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Samsung Ads Releases Streaming Index of Domestic SmartTV Data

by Bob Raikes

What They Say FierceVideo reported that Samsung Ads had released its ‘Streaming Index’ with metrics from the 45 million devices in its US SmartTV installed base. Samsung Ads used data from subscription video on …

Amazon And MGM Close $8.5 Billion Merger

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Amazon and MGM announced that a deal for the tech giant to buy the studio for $8.5 billion had closed. MGM has a library of 4,000 films and 17,000 TV show …

Tags:Amazon| AVOD| Movies & Content| SVOD

Everyone in the M&E Industry Wants the Same Thing … Viewers

by Andy Marken

You may not realize it, but the entertainment food chain has changed dramatically over the past few years. In fact, according to MPA’s (Motion Picture Association’s) head, Charles Rinkin, it’s on the cusp of …

Streaming is Old at Two

by Andy Marken

Looking down from the top of the Hollywood Hills, it’s impossible to imagine what a beating the Media & Entertainment (M&E) industry has taken in recent years. According to many, it’s all been caused …

Omdia Research Finds US Virtual Pay TV Users Over-Index Substantially in Video Services

by Artem Alekseenko

New research from Omdia has found that the average virtual pay TV user utilized 13.5 video services per month compared to the average video household* at 7.4 services during 2021. The latest outlook comes …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| AVOD| Pay TV| SVOD

What is SkyShowtime and where can you get it?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say SkyShowtime, the new streaming service from Comcast and ViacomCBS has got approval to start in business in Europe and will launch in 20 countries later this year – mainly the countries …

Tags:Europe| Streaming Video| SVOD

Content is a Small Part of Streaming Leadership

by Andy Marken

Shortly after Tim Berners-Lee launched the world’s first web site, someone made the profound statement that, “if it’s on the Internet, it should be free!” So, how’s that working out for you? “Head down, …

Tags:Amazon| Apple| Netflix| Streaming Video| SVOD

Links Week Starting 24th January 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Sky Is Largest TV Company by Revenue …

Tizen Smart TVs claim 27% of US broadband homes

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Parks Associates said that in Q3 2021, 27% of US broadband subscribers reported the Samsung Tizen Smart TV is their primary device for consuming video content. Eric Sorensen, Senior Contributing Analyst, …

Vizio SmartCast Now has 15M Users

by Bob Raikes

What They Say At a Needham conference, Vizio said that it now has 15 million active SmartCast users up from 12 million in March 2021. The CFO, Adam Townsend, said that more than 85% …

Tags:AVOD| Smart TV| SVOD| USA| Vizio

Cord Cutting in 2021. Antennas Selling Well

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Protocol newsletter posted an article that looked at developments in streaming this year and categorised 2021 as the ‘post-cable’ year. One of the interesting snippets was that the article said that …

The M&E Industry is Stronger, Healthier Together

by Andy Marken

Keeping a home entertainment budget under control today as the marketplace “matures” is a lot like keeping yourself in shape as you mature. Suddenly it’s OMG! “I’ve never, ever, ever, ever, ever met someone …