PVOD: How do you solve a problem like a theatrical window?

Would you pay 30 pounds to watch a film at home within a couple of week of its cinema release? That’s the question that Hollywood is increasingly asking itself, as it tries to solve the problem that has been looming … Read More

Brits to spend more on VOD than DVD this year

This year, for the first time, Britons will spend more on video streaming subscriptions and film and TV downloads than on buying and renting DVDs, according to Strategy Analytics.

The research and consulting firm’s latest report predicts that consumers will … Read More

UK viewers half as likely to “cord cut” in favour of online services

UK viewers are less demanding for VOD, reveals a new report from Nielsen.

The research firm’s Global Video-on-Demand Report, published today, shows that British take-up of VOD providers is below the global average, with 1 in 5 survey respondents signed … Read More

Screaming in your living room: How VOD is changing the horror industry

FrightFest has hit London once more this weekend – but for many around the country, it began on Monday, when the shortlist of films in the Shortcuts to Hell II contest were released on-demand, ahead of the finalists’ premiere during … Read More

Digital video spending rises one-third in 2014

Digital video spending climbed by 33 per cent in the first half of 2014.

New figures from the British Video Association show that in the first six months of this year, consumer expenditure on digital video fuelled a rise in … Read More

TheHorrorShow.tv moves into DVD as well as VOD distribution

TheHorrorShow.tv is moving into DVD distribution.

The streaming site, which specialises in horror and genre titles, launched last year in the UK. While the industry increasingly moves towards digital releasing, though, the company has taken a step in the other … 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

VOD broadcast primetime viewing up a quarter

Audiences watching broadcast primetime shows on VOD tend to do so three days after its initial airing, according to a new report from Rentrak.

The firm’s State of VOD research, compiled over four years, shows that VOD viewing of broadcast … Read More

blinkbox reports record-breaking Christmas sales – and the rise of tablets

blinkbox had record-breaking sales this Christmas, as viewers increasingly turn to video on-demand as a way to purchase and rent movies.

Sales surged 245 per cent year-on-year on the Tesco-owned pay-per-view service during the Christmas period.

The rise of … Read More