Industry Updates

1.5 Million Americans are getting ready to ditch their Pay-TV service, says TiVo 13 March 2015

TiVo-owned video-recommendation company Digitalsmiths released another report damning bundled pay-TV viewing on Wednesday, concluding that around 1.5 million Americans have plans to ditch their cable, satellite or IPTV service. Another 38.1 million U.S. pay-TV customers are dissatisfied with their pay-TV service, … Continue reading

Canadian broadcast regulator relaxes local content broadcast rules 13 March 2015

Canada’s broadcast regulator is relaxing the rules that govern the programming Canadian television stations can air in a bid to help them compete with the unlimited choice offered by online video. In a speech to Ottawa’s Canadian Club Thursday, Canadian … Continue reading

English League football boosts SVoD in China 13 March 2015

Subscription video on demand (SVOD) will rise to 28.3 million users in China in 2016, as OTT video streaming platforms secure exclusive rights to paid sports content such as English Premier League, finds new report from Pyramid Research. The report … Continue reading

RNIB backs a new VoD app for the blind 13 March 2015

Blind and partially sighted people in the UK are set to benefit from a new app that will open up video on-demand services that up until now have had limited provision of audio description. The app, called MovieReading, which is … Continue reading

VoD Service VIDI calls for uncapped mobile broadband in South Africa 12 March 2015

Video-on-demand (VOD) service VIDI has weighed in on the current uncapped mobile broadband debate, saying that the dearth of wholesale mobile broadband offerings is holding the country’s entertainment industry back. The conversation around true uncapped mobile broadband has again been brought … Continue reading