Industry Updates

U.S. Online Ad Spending Continues to Catch TV 23 April 2015

Internet advertising revenues in the U.S. totaled $49.5 billion in 2014, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau,  a 16% increase over 2013 revenues. The trade body on Wednesday released its annual Internet Advertising Revenue report, which was conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The … Continue reading

Former BBC iPlayer boss: local TV is ‘years behind in its thinking’ 23 April 2015

The former BBC executive and video on demand technology expert who oversaw the launch of the iPlayer has criticized Ofcom’s implementation of local TV as being “years behind in its thinking” and argued that the concept of such a service … Continue reading

How Facebook stumbled into India’s fight for net neutrality 22 April 2015

The fight for net neutrality has come to India. Last week, two companies withdrew from Facebook’s Internet.org project, citing neutrality concerns, and the remaining companies are facing mounting pressure to bail out. But while Internet.org has drawn most of the … Continue reading

Stan, Netflix lead in volume of video streaming content on offer 22 April 2015

The Foxtel and Seven West Media streaming service Presto is trailing its rival vod platforms in Australia in the amount of video content it offers, according to a new study. Content-focused app company Gyde found that Presto currently offers 4009 hours of television and movie content (including … Continue reading