Industry Updates

Channel 4 predicts 50% of VoD inventory will be traded on demographic data by 2017 01 April 2015

Channel 4 predicts that within two years as much as 50 per cent its advertising inventory on VoD (video-on-demand) will be traded based on demographically targeted information. Currently, around 15 per cent of its VoD ad sales are ‘big data-enhanced’. The … Continue reading

Online VoD to eclipse linear TV by 2020 in Germany 01 April 2015

Streaming and video on demand services will overtake linear television by 2020, according to Michael Westphal, leader of the streaming media work group at German internet industry group Eco. Digital TV Research analysts predict that VoD service Netflix alone will have … Continue reading

Online video to drive 4.4% jump in global ad spend in 2015 31 March 2015

Online OTT video is now growing faster than any other digital channel, leading a 4.4 per cent uplift in global ad spend in 2015, that will be driven by advertisers pulling more budget from TV and broadcasters selling packages that … Continue reading

OTT video streaming services claims bigger viewing share, claims Horowitz Research 31 March 2015

Over-the-top services continue to claim more of Americans’ video viewing time, a new survey from Horowitz Research found. Nearly 40% of viewers spend at least one-fifth of their viewing time watching OTT video on demand services such as Netflix, Hulu … Continue reading

Digital TV Asia Pacific Growth Story 2015 : VoD will keep surprising 31 March 2015

Pay TV revenues in the Asia Pacific region (22 countries) will grow by $10 billion between 2014 and 2020, according to Digital TV Research. The Digital TV Asia Pacific Forecasts report estimates that pay TV revenues will reach $41.52 billion … Continue reading