The Search Agency, a global online marketing firm, has released its quarterly State of Paid Search Report, which found that Q3 saw strong growth in impressions, clicks and advertiser spend across Google, Bing and Yahoo. In addition, mobile continues to gain market share over desktop, with one-third of Google’s clicks coming from mobile and tablet […]
Global online TV and video revenues (over fixed broadband networks) will reach $34.99 billion in 2018, a massive increase from the $3.98 billion recorded in 2010 and the $15.94 billion expected in 2013, according to the Online TV and Video Forecasts report from Digital TV Research. By 2018, 520 million homes in 40 countries will […]
The latest Australian Multi-Screen Report, covering the second quarter of calendar 2013, shows Australians are progressively adopting new screen technologies, creating new options to view broadcast television and other video. Australians continue to spend the vast majority of their screen time with the in-home TV set. People watch an average 96 hours and 37 minutes […]
Mobile technology has reached an incredibly high penetration in an exceptionally short amount of time with smartphones and tablets truly becoming the beating heart of content and commerce this year. According to Frank N. Magid Associates’ latest study, 74 per cent of American mobile consumers now use a smartphone, and 52 per cent of mobile […]
Aereo, the controversial provider of over-the-air TV channels to laptops and mobile devices for $8 per month, will be available for Android devices in September, and the app will appear in the Google play store on October 22nd. Aereo is currently available to Apple users in a handful of US cities, including New York and Boston, where […]
Dreamworks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg has revealed that he offered the creators of Breaking Bad $75 million (€55.5m) for three extra episodes of the cult drama to run after the end of the last series. The intention was to air these online in 30 daily, six-minute bites. Delivering a MIPCOM Personality of the Year keynote […]
Cloud computing platform NPTV has been formally launched with the aim of making broadcast television truly interactive following a highly successful demonstration of the technology at IBC 2013. NPTV will offer TV-as-a-service on a platform that renders multi-sourced video in real-time, with the ability to deliver interactive video to a range of devices, including set-top […]
Outlining his plans for the future of the BBC, Director General Tony Hall promised it would have a closer relationship with its audience going forward, treating them as “owners” rather than licence fee payers. A “personalised BBC” will allow viewers to rate and discuss programmes, and that “will influence what we commission,” he said. Hall’s […]
More than 8 billion Internet-connected video devices will be installed worldwide in 2017, exceeding the population of the planet, according to research from the Broadband Technology Service at IHS. The installed base of video-enabled devices that are connected to the Internet — a category that includes diverse product such as tablets, smart TVs, games consoles, […]
To mark its 20th anniversary, Euronews is getting a fresh new look thanks to a complete reworking and redesign of its presentation. Michael Peters, Euronews’ CEO also confirmed the service’s strategic goal to transform the company into a global media group offering “the right content, in the right place, at the right time.” To that […]