Futuresource Consulting has published its latest worldwide digital media adaptor (DMA) report to provide an insight into the media streaming device market. 2015 saw shipments of 42 million DMAs, growing over 15 per cent year-on-year and representing a trade value of $1.9 billion (€1.7bn). 2020 is expected to see shipments of these dedicated video streaming […]
Some 43.7 million people now receive TV by satellite, cable or IPTV in France, representing 75 per cent of the country’s population. According to figures released by Mediamétrie in its bi-yearly pay-TV audience study, DTH reception has declined over the last four years to 15.2 million people, while cable is on the rise with 5.6 […]
Comcast has confirmed plans to stream Netflix programming directly on the Comcast X1 platform. Comcast will become the fourth cable provider in the US that Netflix has struck a similar deal with, but Comcast is the considerably the largest. In a joint statement, the companies said “Comcast and Netflix have reached an agreement to incorporate […]
Ketchup TV has become the latest streamed channel to join the Freeview line-up, marking the first time a kids on-demand service has been available on the platform. Operated by VOD365. the company that’s behind Planet Knowledge, Ketchup TV offers a library of popular children’s programmes – including Thomas The Tank Engine, Pingu and Teletubbies – available […]
Worldwide revenue from mobile video will reach $25 billion (€22.5bn) by 2021, according to research by Strategy Analytics. Growth in mobile video revenue will be driven by advertisers seeking to reach an increasing audience of users that are consuming video on their smartphones and tablets. The report also predicts users of mobile video to more […]
Netflix and The CW Network, a joint venture between CBS and Warner Bros, have announced a new multi-year content licensing relationship that allows Netflix to remain the exclusive US subscription television service for previous seasons of scripted series broadcast on The CW. The new relationship spans all current CW series, as well as all future […]
Rovi Corporation has announced that Verizon Communications has signed a multi-year patent licence renewal that runs into the next decade. “Our patent licence renewal with Verizon further confirms the significant value of Rovi’s intellectual property portfolio, particularly in the US pay-TV market,” said Samir Armaly, executive vice president, intellectual property and licensing, Rovi. With this […]
Some 43 per cent of broadband users in Germany now subscribe to a VoD service, according to a report from market research firm GoldMedia. Predictably,
Australian national broadcaster ABC has extended its relationship with Netflix as new managing director Michelle Guthrie confirmed her desire to allow the corporation’s content to reach audiences across all platforms. Streaming giant Netflix has now added more than 200 hours of content from 30 titles distributed via ABC Commercial to its Australian and New Zealand […]
The reign of pay-TV and television networks as the most stable, predictable and highest-margin segments of the US media industry is rapidly eroding, Moody’s Investors Service states in a new report. OTT services and digital ad platforms such as