Amazon doubles streaming traffic as Netflix competition heats up

Amazon has doubled its share of streaming traffic, according to new research, which shows just how heated competition with Netflix is becoming.

Recently, we argued that the coming 12 months could be the turning point in the rivalry beween the … Read More

The future of online advertising? Channel 4 launches first programmatic VOD ads in battle with YouTube

Channel 4 will offer Europe’s first programmatic VOD ads next year.

The announcement, made at Channel 4’s Upfront 2015 event, sees the broadcaster make its first big step into the UK VOD advertising landscape, offering advertisers a digital marketplace to … Read More

Subscription VOD services to spend $6.8 billion on content next year

The big subscription VOD companies will spend a total of $6.8 billion on content in 2015.

The video on-demand market is heating up, as companies fight over your subscriptions – and content is the weapon of choice. Get enough quality … Read More

Lionsgate and Tribeca to launch subscription VOD service in 2015

Lionsgate and Tribeca are teaming up to launch a subscription VOD service in 2015.

The partnership between the distributor and Tribeca Enterprises, which owns and operates the Tribeca Film Festival, is a response to the “growing online audience” for premium … Read More

Is this the year that Amazon beats Netflix?

Let’s face it. In the world of video on-demand, Amazon has always been second to Netflix. In terms of users, in terms of content, in terms of media coverage. And, most importantly, in terms of perception.

At the start of … Read More

Breaking Bad is the most streamed programme in the UK

Breaking Bad is the most streamed programme in the UK, according to new research.

The study conducted by GfK is the first real insight we’ve had into subscription VOD trends. Indeed, we’ve written before about the lack of data available … Read More

BVA: 22 million Brits still buying DVDs

22 million Brits are still buying DVDs, according to the British Video Association.

The BVA Yearbook, published last week, reveals that more than 22 million folk purchased a film on good old-fashioned discs last year, compared to the 3.3 million … Read More

Digital video to overtake cinemas in three years?

“There’s eventually going to be a big meltdown,” Steven Spielberg said last year. Talking at an event with George Lucas, the pair predicted a Hollywood “implosion”, with fewer cinemas, higher ticket prices and longer theatrical runs – more like Broadway … Read More

Soaring subscription services drive digital entertainment sales up to 60% of UK market

Digital sales accounted for 60 per cent of the UK home entertainment market in 2013, thanks to soaring demand for subscription services such as Netflix and NOW.

These “access services” include audio platforms, such as Spotify, and in-app purchases from … Read More

iTunes has largest UK video on-demand library; Sky’s NOW TV growing rapidly

iTunes has the largest video library in the UK, according to a new report, while Sky’s NOW has seen the biggest increase in the last three months.

The VOD Audit by Decipher, which analyses the biggest 20 on-demand providers in … Read More