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  • June 19, 2014

    Discovery Networks goes for females

    Discovery is generally well-known for its male-skewing channels. There are exceptions, of course, especially in the success of its TLC network which has morphed considerably since its introduction back in November 1980 as The Learning Channel. ...
  • June 19, 2014

    Pay television to exceed 170 million homes in Europe

    There will be over 170 million subscribers to pay-television services in Europe by the end of 2014. Most of the growth is coming from Eastern Europe, which will account for approaching 75 million subscribers. European pay-television revenues will exceed ...
  • June 19, 2014

    Forecast: One hot year for ad spending

    Media economy will see biggest gains since 2004, up 4.8 percent June 17, 2014 -The media economy is about to experience its biggest boom in a decade. The latest forecast for U.S. ad spending this year is growth of 4.8 percent, which would be the fastest...
  • June 12, 2014

    Younger viewers desert UK broadcasters

    All UK broadcasters are facing a decline in the number of younger viewers but new figures indicate that the BBC and Channel 4 are suffering significantly more than the average.Between 2010 and 2013 there was an overall drop of 7% in the number of 25 to 34...
  • June 12, 2014

    OTT TV devices pass one billion mark

    Global OTT TV devices shipped have now passed one billion globally, including 220 million in Europe, and a growing proportion of consumers are viewing video services via IP-enabled devices, according to new research by Strategy Analytics.  ...
  • June 12, 2014

    Over-the-top an afterthought?

    OTT (over-the-top) seems to be the buzz word of late and broadcasters everywhere are jumping onto the multi-screen services bandwagon and burning the midnight lamp figuring out how to monetise these services. What once seemed to be too small a business is...
  • June 12, 2014

    TV Everywhere Makes Multiscreen, Cross-platform Measurement an Imperative

    The rise of the multiscreen phenomenon for video viewing started in earnest with Netflix and Hulu, but has been inexorably driven forward by pay-TV operators and broadcasters—their TV Everywhere initiatives have been popular and have succeeded in...
  • June 10, 2014

    PwC Projects Strong Gains for OTT, SVOD Revenues

    OTT and on-demand revenues will reach $17 billion in the U.S. by 2018, PwC indicates in its newest Entertainment & Media Outlook, far eclipsing physical home video revenues of $8.7 billion.According to the Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2014-2018,...
  • June 10, 2014

    TV Everywhere usage explodes in the US

    TV Everywhere viewing grew 246% in the US in past year, according to the Adobe Digital Index (ADI). ...
  • June 10, 2014

    Nielsen: Twitter-TV relationship hits an all-time high

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