Information and News on the Internet Television market including its growth and consumer trends

Market Growth & Research

Hulu Losing Viewers At An Alarming Rate | Is Mobile, Advertising, Or Knowledge To Blame?

It looks as though Hulu is on the slide, as the Disney, NBC, and News Corp. co-owned service is reportedly losing...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Tablets Top For Video Viewing As iPad Beats Android | Amazon Kindle Fire Could Disrupt

Tablets are growing in popularity, and with good reason. The Apple iPad is king right now, but Amazon is ready to...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Games Consoles Most Popular Platform For Online Video Viewing On Television Sets In U.S.

In the U.S., and probably elsewhere in the world in the territories where gaming is popular, games consoles are the primary...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Hulu Plus Now Has 1 Million Users, 2011 Revenue To Hit $500 Million – So Why For Sale?

Hulu is going from strength-to-strength, with a new milestone in Hulu Plus subscriber numbers and a healthy revenue forecast for the...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Web-Enabled Smart TV Sets Selling Well, But Online Video Needs A Google-Style Leader

Smart TV sets sold well in 2010, with figures higher than previously estimated. And that trend looks set to continue right...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

TubeMogul Online Video Research: Facebook, Newspapers, Games Consoles Gain Importance

Online video is a huge presence on the Web now, so much so that it’s easy to lose sight of the...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

New Study Shows “Evidence Of Cord Cutting” As Cable Companies Face Online Onslaught

Cord cutting is a real phenomenon, is already happening, and is only going to happen in greater numbers in the years...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Metacafe Survey Shows Online Video Growing But Not At The Expense Of Broadcast TV

Another day, another survey about online video. This particular one throws up some interesting results, particularly in terms of how often...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

ComScore May 2010 Stats – YouTube Hits All-Time High, Hulu Viewer Numbers Plateau

The ComScore figures for May show that online video is back on track, after a couple of wobbly months. YouTube enjoyed...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Nielsen Brands Cord-Cutting A “Myth” | Online Video Will Take Over From Cable Eventually

Nielsen is claiming cord-cutting is nothing more than a myth, despite growing evidence people are increasingly choosing free online video options...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Online Video For All? – New Survey Suggests Age, Income, Education Are Important Factors

The dream surely has to be that online video is open and available to everyone, no matter their background, age, or...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Survey Shows Young People Viewing More Online Video But Mobile Video Too Expensive

The online video sector is still a relatively young one. But in the short space of time it’s been a part...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Online Video To Overtake Broadcast TV By 2020? | Google TV, Canvas Will Blur The Lines

Online video is still, relatively speaking, in its infancy. But it growing more popular, and the choices available to viewers are...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

YouTube Turns Five | Now Serving Two Billion Video Views A Day, On A Par With Network TV

YouTube is now officially five-years-old, with the site having launched in beta in May 2005. YouTube is celebrating this fact, naturally,...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

H.264 Encoding On The Rise | Are Adobe Flash & OGG Theora Finished As Steve Jobs Hopes?

Steve Jobs’ wishes may well be coming true, with Adobe losing the battle to keep Flash as the Web video format...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Unlike YouTube, Hulu Is Profitable – And Working On Subscription-Based Apple iPad App

We’ve known Hulu has been doing well for traffic for a while now, but it hasn’t ever revealed any details pertaining...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

‘Beyond the Box: Television & the Internet’ Book Review | How the Web Influences TV’s Future

Beyond the Box: Television and the Internet explores the complex relationship between television and the internet in today’s society, and what...
RobM
1 min read

Online Video Continues Momentous Rise | YouTube, Hulu Lead Another Record Month

Online video is growing ever more popular, particularly in the United States. But it’s YouTube which continues to drive market penetration,...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Netflix Adds Hundreds Of Indie Films To ‘Watch Instantly’ & Boasts Of 48 Percent Usage

Netflix’s streaming service, ‘Watch Instantly’, is becoming a bigger part of the company’s offering all the time. It’s adding 300 independent...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Hulu Reveals Impressive Stats For 2009, But What Will 2010 Bring For Free TV Service?

It cannot be denied that Hulu has had a good 2009, full of growth and innovation. But 2009 is now at...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Persuasive Online Video Course & Workshop at Stanford | Education & Tips to Influence & Change Behavior with Web Video

Persuasive Online Video is the world’s first class dedicated to using web video to influence and change behavior. It was born...
Chris Tew
1 min read

Hulu Grows In New TV Season & Advertising Jumps | New Embed Policy A Backward Step

Hulu is rising once again after having what can only be described as a lull in its incredible growth. Thanks mainly...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Facebook Becomes Third Largest Video Site In U.S. | YouTube Beats Hulu By A Huge Margin

Every month new viewing figures for online video are released and they tend to follow a similar pattern – YouTube at...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Netflix Ships PS3 Streaming Discs As Survey Shows ‘Watch Instantly’ Is Hugely Popular

Netflix’s ‘Watch Instantly’ streaming service is available on so many devices now it’s probably easier to list those that don’t carry...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

EpixHD Ups Content But Hollywood Needs Integrated Online Movie Store To Deter Piracy

Epix has upped its commitment to online content by promising 3,000 movies available to subscribers through its Epix Megaplex and EpixHD...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Analyst: YouTube Movie Rentals To Be $1 Billion Business | Google To Outdo iTunes?

If Google started streaming movies on YouTube for a fee, could it make money, serious money at that? A financial analyst...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Online Video Driving Broadband Sales | BBC iPlayer Viewing Figures Increase To 5 Million

Online video is becoming a very mainstream, must-have part of daily life for millions of people. Especially in the U.K. Which...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

BT Threatens BBC iPlayer, YouTube Etc. | Pay Up Or Else Face Bandwidth Throttling

ISPs have been showing concern for the amount of bandwidth used by online video for some time now. However, the first...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Cisco: Online Video Set To Dominate By 2013

As the Internet grows, and more and more people get online and connected, traffic looks set to grow exponentially. And at...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Hulu’s Growth Stalls, And Talk Immediately Emerges Of Charging For The Free Service

Hulu is currently in a fantastic position, gaining viewers every month, and bringing in enough money to just about get by....
Dave Parrack
2 min read