Industry Updates

Oz TV Execs Are Excited About OzTAM DTV Ratings 29 January 2016

Television executives have welcomed an announcement from OzTAM that its much-hyped digital TV ratings service will be launched in coming weeks. Networks have been eagerly awaiting the new measuring system, known as Video Player Measurement (VPM), because it will record audiences … Continue reading

Content Discovery Investments Now Paying Off For SVOD 28 January 2016

The trend toward the shift in the time spent on subscription over-the-top (OTT) and video-on-demand (VOD) services from pay-TV firms could be down to investment in recommendation and discovery services, a Digitalsmiths report reveals. In its Q3 2015 Video Trends … Continue reading

FCC Promotes TV Everywhere, Blow For Cable Lobby 28 January 2016

Pay-TV providers would have to make video programming available to the makers of third-party devices and software under a proposal by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler. The FCC is planning for a software-based, cardless replacement for CableCard. Without needing a … Continue reading

4G LTE Subscriptions Will Reach 1b, Encourage SVOD : Ovum 28 January 2016

Analyst firm Ovum has revealed research showing that 4G long-term evolution (LTE) subscriptions reached 1.05 billion during Q4 of financial year 2015. According to Ovum’s report, three quarters of all LTE subscriptions come from just five countries: China, at 35 … Continue reading

OTT Subscriptions Exceeded 60% of U.S. Broadband Households in 2015, Reveals Parks Study 27 January 2016

Parks Associates, ahead of the upcoming webcast “Top 10 Trends – The Outlook for the Connected Home 2016,”reports that over 60% of U.S. broadband households have at least one OTT video service subscription. The research firm will host this webcast, … Continue reading