IPTV News
Cars drive digital radio surge
The automotive industry’s adoption of digital radio is driving demand and usage of the emerging platform according to the latest figures from Commercial Radio Australia.
SVODS feel the power of the EU
The EU has finalized a preliminary deal that will allow European markets to force online streaming services including Netflix and Amazon’s video service to help fund European films and TV shows.
Anti-piracy war takes another turn Downunder
China’s biggest media content producers, TVBO Productions and Television Broadcasts (TVB), are batting the Australian Federal Court over multiple piracy infringements via Australian IPTV networks.
Content is driving platform growth
Consumer expenditure on entertainment content is poised to reach US$439 billion globally by 2021 according to research from Futuresource Consulting. The latest Global Entertainment Content Outlook report calculates that this would represent a 17% increase from 2017. TV and video accounts for the lion's share of this consumer spend, and subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu are rapidly dominating the overall home video entertainment sector including DVD, Blu-ray, EST, VOD and SVOD.
NAB Goes Futurist: creating quality content
The NAB ritual in Las Vegas is certainly moving with the futurist trends and this year the theme of technology being used to create better storytellers and productions is key.
IPTV drives multiple devices in homes
American streaming device consumption is at all time high with US broadband households having on average more than seven video access devices.
VOD alters Australian media appetite and starves pirates
Australian content piracy has radically contracted as IPTV services have shifted the media consumption patterns of Australian viewers, according to the latest research from Nielsen and Screen Australia.
Mobile World Congress mobile video the future of connectivity
Connected homes, streaming devices and workplaces are poised to be radically transformed by the faster wireless networks and internet of things (IoT) connections which are set to triple between 2017 and 2025.
Digital radio drives audience growth
Radio remains a growing media outlet of choice for Australian listeners with a cumulative audience of nearly 10.5 million people listening each week in metropolitan areas, according to research from Commercial Radio Australia.
Net Neutrality Deal Breaker
The US Government’s plans to repeal net neutrality laws on December 14, has shaken up the communications sector.