YouTube viewer sees more than 93 videos
March 10, 2010 by Robert Briel
Video viewers at YouTube.com watched 93 videos on average during the month January, representing an increase of 50% versus a year earlier. Nearly 173 million US internet users watched online video during the month, according to the comScore Video Metrix. Read the story »
BitTorrent’s Oscar goes to…. District 9
March 9, 2010 by Robert Briel
The Torrent Freak website has said that if every (illegal) download on BitTorrent counted as a vote, District 9 would be crowned the winner with 12,639,000 downloads, closely followed by Avatar with 11,326,000 copies. Read the story »
YouTube: profitable in 2010
March 5, 2010 by Robert Briel
Cable Congress 2010 – Brussels. Speaking before a packed house, Patrick Walker, director of partnerships, YouTube/Google, said he expected the online video service to be profitable this year. Read the story »
17.3 million streams for ORF TVthek
February 24, 2010 by Robert Briel
Austrian public broadcaster ORF’s catch-up TV service has reached 17.4 million requested streams during its first 100 days of operation. Read the story »
Growing interest for OTT and Connected TV
February 22, 2010 by Robert Briel
Nearly 37% of broadband households in North America are extremely or very interested in viewing over-the-top video content on the home TV, according to market research firm, In-Stat. Read the story »
Over-the-top not yet a threat to pay-TV
February 5, 2010 by Robert Briel
Despite the growing amount of video available online, less than 8% of US broadband households are considering canceling their pay-TV services in favour of online video, according to Parks Associates. Read the story »
Record numbers for Dutch catch-up TV
February 4, 2010 by Robert Briel
The Dutch public broadcasters report record numbers for their online catch-up TV service Uitzending Gemist. During 2009, some 150 million videos were requested, an increase of 25% compared with 2008. Read the story »
BBC online soap pulls in 1.7m views
January 25, 2010 by Julian Clover
E20, the online spin-off from the BBC soap EastEnders, has reached 1.7 million views since its launch on January 8. The figures compare favourably with conference darling KateModern, produced by Bebo, which at its peak in May 2008 was drawing in 1.5 million views per week. Read the story »
YouTube launches Sundance movie rentals
January 21, 2010 by Robert Briel
YouTube has announced a partnership with the Sundance Film Festival to make five films from the 2010 and 2009 festivals available for rent for US viewers on the portal. The service starts this Friday and runs for a limited time only till Sunday, January 31. Read the story »
Boxee planning payment mechanism
January 21, 2010 by Julian Clover
Over the top television provider Boxee is to add a Payment Platform to its software. The plan is to allow content owners to be able to package and price as they see fit, including pay-per-view and subscription options. Read the story »
