By taking a page from Netflix—and by settling for lower profit margins—Cox Communications’ new flareWatch over-the-top (OTT) TV service could show the entire pay-TV industry how to mitigate the threat from OTT, according to information and analytics provider IHS. FlareWatch is the first US pay-TV operator-provided OTT subscription TV service that is not tied to […]
According to research firm YouGov, sector players controlling hardware and content will be in the strongest position to benefit from changing trends in media consumption. The current fragmented market will also be consolidated, suggests the company, with major players set to shake-up the market. The future of content on demand is likely to see increased […]
Fresh research from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has found that just seven per cent of American TV households rely solely on an antenna for their television programming. The findings of the study – US Household Television Usage Update – are consistent with CEA’s 2010 research which found eight per cent of TV households reported […]
StreamingMedia.com has published a new report with Unisphere Research analysing the results of its recent survey on OTT video and security trends, with pay-TV operators, content owners and technology providers offering insight into the current and future state of OTT video, and exploring continuing challenges and opportunities. The report, sponsored by Verimatrix, reveals that the number of companies involved in […]
Digital content ownership ecosystem UltraViolet is set to receive a boost to its adoption in the UK, according to research specialist YouGov. Discussing industry dynamics during a London briefing on ‘Content on Demand’ organised by the Digital Television Group, Shaun Austin, associate director for media consulting at YouGov, suggested that moving forward, supermarket group Tesco […]
Findings from TiVo Research and Analytics (TRA), the largest provider of single-source TV viewing and purchase data for advertisers and TV networks, suggest that subscribing to Netflix is not cannibalising the amount of linear television viewing in TiVo households. In May 2013, TRA – a subsidiary of DVR specialist TiVo – collected 9,956 responses from […]
In a season when their sales should be rising sharply, suppliers of large-sized liquid-crystal (LCD) panels instead are encountering weak demand growth in the third quarter, exacerbating the glut already plaguing the market. Measured in terms of square meters, supply of large-sized LCDs is expected to exceed demand by 15.9 per cent during the period […]
At least one in three people in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) watch 3 to 5 hours of television every day during Ramadan compared to the regional average of 3.1 hours throughout the rest of the year, according to a survey on Ramadan TV viewing habits by OSN, the pay-TV network. Egypt led […]
The BBC’s iPlayer received a record level of mobile traffic in June, whilst viewing on PCs dropped to an all-time low in terms of viewing percentage. The BBC reports that a record 32 per cent of total iPlayer programme requests for TV and radio in June came from mobile and tablet devices, with 44 per […]
Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its Broadcast and Streaming Video Equipment and Pay-TV Subscribers report, which tracks pay-TV subscribers and video equipment sold to telco IPTV, cable, and satellite providers. “With competition and content heating up, pay-TV providers are transitioning their traditional, broadcast-focused video processing environments to ones that can ingest, process, […]