Users are not fully engaging with their new connected TVs and OTT* video services, according to research from Analysys Mason.
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Online video continues to soar, especially among younger viewers, with 68% of 18-34 year olds claiming their PC/laptop is the entertainment device they “can’t live without”.
The television on-demand market is set for huge growth, with revenues reaching $5.7 billion in 2016 – up 58% from 2010 – according to a new report by Digital TV Research.
Spending on Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) network programming across the main five PSB channels and the BBC digital channels increased by 2% in real terms in 2010 to £2.9 billion, although it was down by 12% since 2006, according to Ofcom’s PSB Annual Report.
Since Q2 2010, the number of ads delivered in HD has doubled from 10% to 20%, according to a new study from Extreme Reach.
Arqiva’s SeeSaw, the online TV service has been bought by a consortium of investors for more than £10m.
Virgin Media has launched a Virgin Media TV Guide smartphone app, to allow remote recording on its new TiVo set top box.
Raymond Snoddy: “Rupert Murdoch could say “to hell with it” – though those would not be the actual words used. He could close down Sky News and save the company an immediate £20 million a year. Worse still the entire future of News International could be called into question…”
News Corporation is withdrawing its planned bid to take full ownership of BSkyB following the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.
BSkyB is in “robust shape” and could see 8% revenue growth in 2011/12 despite the on-going News Corporation saga, according to RBS forecasts.