A study published by French anti-piracy body l’Association de Lutte contre la Piraterie Audiovisuelle (ALPA) looking at the illegal consumption of films and TV programmes suggests that one in three French Internet users visit sites dedicated to audiovisual piracy. The study, carried out in collaboration with research firm Médiametrie and
21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch has suggested that in the long term, the company’s entertainment will be consumed over IP streaming networks, with Fox positioning itself for success in an environment where the customer has a wider choice of how and where to consume the content, and there is no distinction between linear and […]
According to research from Parks Associates, 16 per cent of US broadband households have a sports OTT video service subscription. Although it does not stream live games, NFL Game Pass is the most highly adopted service, with 6 per cent of U.S. broadband households having a subscription compared to 4 per cent for the WWE […]
Viacom and streaming platform specialist Roku are partnering to enable Viacom to utilise aggregated audience insights from Roku to deliver targeted advertising on the Roku platform. According to the pair, this first-of-its-kind partnership between an over-the-top (OTT) platform and programmer is the latest illustration of the power of OTT advertising. “Viacom’s unique partnership with Roku […]
Research from The Diffusion Group suggests that those likely to downgrade their pay-TV service in the next six months are more dependent than others on over-the-top (OTT) streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu. According to the business intelligence firm, among those moderately or highly likely to downgrade their pay-TV service in the next six […]
According to Stan McCoy, President and Managing Director, MPA EMEA – the European arm of the Motion Picture Association of America – there isn’t one tool that will fix online content piracy, suggesting that it requires a flexible response, encompassing court action, consumer education and technological solutions as well as promoting consumers’ access to legal […]
Professional services company Accenture has collaborated with Italian commercial TV broadcaster Mediaset to deliver UEFA Champions League football matches – using a new, online OTT Internet video service – to more than one million consumers. The Mediaset Premium Play football service has drawn more than 600,000 unique monthly visitors to Mediaset Premium’s multi-device service – […]
Findings from Futuresource Consulting suggest that the relationship between SVoD and pay-TV is relatively complementary in most countries, with pay-TV households more likely to take SVoD services than free-to-air only households, although as SVoD becomes more established, this is less apparent. The eleventh edition of the firm’s twice yearly consumer research programme – Living with […]
Futuresource Consulting has released the results from its latest wave of ‘Kids Tech’ consumer research programme. Now in its third year, it accesses the digital leisure habits of kids between 3 and 16 years old, in the UK, US, China and Germany. It highlights
In a move better to compete against OTT and pay-TV services such as Amazon Prime and Sky,UK multi-play operator TalkTalk has unveiled a new subscription-free service to stream, rent, buy and download the latest TV programmes and movies, which it claims are at Britain’s lowest price in comparison to Amazon Prime, iTunes, Sky and BT. […]