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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Netflix has revealed strategic partnerships with Indian service providers Airtel, Videocon d2h and Vodafone. “India is one of the most important and vibrant countries in the world and we are delighted to be teaming up with three of its leading companies to make it much easier for consumers to enjoy Netflix,” Reed Hastings, Co-founder and […]
Icflix, the MENA streaming service, has formed a strategic partnership with Orange to bring original Icflix productions along with a vast collection of digital content that includes Jazwood (Arabic) blockbuster movies and TV series as well as Hollywood titles and Bollywood classics to Orange Egypt mobile customers. Orange Egypt mobile customers will gain access to […]
Millennials – now the largest generational group in the US – have grown alongside advancements in technology and media platforms, placing them in intriguing territory with regard to media habits, reports Nielsen. When it comes to television, their eyes are glued to the screen. With commercials, they’re still tuned in—but their eyes are on their […]
According to research consultancy TDG, video operators and networks searching for new revenue growth must focus on the two key trends: the advance of Latino viewing and the rise of Social-Mobile (SoMo) video. According to Joel Espelien, TDG senior advisor and author of TDG’s report, growth in the US video market is harder and harder […]
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, a known critic of the Obama administration’s ‘Open Internet’ network neutrality proposals, has signalled a reversal of such policies, which he described – without naming the principle – as “heavy-handed decrees inspired by the distant past”. Delivering a keynote address at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Pai told delegates he […]
Global youth brand VICE Media will see major expansion of its mobile offerings to reach hundreds of millions of new mobile subscribers worldwide, including a significant roll-out in the Asia Pacific region. Revealing the initiative at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, VICE Founder and CEO Shane Smith announced a series of deals that represent major inroads […]
At the Mobile World Congress, Discovery Communications announced it has created a new exclusive Olympic Games partnership opportunity for mobile operators to deliver every moment of the action to their customers through the launch of the first “Official Mobile Broadcaster” product. As the exclusive TV and multimedia rights holder for 50 countries and territories in […]