VOD


Piracy costing service providers ‘up to $8bn a year’

Video service providers lose between US$6 billion and US$8 billion in revenue to piracy each year, according to a study by US-based ABI Research. The report claims that while video piracy has been around since the advent of home recording and the VHS tape in 1979, today the most common forms of piracy include illegal […]

Netflix’s int’l subs now outnumber US

Netflix passed the 100 million-member mark and now has more international than US viewers, in a quarter that saw it surpass customer addition forecasts. The subscription video-on-demand giant added 5.2 million new users globally in Q2, beating its prediction of 3.2 million and setting a second quarter record for net additions. Netflix said it had […]

VOD playing crucial role in Euro content funding

On-demand services are set to become the main financial support for European content, a new report has predicted. Rules requiring support for European film and TV production within such services currently have a mixed impact, however, with considerable variation between different countries, according to the European Audiovisual Observatory. While cinema takings are stagnating and DVD […]

Netflix growth ‘slowing’ in big European markets

US streaming service Netflix is seeing subs growth slow in major European territories, according to new research. Ovum’s latest European analysis and forecasts reveal that the SVOD service reveals a sharp uptake of Netflix as Netflix enters a market, before growth starts to tail off. There were also reassuring findings for traditional pay TV operators, […]

UK ‘is Euro on-demand leader’

UK viewers have been the quickest in Western Europe to embrace on-demand TV, while Italians watch more TV overall than any other nationality in the region, according to new research. Overall daily viewing time of linear TV has continued to decline in the UK, but factoring in online and on-demand services the time spent watching […]

Netflix drives VOD boom in Australia

Use of VOD and SVOD in Australia will increase sharply with Netflix spurring much of the growth, according to new research. By the end of the year two thirds of Australians over 16 who have an internet connection will be accessing VOD services. Nielsen says 67% will be watching OTT video by end-2016, compared with […]

On-demand TV revenues on course to hit $6bn

Forecasts for almost 100 countries show that revenues from on-demand TV shows and movies will hit US$6 billion by 2018. That compares with the US$4.2 billion generated in 2012. The latest projections, from Digital TV Research, exclude sport and adult programming and revenues from SVOD packages and OTT services. They show that the US will […]

Sky leads UK catch-up TV market, Netflix leads VOD

Sky’s catch-up service is now the “most comprehensive in the UK”, according to digital media consultancy Decipher. In its quarterly audit of VOD on the major UK DTV platforms and OTT services, Decipher named Sky as leader in the catch-up space both in the number of channels it has and in its unique assets. However, […]

Quickflix to offer HBO series soon after US broadcast

Australian on demand platform Quickflix has scored a significant agreement with HBO that will allow it offer series such as Game of Thrones soon after their US broadcast. To this point, the only way to access premium HBO shows in Australia soon after their stateside bow was through Apple iTunes and pay TV market leader […]

UK on-demand TV hits ‘saturation point’

The UK market for on-demand TV is reaching saturation point, with only a limited potential new audience for these services, according to reseach by YouGov. The market research agency said that instead of looking for new audiences to generate growth and revenue, providers should shift strategies and look to maximise what they get from existing […]