Industry Updates

5 million Australian households will be paying for online streaming by 2019 29 June 2016

Australians are keen for television and movies streaming over their internet connections with more than 5 million households expected to be subscribed to a service by 2019, which is half of its population. And some would even be willing to … Continue reading

US consumers spent more than $6.6bn on video streaming in 2016 28 June 2016

Fresh data published by Strategy Analytics looks at some interesting trends in the growing US video on demand streaming market and how this relates to DVD and downloads consumption respectively. Altogether US consumers spent more than $6.6bn on video streaming in 2016 … Continue reading

Youtube will allow users to broadcast live footage from a smartphone 28 June 2016

Although YouTube has allowed live video streaming from a computer since 2011, users will now be able to broadcast live footage from a smartphone, a function already available from social networks Facebook (via Facebook Live) and Twitter (via Periscope). Smartphone … Continue reading

Viewers are flocking in record numbers for video content, according to YouTube 28 June 2016

While announcing its newest slate of original content for subscription service YouTube Red, the company this week touted the success of early originals including the web series Scare PewDiePie. In a blog post listing season-two renewals and six new video projects, YouTube Inc. said “Our … Continue reading

Vietnamese spend more time watching VOD 28 June 2016

According to a report released by Nielsen, 78% of digital consumers reported watching TV content and movies via video-on-demand platforms and 67% of VOD subscribers claimed to stream VOD content every day. YouTube (97%), Facebook (81%) and nhaccuatui.com (56%) were known as the … Continue reading