Conviva: Global online viewing up 114% in a year
Conviva, elevating the way OTT businesses use data-driven intelligence with its Video AI Platform, has released its quarterly measurement report on the state of OTT and the streaming video market,…
Watching TV remains kids favourite activity
Statistics show that watching the big screen remains the activity that children dedicate the most time to, according to the latest Kids Tech Consumer Survey report from Futuresource Consulting. This…
Smartphones usage drives online ad-spend
The increasing array of activities and time spent online as companies develop more services to benefit people’s lives, particularly on smartphones, meant the amount spent on internet advertising hit a…
CBS All Access launches in Canada
CBS All Access, CBS’s direct-to-consumer digital subscription video on-demand service, has launched in Canada, marking its first expansion into an international market. For C$5.99 (€3.82), CBS All Access will offer…
Amazon aces US Open Tennis rights for UK
In a further sign of the growing importance of the importance of sports rights to SVoD providers, Amazon Prime Video has been granted the exclusive live telecast rights to the…
France: 3.4m watch VoD daily
Each day, 9.5 million people in France are watching TV online, either live or catch-up, via a TV set. According to data from Mediametrie, some 4.4 million (7.3 per cent…
1.95bn mobile phones to be sold worldwide in 2018
Global demand for mobile phones is stalling, growing by just 0.2 per cent in 2018 to 1.95 billion, according to the latest forecast published by technology research firm CCS Insight.…
Analyst: US video entertainment spend declines
New consumer research from Parks Associates shows that US broadband households report their average monthly expenditure on video entertainment outside of a pay-TV subscription has dropped from $29 in the…
BARB confirms multiscreen measurement
The UK’s Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board (BARB) has revealed the next stage of Project Dovetail, which has the objective of delivering total reach of programme and commercial audiences across multiple…
Japan: 4G, fibre & IPTV drive telco and pay-TV market
Driven by growth in mobile data, fixed broadband and pay-TV, the total telecom and pay-TV services revenue in Japan is expected to grow at a CAGR of 2.2 per cent…