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Could gaming kill the video star?

Blog post by Karol Severin

12 Aug 2020

Games

venn

games video

The Video Games Entertainment & News Network, or ‘ Venn’ , was launched on the 5th of August – marking another important milestone on entertainment’s journey of intertwining across formats...

Television Performance Measurement Is Falling Short

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

20 May 2019

Chart Of The Week

Data Point Of The Day

index

When the television first entered homes around the world, it was a safe assumption that if it was on it was the centre of attention in a room. Whatever was broadcast to the screen for that evening would...

Amazon is all in on advertising

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

31 Aug 2018

Ad Supported

ad supported streaming

advertising video on demand

Amazon’s latest play into the TV ad market with the launch of Free Dive, an ad-supported video service for Fire TV users, showcases the company’s intent to further diversify revenue streams from its...

The Emerging Video Content Bubble

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

9 Oct 2017

Amazon

broadcast TV

content bubble

For the TV industry, the current period of video content spending is a golden era. Content budgets are the highest they have ever been, as are revenues for the top 22 global TV networks. However, the video...

Why The Creator Of Scandal Has Found A Home In Netflix

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

15 Aug 2017

Grey's Anatomy

How to get Away with Murder

Netflix

Shonda Rhimes is now a ‘Netflixer’, in the words of Netflix’s chief content officer Ted Sarandos. Rhimes is renowned for being the creator of hit shows such as Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal , which...

Netflix Flexes Its Licensing Muscle

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

1 Dec 2016

Netflix

Online video

SVOD

The announcement yesterday that Netflix is going to allow TV and movie downloads for offline viewing is a seismic moment for TV generally not just SVOD (subscription video on demand) services in particular....

How Pay-TV Can Get Netflix Off Its Front Lawn

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

20 Jan 2016

emerging markets

Netflix

Online video

Amidst all the positive news about Netflix’s continuing growth story, some interesting points were touched upon in yesterday’s Netflix Q4 2015 Earnings Interview with analysts. Perhaps the most revealing...