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Online video ad views up 24% in 2016

FreeWheel, the premium video ad management company, has published its latest Video Monetisation Report, revealing that 2016 was a pivotal year for premium video consumption. Findings from the report include: Total video content views rose by 26 per cent from the previous year, with ad views up by 24 per cent, making 2016 the sixth consecutive […]

March 22, 2017

Eutelsat’s Sat.tv app expands to 7/8° West

Satellite operator Eutelsat Communications revealed at CABSAT in Dubai that Sat.tv, its mobile programme guide, is expanding to include free-to-air channels broadcasting from its popular 7/8° West neighbourhood. Sat.tv was launched in April 2016, targeting the 65 million homes equipped for DTH reception from Eutelsat’s HOTBIRD neighbourhood. The app has already registered almost one million […]

March 22, 2017Nick Snow @ CABSAT

Survey: Millennials shaping MENA video piracy

An online consumer piracy survey from the digital platform security specialist Irdeto has found that over half of respondents polled in the MENA region – 59 per cent in Egypt and 53 per cent in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – admitted to watching pirated video content. The research also revealed that millennials are among […]

March 20, 2017

Mobile devices drive AVoD viewing  

According to the findings of the Q4 2016 Global Video Index from video monetisation specialist Ooyala, mobile devices attract the most video views for advertising video-on-demand (AVoD) services with global distribution. The report also shows variances of viewing habits across devices in different regions and continues to track the upward trajectory of mobile as the […]

March 14, 2017

Survey: ‘Content anytime’ now a habit

End-to-end OTT TV solutions provider SPB TV’s survey of a sample of 50,000 respondents out of its 60 million-user base digs looking for insights that elucidate viewer preferences highlight a growing demand for the ‘TV catch-up’ feature. Key findings: Content Anytime – Not a Feature, But a Habit The most striking finding of this year […]

March 14, 2017

Access trumps ownership for UK home entertainment

The digital revolution in the entertainment business has reached a new tipping point with Britons now spending nearly 80 per cent of their expenditure on entertainment online, according to the Entertainment Retailers Association. And for the first time, entertainment has gone ‘pay monthly’ with

March 13, 2017

Facebook live stream for MLS matches

US professional football league Major League Soccer and Univision Deportes, the multimedia sports division of Univision Communications Inc. (UCI), the leading media company serving Hispanic America, are collaborating with Facebook to live stream a full slate of regular season matches on the social network. As part of this, MLS will also drive further social engagement […]

March 13, 2017

China: Consumers watching long content on mobiles

A study from the User Experience Strategies (UXS) Service at Strategy Analytics has assessed Chinese mobile video consumers’ behaviours, preferences, and attitudes towards video services. Participants reported spending more time watching videos on smartphones than other connected devices including connected TVs and computers. A strong willingness to pay for video content was also exhibited due […]

March 10, 2017

Akamai: Global connection speed up 26% YoY

Akamai Technologies, a global player in content delivery network (CDN) services, has released its Fourth Quarter, 2016 State of the Internet Report. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform, the report provides insight into key global statistics such as connection speeds, broadband adoption metrics, notable Internet disruptions, IPv4 exhaustion and IPv6 implementation. “Internet […]

March 9, 2017

5G dominates MWC discussion

Platform Communications, the media and technology communications expert, has announced that the inaugural ‘Platform Media Index’ shows press coverage of Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017 was thoroughly dominated by discussion of ‘next generation networks’, with 5G being the overpowering focus. The newly launched index is designed to assess the main drivers of conversation in bellwether […]

March 8, 2017