Fresh from its merger with Rentrak, cross-platform measurement specialist comScore has revealed that its planned Total Home Panel measurement platform will enable the measurement of over-the-top services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime with title level information. Speaking on comScore’s Q4 2015 Results Earnings Call, Serge Matta, Executive Vice Chairman and President of comScore, said […]
The Mobile World Congress edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report reveals the impact of different levels of network performance on smartphone users and their perceptions of mobile operators and digital content providers. Neuroscience technology was used to objectively measure emotional responses to varied smartphone experiences. Delays in loading web pages and videos under time pressure […]
The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan has rejected FilmOn.com Inc.’s claims that a judge abused his discretion by holding the company in contempt and penalising it $90,000. The company also was ordered to pay more than $100,000 in legal fees. The court upheld a judge’s contempt ruling that FilmOn continued streaming TV […]
BBC Three has become the first TV channel in the world to make the switch from linear broadcast channel to online-first destination, broadcasting its final linear programme – an episode of popular comedy Gavin & Stacey – in the early hours of February 16. The reinvented BBC Three will offer TV shows to stream and […]
Piksel, an expert in building online video businesses, has announced its partnership with the American Eagle Foundation (AEF). Piksel will be providing its video live streaming services to the not-for-profit organisation to transmit the unique behaviour of a breeding pair of Bald Eagles from their nest in the United States National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. […]
Analysts at ARK Investment Management estimate that Netflix’s subscriber base will more than double in the next five years, growing to 175 million by 2020, up from 75 million in 2015. This growth will be fuelled by aggressive international expansion of its streaming service, increasing broadband penetration, and a growing library of content that caters […]
Analysis by specialist firm Digital TV Research of Netflix’s pricing strategy as it enters 130 new territories reveals that its rates – $8/month for one screen, $10/month for two screens and $12/month for four screens and HD content – are reasonable in developed countries, but are high in developing ones. Noting that Reed Hastings, Netflix’s […]
Attackers are stealing users’ Netflix credentials and making them available on black markets focused on providing access to the streaming service for cheaper prices, according to cybersecurity specialist Symantec. Writing in the Company Blog, Lionel Payet, Threat Intelligence Officer, notes that the entertainment streaming service’s growing popularity and global expansion has attracted the attention of […]
Integrating Netflix into traditional pay-TV has had a net positive impact on operator KPIs, according to a survey of service providers conducted by IHS. The SVoD offering has generally been found to benefit operators’ business, while co-existing well with more-traditional parts of the bundle. In a Client Report – Netflix on pay TV: A marriage […]
UK commercial pubcaster Channel 5 has rebranded Demand 5, its video on demand service, to My5. At the same time, Channel 5 is expanding the range of content available to viewers on demand, with a range of My5 exclusives and box sets in addition to the ability to catch up with programmes from across the […]