Broadcasters could be forgiven for wishing the digital train would occasionally slow down or at least rest a little longer in one station before moving on to another. For many years, of course, it was very straightforward – a signal was sent, by a variety of means, to a TV where it was watched or […]
Consumers’ video streaming behaviour has fundamentally changed the competitive landscape of the TV industry. Media companies now find themselves in a battle for attention, engagement, and audiences. To understand this competitive landscape better, Adobe and The Diffusion Group surveyed US video streamers off all ages. Key insights from the research include:
“Broadcast is alive, well, and continues to deliver value in today’s fragmented ecosystem,” asserted Howard Horowitz, president of Horowitz Research, at the Online Video Conference at the NAB Show in Las Vegas. In a presentation based on the research firm’s latest consumer data –The Value of Broadcast Content in Today’s Multiplatform World – Horowitz showed […]
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) has confirmed plans to release a broad selection of films in 4K Ultra HD. UPHE will begin a progressive rollout of its growing roster of movie titles around the world beginning this summer, showcasing a mix of new releases, including some of this year’s most-anticipated blockbusters The Huntsman: Winter’s War, […]
Netflix has unveiled its Q1, saying it had added a global net increase of 6.47 million subscribers during the quarter. This was better than its previous ‘best ever’ quarter (Q2/2015) when it added 5.59 million net new subs. US growth was 2.23 million, and helping Netflix’s overall global subs base to 81.5 million. Most of […]
Pay-TV platform DISH, TVB (USA) and CCTV have filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York to halt what they allege is illegal streaming of content via the ‘h.TV’ device. TVB is the largest producer of Cantonese-language TV programming in the world and CCTV is the largest television […]
Nearly half (49 per cent) of all young adults don’t subscribe to a pay-TV service, according to data from Adobe. It says 18 to 24 year old cord cutters and cord nevers spend 54 per cent of their total TV time watching OTT TV and young adults average 11.2 hours per week streaming video on […]
Crackle, Sony’s ad-supported streaming network, will launch their original programming on Xfinity on Demand on April 20th. Crackle’s first content deal with a cable distribution partner will make its slate of entertaining originals available to all Xfinity TV subscribers in the US across platforms on Xfinity on Demand. Crackle’s original long-form content will be distributed […]
Kaltura, a video technology provider, and Encompass Digital Media, a global technology services company delivering end-to-end video solutions, have partnered to offer OTT media companies an end-to-end managed TV platform. The new offering combines Encompass’ media content acquisition, processing and distribution services with Kaltura’s multi-screen OTT service management, monetisation and engagement capabilities. This integrated OTT […]
Amazon is introducing new options to subscribe to its Prime membership service on a monthly basis, a change that could enable its video service compete more effectively with Netflix. The company now offers two new Prime price plans, the first of which costs customers $8.99 (€7.95) a month to stream movies and television shows from […]