In a market with Netflix, Amazon Prime Instant Video and plenty of other over-the-top and pay-TV services, Now TV obviously has its work cut out to compete.
Owners Sky have backed the service with a range of advertising and product innovation, leading to impressive recent growth figures; adding nearly 50% to its subscriber numbers in the 12 months to Q4 2017 (1.5m total).
Disney’s $52bn acquisition of 21st Century Fox assets may have caused some causal observers to be surprised.
However, if you have been following Disney closely for the last few years, it will be more apparent that this move was a fundamental part of the plan to avoid being disrupted by Netflix.
The potential repeal of the 2015 net neutrality rules that were implemented in the U.S. by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has sparked an outcry from consumers, consumer rights groups, businesses and trade organizations.
Under a proposal unveiled last week, ISPs would, among other things, no longer be banned from charging companies to prioritize the delivery of their content or restricting access to particular online services that utilize significant resources.
Digital disruption has been felt in Hollywood, and even if it’s not all doom and gloom as some old media skeptics suggest, there’s no doubt that Hollywood firms have been forced to rethink how they create and sell their content.
But some of the latest moves Hollywood players are reportedly considering as they address the changing media landscape beg the question: is Hollywood totally missing the plot?
Ad blocking has been on the rise for years, but publishers aren’t accepting the inconvenient truth behind the trend. Instead they’re trying to combat the ad blockers.
Some are asking users with ad blockers to disable them, and others are experimenting with alternative techniques, such as subscription business models.
A study on the most-loved brands in the UK has revealed that Netflix is the nation’s number one.
Beating the likes of Google, Apple and Samsung, the entertainment streaming service came out on top in the Love Index – a scoring system based on five separate characteristics.
The Demographics and Technology Adoption section of our Internet Statistics Compendium saw some fascinating video-related data hit its pages in this month’s update.
As usual, we have collected the best bits from our own in-house research, as well as trends we’ve published in collaboration with other research houses and the most insightful freely available digital stats from around the web.
Artificial intelligence (see the Wikipedia definition), specifically machine learning, is an increasingly integral part of many industries, including marketing.
Here are a whole bunch of case studies and use cases, as a primer for AI in our industry.
The chap who usually does the stats roundup is off today, so I’m back in the saddle for one week only.
So with my stack of press releases and my copy & paste keyboard shortcuts at the ready, I’ll do my best to maintain the high standards to which our readers are accustomed.
This week’s stats bonanza includes Q4 ecommerce data, social’s impact on shopping habits, and changes to Instagram’s video format.
And for more of the same, check out Econsultancy’s Internet Statistics Compendium.
Now, on with the show!
From the news, you would think that Asian countries are on the verge of shutting themselves off from the rest of the world.
For example:
A great employee value proposition (EVP) is vital in persuading the best digital talent to join your organisation.
But what makes a great EVP? How can you make your employees blush and say ‘yes!?’
In my right hand I have a mug of Brazilian coffee (Fruit and Nut Espresso).
The coffee was delivered through my letter box yesterday, courtesy of Pact Coffee, one of many coffee subscription services.
However, Pact doesn’t like to think of itself as a subscription service. Its founder, Stephen Rapoport, believes many subscription services work for the business but not for the customer.
So, if the model is often abused, just what makes a good subscription service?