Industry Updates

Smartphones and tablets help double the time people spend online, finds Ofcom 12 May 2015

The increasing use of tablets and smartphones is fueling a hike in the amount of time people spend online, new Ofcom research has suggested. People are spending twice as much time online compared to 10 years ago, the regulator’s Media Use … Continue reading

Retail OTT STBs will pass IPTV STB shipments this year – IHS 12 May 2015

  The shipment of over-the-top (OTT) set-top boxes (STBs) sold at retail will this year pass shipments of IPTV STBs used for pay TV services, IHS said. The global number of retail OTT STBs shipped, including Apple TV, Chromecast and … Continue reading

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on the future of non-linear television 12 May 2015

The future of television is about much more than just a change in the way that TV content is delivered, says Netflix’s CEO. When it comes to the transformation of the medium we call television, there’s arguably no other company … Continue reading

NewFronts 2015: Nearly Half of Internet Video Ads on Non-YouTube Sites Aren’t Seen 11 May 2015

There are plenty of video ads being sold and served up on the Web and mobile devices — but close to half of all video ads that don’t run on YouTube are never seen by a user, according to a Google … Continue reading