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Netflix Adds Nearly 7 Million New Subscribers

by Milos Pavlovic

Netflix added 6.96 million new subscribers during the third quarter of 2018, bringing its global total to 137 million. 1.09 million of these new subscribers were added in the US alone. The company predicts …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| TV Viewing| Vol 25 - Issue 40

Study: 80% of US Cable Subscribers Also Stream Digital Video

by Andrew Fenn

Telaria, a software platform for the management of video advertising, and Adobe Advertising Cloud, an independent platform for managing advertising across traditional TV and digital formats, have released a new study which finds that …

Tags:Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 40

Netflix Mobile App Saw Revenue Growth of 90% Year-on-Year in 2018 Q3

by Andrew Fenn

This year, Netflix had a strong third quarter on mobile platforms, according to Sensor Tower’s Store Intelligence estimates. The Netflix app grossed $243.7 million in the third quarter of 2018, which represented a 90% …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| SVOD| Vol 25 - Issue 40

Roku Launches Measurement Programme for OTT Advertising

by Andrew Fenn

Roku has launched its Measurement Partner Programme, helping brands and publishers quantify the impact of OTT advertising campaigns running on the platform, along with eleven partners, including Acxiom, comScore, Experian, Factual, IHS Markit, Kantar, …

Tags:Advertising| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Roku| Vol 25 - Issue 39

Study Finds 43% of OTT Apps Are Discarded After a Month

by Andrew Fenn

New data from mobile marketing and user engagement specialist CleverTap indicates that 43% of all OTT video apps are deleted a month after download. The study found that these apps see a churn rate …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 39

Amazon Prime, HBO and Now TV Face Decreasing Audiences

by Andrew Fenn

A new consumer survey from Juniper Research has found that increased churn rates are being faced by video streaming services such as Amazon Prime (-2.9%) and HBO Now (-19.2%) in key markets, including the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| SVOD| Vol 25 - Issue 38

8K, HDR and LED Drones in Future Zones

by Bob Raikes

We kept our visit to the Future Zone until the end of one of our last days at the show as a reward for slogging around the rest of the show! Of course, NHK …

Tags:BBC| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IBC 2018| Large Display Monitor| NHK| OTT Video| Streaming Video| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 25 - Issue 36

Roku Announces Premiere Range of Ultra HD Streaming Devices

by Andrew Fenn

Roku has launched its Premiere range of streaming devices, both capable of outputting Ultra HD and HDR video, alongside a refreshed Roku Ultra bundle. Both the Premiere and Premiere+ streaming players have a quad-core …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Roku| Smart TV| Streaming Dongles| Vol 25 - Issue 37

Vewd Can Co-Exist with Android TV

by Bob Raikes

Vewd has a new product manager, Sascha Prüter, who is from Google, where he was head of product for Android TV, so he has a very good sense of the strength of his opposition. …

Tags:Android| IBC 2018| Large Display Monitor| Operating Systems| OTT Video| Smart TV| Vol 25 - Issue 36

Vudu Brings Ultra HD and HDR to Older Sony TVs

by Andrew Fenn

Pay-per-view movie service Vudu has rolled out Ultra HD and HDR capabilities to 2016 and 2017 Sony TVs. Owners of these devices can now access content in UHD, HDR10 and Dolby Vision. Users who …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| sony| Vol 25 - Issue 37

UEFA Announces Development of OTT Streaming Platform

by Andrew Fenn

UEFA, the administrative body behind Champions League and Europa League, has announced it is developing its own streaming service. Marketing director of football’s European governing body, Guy-Laurent Epstein, made the announcement in an interview …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 25 - Issue 37

Digital TV Research: Global OTT Revenues to Reach $129 Billion

by Andrew Fenn

Global online TV episode and movie revenues will reach $129 billion in 2023, more than double the $53 billion recorded in 2017. About $16 billion will be added in 2018 alone, according to a …

Tags:Forecasts| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| TV Viewing| Vol 25 - Issue 37