Omani Qatari Telecommunications Company (Ooredoo) has launched its iOS and Android compatible mobile TV app, ‘Ooredoo TV Go’, partnering with Starz Play to provide on-demand access to over 6,000 hours of the latest series and blockbuster movies. Johan Buse, Chief Commercial Officer at Ooredoo said: “Everything around us is getting faster and more accessible, with […]
Catch-up TV ad-generated revenues in France rose from €90 million in 2015 to €105 million in 2016. The number of videos viewed increased by 27.1 per cent to €6.5 billion, according to the annual replay TV survey findings from funding organisation CNC. October 2016 set a TV catch-up record with 585.,9 million hours viewed over […]
Vudu, the subscription-free, premium video streaming service from US retail giant Walmart, has launched what it says is the first mobile offering to convert DVDs and Blu-rays into digital libraries, directly from a customer’s phone. Mobile Disc-to-Digital turns DVDs and Blu-rays into digital movies with a simple scan through the Vudu app. These movies can then […]
American consumers’ status as a binge watching, streaming, multitasking nation enters 2017 with strong momentum according to Deloitte’s 11th Digital Democracy Survey. With 84 per cent of Americans on social networks – social media has evolved well beyond ‘socialising’ and is being used to discover new content, get news and resolve customer service issues. “American […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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