Like most of us these days, you probably have a favorite TV show. A show that makes you want to binge-watch it over and over again. For me that's NBC’s Parks and Recreation, something about the citizens of Pawnee, Indiana has me coming back and re-visiting this odd, yet charming show.
Revenues for the Mexican pay-TV industry were up nearly 23% year-over-year in Q3, increasing to $953 million. Much of that growth is attributable to continued subscriber growth in the country as operators bundle services to decrease churn and increase customer loyalty.
But pay-TV operators are also rolling out inexpensive content packages and, perhaps more importantly, making it easy to access video-on-demand services and OTT.
In the battle of survival of online video, it is well known that live linear TV is a core differentiator. But how do you “go live” longer? How do you make sure you are not beaten to death by competition and are walking around like a zombie with not enough “live” content?
The answer is in re-using VOD content for live streaming.
Pay-TV in North America is set to see its penetration in the region decline to 80% by 2021 from the current 87% as consumers move away from legacy service providers to alternatives like SVOD and virtual MSOs. A new study for Digital TV Research said that the number of pay-TV subscribers will see only a small decline, to 106 million in the United States and Canada, from 112 million in 2012, pay TV’s peak year.
Consumers’ shifting viewing preferences, increasing penetration of high-speed broadband and a wealth of premium content availability is fueling a surge in video-on-demand services that could help global VOD revenues top $108.6 billion by 2026, a new report says.
Consumer behavior has shifted significantly during the 2015 fall season, according to a new study, calling into question the validity and value of Live+7 ratings, and providing new insight into Fox’s just announced decision to abandon overnight ratings for its non-sports programming.
Revenues from the global video on demand market are expected to top $263 billion by 2016, a 27% increase over the $207 billion the industry generated in 2014, driven by rapid consumer adoption and expanding Internet penetration in emerging markets.
I’m not saying that I’m a die-hard NFL fan, but… oh, what’s the use? Of course I am. So I’ll be one of the early-morning fans watching the “historic” streaming of the Buffalo Bills/Jacksonville Jaguars game from London at 9:30 a.m. ET, Sunday.
The game is historic because it’s the first regular-season game being streamed around the world – at least the first NFL game streamed that’s not being pirated.