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Research: Daily VoD engagement up 12% in 2023

NPAW, a specialist in video streaming analytics, has announced the findings of its 2023 Video Streaming Industry Report, revealing a significant year of engagement and quality improvements for the industry. The most notable finding of the report is the consolidation, in the second half of the year, of the upward trend in daily user engagement […]

February 14, 2024

Sopra Steria, TRP launch audience data portal

Sopra Steria, the digital transformation provider, and media expert TRP Research have partnered to help broadcasters, commissioners, programme-makers and advertisers, to better understand the way television and VoD services are consumed across different devices and platforms by UK audiences. Bringing together Sopra Steria’s data analytics and user design capabilities, and TRP’s knowledge of the media […]

February 13, 2024

Barb awards CFlight Landscape Study to BVA BDRC

Barb, the industry’s standard for understanding what people watch, has awarded the CFlight Landscape Study to insights consultancy BVA BDRC. Barb says the study will enable it to accurately estimate the size and profile of audiences to TV platforms in the UK and understand the household dynamics of VoD consumption. Barb assumed governance responsibility in […]

February 12, 2024

MTS appoints Thornberry as COO

Friend MTS, the video content security and anti-piracy provider, has announced the appointment of Simon Thornberry as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Thornberry will focus on enabling the development of existing sports and VoD markets, as well as other content ownership and creation markets, by delivering repeatable, scalable customer experiences, primarily through the increased use of […]

February 12, 2024

Data: Over half US homes watching FAST TV

Evidence-based insights and consulting company Kantar has released its latest Entertainment on Demand (EoD) data on the US streaming market. Kantar’s EoD study uncovers the following behaviours and findings within the VoD market between October and December 2023: Video Streaming has reached near total market saturation. By December 2023, 123 million US households held at […]

January 25, 2024

France: VoD consumption growing

In 2023, French VoD consumption made up a third (33 per cent) of overall video viewing, a rise of seven points over four years. According to the latest wave of Médiamétrieʼs TV Year report, TV, platform of all platforms, French individuals’ total video consumption reached 4h 37m in 2023, while in 2022, the live, replay, […]

January 24, 2024From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

France: Les VODays returns for 2024

Trade bodies the Digital Entertainment Group International (DEGI) and the Syndicat de l’Edition Vidéo Numérique (SEVN) have confirmed the return of ‘Les VODays’, a category-wide week-long campaign to drive growth and engagement across the ever-growing French digital transactional market featuring a wide-range of compelling offers. From January 22nd to January 28th, the campaign will offer […]

January 22, 2024By Colin Mann

Mometu now on VIZIO

Mometu, a free VoD streaming service, is now available on Vizio in the US, bringing the brand’s film and TV catalogue to the smart TV brand. Vizio users have round-the-clock access to Mometu’s 50,000-plus hours of classic, international, and independent titles, all for free. Highlights include series favourites The Beverly Hillbillies and The Tales of […]

January 3, 2024

TF1+ to integrate 50 FAST channels

French broadcaster TF1 Group has unveiled further details of its new four-screen, free-of-charge streaming platform TF1+. Set to start on January 8th, the new service aims at becoming a leader of free streaming in France and will integrate around 50 FAST channels, ranging from romantic comedies to thrillers and manga. Intended to accelerate the digital […]

December 20, 2023From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Data: Thanksgiving brought VoD viewing boost in US

Video intelligence leader NPAW tapped into US customer data to determine the impact the Thanksgiving festivities had on streaming consumption. NPAW compared the streaming numbers for the holiday period (November 23rd-26th) against the seasonal average (November 1st-22nd). The analysis revealed a drop in unique subscribers for VoD and Linear TV content (3 per cent and […]

November 28, 2023