Content monetisation technology and services specialist FreeWheel has released its Video Monetisation Report – an executive briefing of trends it observed around monetising professional video content for Q2 2013. It hopes the report will provide some insight into best practices and broader trends for how publishers, advertisers, and consumers are all playing a role in […]
A Parks Associates survey of 10,000 US broadband households shows that 44 per cent have a subscription to some kind of online video service (SVoD), such as Netflix, Hulu Plus, or Amazon. Younger consumers are more likely to subscribe to OTT video services, and 8 per cent of consumers 18-24 have never subscribed to a […]
The Discovery Channel is the widest distributed network in Europe according to a new report – TV Channel Distribution in Europe – from Digital TV Research. Covering 270 international channels/networks across 212 major operators in 43 EMEA countries, the report concluded that the Discovery Channel was available on 171 platforms. Ranked second was Fox’s National […]
Civolution, a provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetising content has published the results of The “Multiscreen Video and Piracy: The Big Picture” survey report, carried out by Digital TV Europe. Key findings of the survey include:
A research paper from an Australian academic has concluded that ‘three strikes’ or graduated response laws designed to reduce Internet-based copyright infringement are by and large ineffective and do not direct users towards legitimate sources of content. The study – Evaluating Graduated Response – by Rebecca Giblin at the Monash University Faculty of Law, notes […]
The first-ever US study into the impact of Smart TV advertising and consumer behaviour highlights the opportunity that Smart TV provides advertisers to reach a differentiated audience, validating why Smart TV is an essential component to complementing current TV media plans. Digital video brand advertising solutions provider YuMe and Smart TV pioneer LG Electronics conducted […]
Based on forecasts for 97 countries, a report from Research and Markets Ltd forecasts on-demand TV revenues from movies and TV programmes will reach $6.0 billion in 2018, up by 44 per cent from $4.2 billion in 2012. On-demand TV generated just 2.3 per cent of the $184 billion total pay-TV revenues in 2012. However, […]
BluePromoCode, a California-based marketplace for group discounts, has published the results of a newly commissioned study on the cable and Internet TV viewing habits of young adults aged 18-34 in the US. Highlights of the findings include: – 35 per cent have stopped subscribing to pay-TV, opting to use online services only – Women are […]
A report from IHS Screen Digest says that a small group of niche consumers is continuing to back Blu-ray 3D, and that sales Blu-ray 3D sales in the US grew by 56 per cent last year, and that Blu-ray 3D – in terms of value – now makes up 9.5 per cent of the whole […]
The digital rights management (DRM) market will grow at a rate of 12 per cent annually to become a $1.2 billion market by 2018, while the related conditional access (CAS) market will decline slightly to dip below $1.5 billion annually, suggests ABI Research. Opportunities within the DRM market include multiple components, comprising authentication, intellectual property […]