Subscription video on demand (SVoD) services delivered over the Internet continue to feed Australians’ appetite for entertainment with subscriptions reaching 3.7 million at the end of June 2017, a year-on-year increase of 30 per cent, according to a new study by emerging technology analyst firm Telsyte. Telsyte’s Australian SVOD Market Study 2017 found almost half […]
The global content protection market is transforming, and participants must adapt or fail. Internet protocol (IP) is creating widespread disruption, notes analyst firm Frost & Sullivan. Consumer preferences are shifting from live-linear bouquets of channels toward over-the-top (OTT) and television everywhere (TVE). Consumer electronic (CE) devices are outselling set-top boxes (STBs) 10 to 1, and […]
The UK has become a nation of binge viewers, Ofcom research reveals, with eight in ten adults now watching multiple episodes of their favourite shows in a single sitting. The findings are part of Ofcom’s annual Communications Market Report 2017, which reveals stark differences in how older and younger people watch television. Eight in ten […]
When asked to choose between their legacy pay-TV and SVoD services, Hulu on-demand users are 37 per cent more likely than Amazon Prime users and 29 per cent more likely than Netflix users to select streaming services over legacy pay-TV, according to new research from The Diffusion Group (TDG). Two-thirds (67 per cent) of Hulu […]
Asia Pacific OTT revenues from TV episodes and movies will reach $24.41 billion (€27.28bn) in 2022; triple the $8.27 billion recorded in 2016, according to analyst firm Digital TV Research. The total will increase by nearly $3 billion in 2017 alone. China will command half of the OTT revenues for the 22 countries covered in […]
Videology, a software provider for converged TV and video advertising, has released its Q2 2017 U.S. TV & Video At-A-Glance report. According to the report, spending on linear TV campaigns in the Videology platform using advanced data grew 150 per cent quarter over quarter from Q1 2017 to Q2 2017. Videology continues to see an […]
UK advertising expenditure grew 1.3 per cent year-on-year in Q1 2017 to reach £5.318 billion (€5.954bn) – the 15th consecutive quarter of growth, according to Advertising Association/Warc Expenditure Report data. Overall market growth was despite a drop of -6.2 per cent in television advertising, its steepest fall since 2009. However, TV ad expenditure is forecast to […]
The use of connected TV devices continues on a sharp upward path, with another year of double-digit growth in the US, according to findings from research firm eMarketer. In total, 168.1 million people in the US will use an Internet-connected TV in 2017, up 10.1 per cent over 2016. Usage of smart TVs, which have […]
Firms providing TV and broadband packages did more than nearly any other sector to damage their reputations over the last year through poor customer service and increasing complaint levels. Pay-TV/broadband firms saw the biggest increase in customers citing them among the worst sectors for service – rising 3.3 percentage points to 33.5 per cent. Only […]
The UK’s creative industries have cemented their position as a powerhouse for growth, with employment in the sector growing at four times the rate of the UK workforce as whole, according to latest official statistics from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), which suggest that those industries now employ almost two million […]