Major streaming advertising video-on-demand (AVOD) players showed a slight 3.4% decline in business to $1.6 billion in the first quarter of 2023, according to analysis from MoffettNathanson Research. But for full-year 2023, business for all major AVOD platforms is estimated to see recovery with double-digit percent gain…
The BBC has always pushed boundaries to achieve better video quality for both streaming and broadcasting – one example is the BBC’s contribution to the Ultra High Definition (UHD) standard. Many TVs now display broadcasts at 100Hz or more and although broadcast content is 25 frames per second (fps), newer TVs use frame interpolation to generate additional frames to display the sequence at 100fp…
According to data presented by OnlyAccounts.io, global subscription-based streaming revenue is expected to hit $95.3 billion in 2023, 18% more than last year. This figure is forecast to jump by […]
88% of US TV households have at least one internet-connected TV device, including connected Smart TVs, stand-alone streaming devices (like Roku, Amazon Fire TV sticks or boxes, Chromecast, or Apple […]
Maximizing immersion for our members is an important goal for the Netflix product and engineering teams to keep our members entertained and fully engaged in our content. Leveraging a good mix of matur…
CUPERTINO, Calif. —Apple has announced some major software updates for Apple TV 4K that will add such features as FaceTime, video conferencing and Dolby Vision 8.1 to the tvOS 17 operating system. The new operating system tvOS 17, which will become available in the fall, also introduces an all-new Control Center, along with other enhancements that provide a more persona…
The Central and Eastern European market is on track to reach $42m in free ad-supported streaming tv (FAST) revenues by 2028 according to new research from Omdia. CEE joins a […]
Credit: Tuesday Temptation via Unsplash Australia’s advertising market will grow marginally slower at 3.2% in 2023, according to the latest dentsu Global Ad Spend Forecasts report. Craig Cooper, chief investment officer, Carat Australia, says dentsu’s mid-year ad spend forecast for 2023 in Australia has been marginally lowered to 3.2% growth due to a soft...
According to the graph of codec popularity, taken from the paper “ Towards Efficient Multi-Codec Streaming ” by Yuriy A. Reznik at 2030 three codecs are popular: HEVC, H264/AVC and AV1 23+ years’ programming and theoretical experience in the computer science fields such as video compression, media streaming and artificial intelligence (co-author of several pape...
Disney made it official with an SEC filing after the markets closed Friday, saying it would take $1.5 billion in writedowns associated with removing streaming programming from its platforms. The number came in on the low end of a range provided by the company last month when it released its quarterly earnings. (Read the new filing HERE .) Like other media companies, Disney has b...
CUPERTINO, Calif. —Apple has announced some major software updates for Apple TV 4K that will add such features as FaceTime, video conferencing and Dolby Vision 8.1 to the tvOS 17 operating system. The new operating system tvOS 17, which will become available in the fall, also introduces an all-new Control Center, along with other enhancements that provide a more persona...
The NFL is developing a subscription streaming service that would include games, radio, podcasts and team content. The streaming service is nascent, and likely won’t be ready for an owners’ vote until the next meeting in May,...
Foxtel-owned sport streaming service Kayo has confirmed a price rise for customers on its most popular plan. The cost increase for Kayo comes after the streamer has recently renegotiated massive new costly broadcast deals for...
Netflix is rolling out paid password sharing in Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and Spain as the company looks to reap revenue from a practice it long encouraged customers to engage in at no charge. They can also “buy an extra...
Keywords: HTTP Adaptive Streaming, ABR Algorithms, Quality of Experience, Crowdsourcing, Subjective Evaluation, Objective Evaluation, MOS, (ITU-T) P.1203 Abstract: Adaptive BitRate (ABR) algorithms play a crucial role in...
“Our long-term aspiration for Peacock is to balance out our overall media business,” Shell said during NBCU parent Comcast ’s third-quarter earnings call today. Assessing how the various parts of Comcast’s overall video business...