Social is the definitive source for video and serves as the primary portal to the web for younger audiences, according to the State of Social Video study from video creation platform specialist VidMob. The study reveals where and why Gen Z and Millennials consume video content, engage with video ads and form perceptions about brands. […]
Senior executives, operational managers and engineers in cable organisations around the world have reported aggressive plans to adopt and deploy DOCSIS 3.1, according to a recent customer survey conducted by Technicolor Connected Home in May and June of 2018. The survey by the communications and entertainment technologist finds that 76 per cent of cable operator […]
To date, Netflix has lived by the mantra users first, profit second, suggests analyst firm Ampere Analysis. It has concentrated on driving subscriber growth, and in doing so, created an increasing Free Cash Flow (FCF) deficit. Last year, that deficit stood at over $2 billion (€1.73bn). A new report from the firm suggests that an […]
Consumers who prefer piracy over legal video sites are ensuring that peer-to-peer (P2P) piracy continues to be the major method of accessing illegal copies of movies and TV shows, according to new research from digital platform security specialist Irdeto and a web analytics partner. The research also finds that the growth in web video piracy […]
The smart home is vital to communication service providers, a new report from ABI has claimed. It says it is a critical time for operators as they are being outperformed through rivals’ “aggressive” strategies. Pablo Tomasi, Senior Analyst said: “CSPs are being threatened in a market increasingly driven by the likes of Google and Amazon […]
The top 10 service providers in the United States lost over 358,000 television subscribers between them in the second quarter of 2018, as reported by the informitv Multiscreen Index. Satellite television providers DirecTV and DISH Network lost 478,000 subscribers between them, compared to 373,000 the previous quarter. Cable companies among the top 10 lost 233,000 […]
Netflix has continued its impressive growth over the last year with over 9.8 million Australians in the June 2018 quarter now having a Netflix subscription in their household – up nearly 30 per cent on a year ago, according to Roy Morgan Research. If the growth trend continues, over 10 million Australians will have access […]
The new rules for the awarding of the Serie A TV rights (per product and not per platform as before) may end up negatively impacting the pay-TV market in Italy. Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano believes that there is a realistic possibility that the 4.87 million subscribers that Sky Italia had at the end of […]
Artificial intelligence (AI), voice-recognition technology and fast connectivity – critical ingredients for smart speakers, smart home technologies and smartphones – will help spur overall US consumer technology industry revenue to $377 billion (€325bn) in retail revenues in 2018, a six per cent increase, according to the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). The mid-year update of CTA’s […]
Mark Mulready, VP, Cybersecurity Services at digital platform security specialist Irdeto, has called on payment platforms to support legitimate media organisations, following research that suggests pirates depend heavily on leading payment platforms to help them gather subscription and pay-per-view revenue. In an Irdeto Perspective blog post, Mulready notes that investigators often get told to ‘follow […]