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Pay-TV cord cutting to see huge growth in US as most homes pay-TV free by 2025

October 14, 2020 Jim O’Neill

A new report posits that US pay-TV cord cutting will quadruple between 2020 and 2025, compared to the previous 2015-2019 period. The 36% loss of subscribers from its 2020 base will mean traditional pay-TV services Read More

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SVOD

Why Netflix is ending its free trial (And why other SVOD services shouldn’t)

October 14, 2020 Jim O’Neill

If more than one-half of free trials to OTT streaming services convert to full paid subscriptions, why is Netflix ending its free trial program? Parks Associates research show that 58% of consumers who trial an Read More

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Advertising

Study: US AVOD viewers older, more economically challenged; but SVOD, AVOD can coexist

October 13, 2020 Jim O’Neill

Almost 20% of U.S. internet users watch AVOD (ad-supported video on-demand, a new report says, as those services continue to build their program catalogs, some with more available content than Netflix. But, the report found, Read More

Enterprise video
Enterprise

Enterprise video soars in July and August as pandemic changes become the norm

September 30, 2020 Jim O’Neill

Enterprise video views, which nearly doubled in Q2 over the previous year, are up even more in the first two months of Q3. Preliminary data from Brightcove’s Q3 2020 Video Index shows that views of Read More

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OTT

SVOD subscriptions in Western Europe expected to top 191M by 2025

September 21, 2020 Jim O’Neill

The Covid-19 pandemic is expected to drive SVOD subscriptions in Western Europe up by at least 35 million in 2020, a new study posits. Digital TV Research said the pandemic has accelerated an already hot Read More

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OTT

Under Armour follows Nike into major D2C push as retailers embrace video

September 14, 2020 Jim O’Neill

Add Under Armour to the growing list of retailers embrace video as it looks to restructure its brick-and-mortar business to leverage a direct-to-consumer (D2C) model that will help it reduce costs and reach younger, mobile Read More

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Featured

Brightcove Video Index reports 40% jump in video streaming for Q2

August 18, 2020 Jim O’Neill

Entertainment, news and sports video streaming consumption increased more than 40% globally in Q2, nearly doubling the 23% growth seen in Q1, as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to drive video’s evolutionary moment. Data from the Read More

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Streaming Video

Broadway turns to streaming with ‘Diana’ as COVID-19 keeps lights out

August 13, 2020 Jim O’Neill

Premium video on-demand (PVOD) has been gaining traction as movie studios have struggled to reach audiences because of theater closings – and audience reluctance to return – during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, Broadway – which still Read More

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OTT

Disney’s streaming future is strong enough to drive stock higher, despite $4.72B loss

August 6, 2020 Jim O’Neill

What’s it mean when a media company reports $4.72 billion in net quarterly losses, but its stock price goes up for days following the news? In Walt Disney Company’s case, it means that investors believe Read More

Mexico's SVOD growth
OTT

Mexico’s SVOD growth to drive video entertainment revenue beyond $4.4B in 2021

August 5, 2020 Jim O’Neill

As in other regions, COVID-19 has been a catalyst for Mexico’s SVOD growth in the fast evolving video entertainment market, a new study shows. Futuresource Consulting posits that digital video will be crucial to the Read More

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