Skinny bundles have really taken off in the US broadcast services industry but it’s not just consumer appeal driving their uptake. Their average revenue per channel is impressive too.
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Skinny bundles have really taken off in the US broadcast services industry but it’s not just consumer appeal driving their uptake. Their average revenue per channel is impressive too.
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With TV Everywhere now firmly established in the marketplace, a new Nielsen survey has valuable insight into mobile video traffic and what people watch OOH - out of the home.
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The annual publication of the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies is always a bit of an event in the tech industry. While its oracular nature in uncovering new technologies is sometimes disputed, one of the things that makes it most interesting is how it characterizes established tech that is making its way in the market.
[ Read More... ]Topics: Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality
Our Virtual Reality Timeline is a constantly updated resource designed to chart progress in the field from the publishing of Howard Rheingold's seminal Virtual Reality in 1991 to the very latest key events and milestones.
[ Read More... ]Topics: Virtual Reality, VR, Augmented Reality
Some new data has emerged from analyst TDG in the US which could have valuable implications for anyone seeking to make their own video streaming services stickier than their competitors.
[ Read More... ]Topics: OTT, OTT TV, OTT Streaming
OTT technologies enable measurement of an individual’s digital footprints, collecting data from TVs, smartphones and other connected devices. As the number of connected devices per household continues to rise, data loads may reach an estimated 5TB per million households, per month. Extracting valuable information from this data requires a sophisticated analytics service.
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When Episode 1 of Season 7 of Game of Thrones, ‘Dragonstone’, debuted on 17 July, the official viewing figures were impressive. HBO reported 16.1 million for the premiere and catch-up in the US, while Sky Atlantic recorded 2.8 million in the UK. But they paled into insignificance when the estimations regarding digital piracy came in.
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It was perhaps only a matter of time, but a new survey says that, if asked to choose between SVOD and traditional Pay TV, the majority of under 34 year-olds will opt for OTT.
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The media industry was an early adopter of data, beginning in 1950 when Nielsen began measuring TV audiences. In the ensuing years audience measurement now captures video viewing across computers and mobile devices, in addition to traditional TV sets. But it’s more than the devices that are of interest now; determining what has the strongest engagement and impact is key to the industry.
[ Read More... ]Topics: content personalization, TV analytics
Will Apple's rollout of Augmented Reality technology to 100s of millions of devices in the forthcoming iOS 11 provide the accelerant that the AR market needs?
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