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AVOD Broadcasters Cloud Features Growth OTT Question Time Posts SVOD VendorsOTT Question Time #11 – The Environmental Impact of OTT Streaming

Kauser KanjiJuly 13, 2020

At this week’s OTT Question Time we assessed the impact of OTT streaming on the environment. This is a complex, multi-faceted issue and we covered a lot of information including: The current lay of the land: how much OTT streaming is actually going? How has this increased over the past few years and even in 2020 alone as people have been at home more due to the pandemic? What does that translate to in terms...

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AVOD Broadcasters Content Distribution Features Growth OTT Question Time Posts SVOD VendorsOTT Question Time #10 – Taking Stock as Lockdowns Ease

Kauser KanjiJuly 10, 2020

In this episode of OTT Question Time we looked at the TV and on-demand industry through a wide-angle lens as lockdowns in many parts of the world started to ease. Together with Gulliver Smithers, former SVP of Product & Technology at Sony Pictures Entertainment and now CTO at RampRate IT, Adam Nightingale, SVP Commercial at Deltatre and Fred Black, Senior Analyst at Ampere Analysis, we talked about: Whether the high levels of TV / VOD...

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Broadcasters Features Growth OTT Question Time Pay-TV Posts SVODOTT Question Time #8: Lessons Learned from the ANZ OTT Experience

Kauser KanjiJune 15, 2020

In this episode of OTT Question Time we went down under! Together with Kym Niblock, Chief Product & Information Officer at TVNZ, Holly Knill, Group Director, IP & Content Products at Foxtel, and Sam Hall, Chief Content & Commercial Officer at Fetch TV, we explored FTA / Pay-TV / SVOD trends in Australia / NZ and the wider potential impacts of those experiences. For example: Has the pandemic led to a renewal of trust between...

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Broadcasters Growth NewsBBC iPlayer Viewing up 61%

Kauser KanjiMay 13, 2020

The BBC has reported that since the UK’s national lockdown was announced on the 23rd of March, BBC iPlayer has seen 927 million requests (including Sky catch-up viewing) – 61% higher than the same seven-week period last year. The BBC also said that: BBC iPlayer’s biggest ever day was Sunday 10 May, with 22.5 million requests, and 1.1 million requests for the Prime Minister’s statement to the nation. The success of BBC Three’s hit new drama...

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Advertising Broadcasters Growth NewsITV Online Viewing Up 75%

Kauser KanjiMay 6, 2020

ITV has reported strong growth in its OTT services in Q1 2020. Compared to the same period last year, long form online viewing hours were up 75% to 169.4 million, simulcast viewing was up 112% and reach up 40% on the company’s AVOD product, ITV Hub. ITV is also seeing “good growth for BritBox free trial starts and subscriptions”. Broadcast revenue was up 2% at £500m (2019: £489m) with ITV total advertising up 2% and online revenues up 26%. On the...

Growth News VendorsThinkAnalytics Increases Revenues 30% as Growth Accelerates in the US

Kauser KanjiApril 29, 2020

ThinkAnalytics™ today revealed that revenues increased 30% year-on-year for the fiscal year ending 31 December 2019, particularly driven by strong demand in the US for the ThinkAnalytics personalized content discovery platform and ThinkInsight, its real time dashboard and big data analytics solution. Reflecting the firm’s substantial investments in the US and the expansion of its Los Angeles office, the company has added names including HBO and DirecTV to its client roster. Looking ahead, ThinkAnalytics expects...

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Finances Growth Netflix News SVODNetflix Adds 16m Subscribers in Q1 2020

Kauser KanjiApril 22, 2020

Netflix has posted its latest round of quarterly financial figures with the headline number of a net 16 million increase in global paying subscribers. The SVOD giant now has just short of 183m paid memberships. In its letter to shareholders, Netflix said: “During the first two months of Q1, our membership growth was similar to the prior two years, including in UCAN. Then, with lockdown orders in many countries starting in March, many more households joined...

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Broadcasters Growth NewsAll 4 Posts Biggest Ever Quarterly Viewing in Q1 2020

Kauser KanjiApril 20, 2020

All 4 has achieved its highest number of quarterly views ever across Q1 of this year, driven by titles including Friday Night Dinner, Gogglebox, The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer, Hollyoaks, Celebs Go Dating and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. This record breaking period includes All 4’s biggest ever month, week and day of viewing in March. Views during the nation’s first two weeks of lockdown increased by a significant 37% compared with the...

Broadcasters Growth News SVODITV Hub Viewing Surges

Kauser KanjiApril 14, 2020

ITV has announced that its OTT service, ITV Hub, has achieved a significant uplift in both reach and consumption hours during the first quarter of 2020. Year on year consumption hours have increased by 82%, while monthly reach on the platform has risen by 40%. ITV Hub plus, ITV’s ad-free service, has also grown 80% since the same period last year. Figures also released for March 2020 reveal how the Hub has witnessed a 49% increase...

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Broadcasters Disney Features Growth Netflix Posts SVOD VendorsFive VOD Talking Points – Q2 2020

Kauser KanjiApril 1, 2020

Are people watching more TV? Will audiences run out of new content to watch? What’s happening with freelancers? The cascading effects of the pandemic. And will all broadcasters survive? Here are some TV / OTT talking points for Q2 2020.

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