadcast television using Google’s Chromecast. Aereo’s support team had tweeted May 29th: […]
Verizon Communications is threatening Netflix with legal action if the video streaming giant keeps on showing messages blaming the ISP for slow streaming. Verizon sent Netflix a letter on June 5th demanding that it cease and desist what it claims to be unfair business practices that threaten its broadband business. The letter comes soon after […]
The NYT reports that a journalist streaming a show on Netflix noticed an on-screen message from the company blaming Verizon for congestion that was slowing the stream. The journalist, Yuri Victor, a designer and developer at Vox Media, posted a message on Twitter on Tuesday with a screen shot of the Netflix message, which read: […]
TV remains the favourite screen viewer for video in US homes, but that video is increasingly coming from the Internet, which is taking some toll on traditional distribution. That is one of the conclusions of a new market research analysis being released today by the Consumer Electronics Association. The study,
Online TV consumption across all devices grew at 246 per cent year-over-year (YoY) according to the findings of Adobe’s Q1 2014 Video Benchmark Report, which analyses online TV (TV Everywhere) and non-authenticated online video trends. Game consoles and Over-the-top (OTT) devices saw
Sky Go, BSkyB’s mobile TV service, has added ITV, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 and CITV to its line-up for the first time. Arriving just in time for the 2014 World Cup, Sky customers will now be able to catch of ITV’s coverage of the tournament, whenever and wherever they are. ITV’s new drama channel, ITV Encore, […]
Total entertainment and media spending on digital services is forecast to grow at a 12.2 per cent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2013 and 2018 and account for 65 per cent of global entertainment and media spending growth, excluding spending on Internet access, according to global advisory firm PwC’s Global entertainment and media outlook […]
According to Sandy Howe, SVP, Global Marketing, ARRIS, a number of key findings from the firm’s recently-published Consumer Entertainment Index suggest that Service Providers should take advantage of additional monetisation opportunities based on their pay-TV subscribers’ entertainment consumption habits, expectations and needs. She told media delegates at ARRIS’s Video Leadership Forum that 30 per cent […]