Industry Updates

Netflix and Amazon ramp up investment in original shows 23 March 2016

Netflix and Amazon were nominated for a total of 46 Emmys together this year. As original content producers, they are a big challenge for traditional broadcasters. Amazon has recently invested 250 million USD on a 3 season TV video streaming … Continue reading

Rise of no-TV households 23 March 2016

Around 25% of UK households subscribe to a video-on-demand service like Netflix. Around 1.3 million homes in the UK have no traditional TV, a number that increased from 90k in 2010. According to the report, “One theory is that non-TV … Continue reading

58% will cut the cord by 2025 23 March 2016

  It is estimated that more than half of US households will be cutting the cord by 2025. The demand for multiscreen, OTT services across multiple platforms is only going to increase. According to a report by PwC, 58% of … Continue reading

Time spent in streaming videos on smartphones 22 March 2016

Video streaming is happening on more than 80% of all smartphones. People aged under 25 consume twice the amount of time streaming videos than those over 25. The younger lot use YouTube for an average of 14 minutes a day … Continue reading

Video streaming to lead over linear viewing 22 March 2016

Video streaming, video-on-demand, OTT and other non-linear forms of TV will be growing well, according to a report by Boston Consulting Group. Time spent online has increased by 50 percent in a year. There was more than 50% demand for … Continue reading