US viewers opt for free TV streaming

Free streaming TV chart

Traditional pay TV operators and broadcast networks still dominate the consumer television landscape, but US viewers start to turn to new options, from subscription video on demand (SVOD), to electronic sell-through (EST), to free TV streaming.

3.5m German watch online video

Germany

3.5 million German (7%) use paid streaming services on the internet, according to high-tech association Bitkom.

Germany can’t see YouTube music videos

YoouTube message

Many of the best viewed music videos on YouTube can not be seen in Germany due to an ongoing conflict between the authors rights society GEMA and the Google.

Fashion One goes online in Lithuania

Fashion One

Fashion One has announced its first online portal TV deal with NuboTV, the cloud television service in Lithuania.

Netflix grows to over 33m subscribers

Netflix Family

Netflix has beaten everyone’s expectations by announcing it added nearly 10 million global streaming members in 2012, bringing the total to over 33 million global streaming members worldwide.

84.9% of US internet users watch web video

182 million US internet users watched 38.7 billion online content videos in December, while video ad views totaled 11.3 billion,according to the comScore Video Metrix.

Vimeo launches German and French versions

Online video portal Vimeo has launched German and French language versions of the service.

Vevo channel comes to Roku

Vevo on Roku

Music video channel Vevo is now available on the connected TV platform Roku.

French TV channels active with catch-up

TV Replay

The free DTT channels continue to expand their offer of catch-up TV, according to the French video portal TV-replay.fr.

Vevo remains best watched YouTube channel

182 million US Internet users watched nearly 40 billion online content videos in November, while video ad views reached 10.5 billion, according to Comscore’s Video Metrix.