Following the ad blitz of Super Bowl XLVI, we figured it would be a good time to reflect on the ad market across all the screens. TV continues to dominate ad spend, but as we have seen in the past … More…
The stats in this post paint an interesting and distinct picture of the multiscreen world. The numbers are from three companies: Nielsen, Netflix, and Tivo. Nielsen’s data shows traditional TVs continuing to dominate video consumption. Data from Netflix and Tivo … More…
1. Tablets will continue to drive multiscreen demand According to Boston Consulting Group, 30 device makers launched 100 tablets in 2011. However, iPad remained the undisputed leader with majority of the market share. IDC data from the third quarter showed … More…
Across continents (Asia, N. America, and Europe) and distinct markets (emerging and developed) online and mobile video consumption continues to grow. Recent stats from China, the U.S., and the U.K. illustrate this trend. Asia: China Mobile (China Mobile Limited) is the … More…
Tablet adoption continues to drive consumer demand for mobile video services. A recent European survey by Orange found that close to 40 per cent of European tablet users are watching TV shows on tablets. In addition, Boston Consulting Group research … More…
Online video in Europe: Consumption in Europe has increased by 33% for the 6-month period ending in September 2011. In September, 226 million users across 7 EU nations – UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Russia, and Turkey – on average … More…
18
Nov
2011
Are you ready for multiscreen video?
Multiscreen video is proving itself to be no passing fancy. We have believed this for a long time and now there are some serious market indicators starting to back us up. So we continue to ask: the question “Are you … More…
OTT TV Consumption: TVGuide’s Fall 2011 survey has a number of great insights regarding TV consumption. Over 55% of US survey respondents watch TV online and 62% are watching more online content than they did a year ago. Heavy online … More…
The focus of this year’s CTIA Enterprise and Applications show was on mobile payments and mobile health. As a result, the hot topic of mobile video did not get lot of attention. However, over-the-top (OTT) video did make it into … More…
At the TVNext Conference in San Jose I was very encouraged by the amount of discussion among content providers regarding video advertising on mobile TV. This is one of the most significant signs that mobile video is becoming a truly … More…
Toronto is a wonderful city for film lovers. The city hosts numerous film festivals throughout the year, with the crown jewel being the internationally renowned Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Like many people I had the desire to attend the … More…
06
Oct
2011
Steve, thank you for innovating …
We at QuickPlay Media would like to acknowledge the role Steve Jobs played in changing our industry. We thank Jobs, and Apple’s remarkable engineers and designers, for their visionary work, which has changed the media landscape forever. Today, companies like … More…
28
Sep
2011
Quick Stats – Online video and iPad forecast
Here are few interesting numbers from the world of online video that have emerged in the last few weeks. These numbers reflect the strong growth in online video engagement, advertising in online video, and the continuing market dominance of Apple’s … More…
19
Sep
2011
Reflections on the multiscreen future at TIFF
On September 10th, I attended QuickPlay’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) event. This is the third consecutive year QuickPlay has participated in TIFF; it was also our largest sponsorship to date. As consumers view more content on more devices for … More…
Here are three links that show the impact of smartphones and video consumption on mobile data use. Smart Affection: Smartphones seems to be the darling CE device of the majority of owners. “Overall, 72% of smartphone owners used a positive … More…
Multiscreen TV services are strategically important to pay TV providers due to the growing consumer demand for them. Research by Alcatel-Lucent indicates over 70 percent of young consumers are highly interested in multiscreen services. QuickPlay’s own surveys of mobile subscribers … More…
Explosion of Tablet Market: It seems that the tablet market will continue to grow at an exponential rate. DigiTimes predicts that 54-56 million tablets will be sold in 2011 and that this number will hit 98-100 million tablets in 2012. … More…
In this post I present three links that provide some interesting statistics regarding factors that will positively impact consumption and delivery of premium video on IP connected devices. Smartphones are selling like hot cakes. By 2016 Juniper forecasts that smartphone … More…
During the 2011 Cable Show in Chicago, TV Everywhere was on every attendee’s mind, but not yet available everywhere. At the show it was evident the cable industry was feeling the pain from the lack of consensus within its ecosystem … More…
The significant amount of press coverage of Over The Top (OTT) services such as Netflix, Hulu, and Apple TV have led to the perception that cord cutting is happening on a large scale and that it is disrupting the established … More…