The pay-TV market has been struggling with increasing customer churn and maintaining ARPU, and is forecast for only 3.7 per cent CAGR through 2020, according to ABI Research. In contrast, OTT video continues its strong growth, and should see around 26 per cent total revenue growth in 2015, with 24 per cent CAGR through 2019. […]
The penetration of OTT viewing in Australia is set to hit 85 per cent of the total population within the next two years, with smart TVs likely to be the next big thing. Authentic Entertainment, a digital strategy and content creation company, commissioned in-home ethnographic interviews and an online survey
The HBO Now channel has gone live on the Apple TV set-top box, iPhone and iPad, ahead of the series premiere of HBO hit show Game of Thrones Season 5 on April 12th. The new Apple TV channel and iPhone and iPad app allow users to stream all of HBO’s original content, past and present, […]
The chance to get free two-day Amazon shipping is a bigger driver of Amazon Prime subs in the US than the unlimited streaming of TV, according to a study from Strategy Analytics, which found that 55 per cent of US respondents who had Amazon Prime said free shipping was “very important” to their subscribing, while […]
ContentWise, the personalisation, discovery and recommendations solution for digital TV content, will be bringing the next-generation of its solution to this year’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show. ContentWise 5.2 has been developed to deliver context-based predictions for on-demand content and also features real-time content activation, recommending viewers’ favorite content just minutes after linear broadcast. […]
Findings from global hi-tech specialist Juniper Research indicate that content paid for via carrier billing will provide operators with more than $14 billion in revenues over the next five years. The new research suite, Digital Content Business Models: OTT & Operator Strategies 2015-2019, argues that growth will be fuelled by
French media giant Vivendi has tabled an offer for Orange’s video-streaming site Dailymotion, according to reports, pledging to develop the French start-up globally while making sure it stays under full French control. Vivendi, which has been keen on Dailymotion for some time, is said to have last week made an offer to buy a controlling […]
An entertainment law specialist has suggested that one consequence of the recent Court of Appeal decision that, if successful, would have allowed TVCatchup (TVC) to stream Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) channels on mobile, could be that public service broadcasters (PSBs) would be able to charge retransmission fees. The UK Court of Appeal however referred the […]
The annual report from India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) praises the nation’s subscription TV business, stating that its latest data shows that India is now the world’s third-largest TV market after China and the US. According to TRAI of some 270
Entertainment streaming platform Roku has unveiled two new ways for consumers in the UK and the Republic of Ireland to find and discover streaming entertainment on their Roku players. The first feature, ‘Roku Search’, enables consumers to search for movies, TV shows, actors and directors and view pricing and availability details across top streaming channels. […]