"online video" articles

Written by Brett L. Sappington, Director of Research Since the dark days of 2009 when the term "cord-cutting" could be heard in nervous whispers around the halls of pay TV providers large and small, the industry has been anxious about the possibility that subscribers might just dump the whole pay TV proposition in favor of online video, Redbox, and other alternatives. Survey and industry data since that time has shown that while a segment of consumers are open to the...

Netflix announced on Monday that they had attained one million subscribers in the UK and Ireland , only 7 months after launching in the region. The company boasts that this rapid expansion is four times faster than Twitter managed to accomplish globally and twice as fast as Facebook and Four-square. They have also surpassed LOVEFiLM , which has been operating in the region since 2004, in every streaming-related metric. Netflix credits their success in the region to factors,...

Content discovery, whether for linear TV, VOD or other OTT content, is a very hot button topic among operators looking to maximize the incremental revenue they can earn from broad subscriber adoption of the products. But the problem, as anyone who regularly scrolls through the less-than enthralling gridlocked EPGs many operators still use, is that, well, it’s a hassle. One-line descriptions, a hackneyed paragraph of information and a couple of cast members and, if you’re lucky, a brief...

Written by Patrice Samuels, Research Analyst Pay-TV operators are all too familiar with the cord shaving and cord cutting phenomena that had their subscribers migrating to online video services like Netflix and Hulu. While the largest pay-TV provider Comcast lost more than 37,000 subscribers in the first quarter of 2012, Netflix’s gain of approximately 1.7 million subscribers over the same period made the company the leading subscription video service in the U.S., in terms of...

Over 40% of U.S. consumers with a media tablet use the device to check listings while watching TV, according to Parks Associates research. Changing consumer habits are forcing the entertainment industry to shift to digital distribution for movies, music, books, and games. Join Parks Associates for the webcast, Emerging Distribution Models for Online Entertainment , on Thursday, July 26 at 1 PM Central as research analyst Pietro Macchiarella presents new research showing how consumers...

Don't miss this chance to hear the panel of network service providers (NSP) market professionals providing insight into into the opportunities & challenges with OTT service integration. Download the presentation and audio recording of the webcast: OTT Services: Moving from Integration to Revenues previously hosted by Parks Associates and Technicolor on June 14th. Listen how value-added services increase subscriber satisfaction and contribute to the bottom...

Belkin  has made a surprise entry into the place-shifting arena with @TV Plus, a set-top box allowing you to stream video from your home TV to your tablet, smartphone, or laptop over WiFi or a 3G/4G cellular connection. This is a direct competitor to Slingbox, which was acquired by EchoStar a few years ago and has languished a bit while maintaining the dominant position in the niche place-shifting market.  Like the Slingbox, @TV Plus works with both standard...

Low cost and viewing flexibility give Netflix an advantage over pay-TV VOD and premium broadcast TV, according to a new study on consumer video viewing. Choosing Content: Viewing Video found Netflix Watch Instantly rates higher in customer satisfaction than premium broadcast TV because of these factors. Netflix also topped pay-TV VOD in terms of cost. The Netflix over-the-top (OTT) service also influences the decision processes of pay-TV consumers, raising the possibility of Watch...