Once upon a time, commercial VOD content was distributed via physical media: video cassette, LaserDisc, DVDs, and ultimately Blu-ray. Every town had its share of video rental store... More
Tag Archives: VOD
M&E Journal: Disrupting Piracy
MENA SVOD Revenues to Double to $4B in Next Five Years (TBI)
The region is set to reach a total of 36.7 million SVOD subscriptions by 2027, with Netflix making up 30% of this total as the largest player (11 million subscribers). Disney+, whi... More
Scaling Up VOD Operations: Systems and Processes for High Efficiency (BeBanjo Blog)
BeBanjo has published a new white paper to share their experience working with some of the world’s leading VOD businesses and outline the key challenges their ops teams face, alo... More
How Much is the Global Video on Demand Service Market Worth? (Senal News)
In order to gain a significant advantage in the market, major companies are focused on product launches, in order to enhance the product portfolio. At the same time, some other maj... More
M&E Journal: Skating to Where the Puck is Going to be
2020 was one of those rare times in history that seemed to divide our experience into “life before” and “life after.” The pandemic has not only altered the way we interact,... More
Managing the VOD Explosion: A Land of Opportunity (NAGRA Blog)
How are key stakeholders from the European Film and TV industry – rights owners, distributors, aggregators and VOD service providers – seizing the VOD opportunity to boost reac... More
M&E Journal: What No One in Streaming Services is Talking Enough About
Streaming services are at a strange intersection in 2021: The clamor for direct-to-consumer (D2C) content is at an all-time high, yet the industry is more competitive than ever. Pr... More
M&E Journal: The Rise of Virtual Events
It’s March 15, 2020 and the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) starts in a week. The festival has thousands of tickets and passes sold, an 8-plex cinema fully booked an... More
M&E Journal: M&E Industry Call to Action: Your Most Valuable Asset is Under Siege
While the pandemic has undoubtedly impacted all segments of business across the world, the media and entertainment industry could be one area that has seen the most transformation.... More
Exclusivity Emerges as Key Differentiator Among U.S. VOD Platforms (BTN)
A quarter of US internet users now rely on a mix of advertising-funded Video on Demand and Subscription Video on Demand services for their entertainment, according to the latest re... More
M&E Industry is Stronger, Healthier Together
Keeping a home entertainment budget in shape today as the marketplace “matures” is a lot like keeping yourself in shape as you mature. Back in the antenna days you had a res... More
U.K. Film Industry Braces for Brexit Backlash (Spherex Blog)
United Kingdom content producers may soon feel the effects from last years’ “Brexit” through greater limits being placed on their access to European VOD consumers. ... More
HBO Max European Launch May be Pushed to 2022 (TVB)
European audiences waiting for access to new streamer on the block HBO Max may to have to hang fire a little longer. AT&T CFO Pascal Desroches told analysts during a call about the... More
British Appetite for VOD Continues to Grow (BTN)
Viewing needs in Great Britain are increasingly being satisfied by streaming services, according to data. It shows that as of this June there were 16.7 million VOD enabled househol... More
VOD Service Revenues Projected to Spike in Europe (Senal News)
Total VOD revenues in Western Europe are estimated to rise from €10,655 million in 2020 to €18,031 million in 2024. The most profitable sector will be football rights, set to g... More
M&E Journal: Protecting Digital Revenue With Distributor Watermarking
Without question, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted almost every aspect of life for the foreseeable future. As the world works toward getting back to “normal,” how we socializ... More
M&E Journal: Hollywood’s New Remote – and Virtual – Production Reality
For director and actor Ramon Fernandez (Glory Daze: The Life and Times of Michael Alig, “Sons of Anarchy”) the past year was challenging on all fronts, both around the producti... More
M&E Journal: Hollywood’s New Remote – and Virtual – Production Reality
For director and actor Ramon Fernandez (Glory Daze: The Life and Times of Michael Alig, “Sons of Anarchy”) the past year was challenging on all fronts, both around the producti... More
M&E Journal: Charting Post-Pandemic Hollywood Through Its Own Lens
In 2011, Contagion terrified us about the spread of a virus transmitted by respiratory droplets. The Day After Tomorrow depicted catastrophic climatic that ushered in global coolin... More
SVOD, AVOD and Pay TV Market Trajectories (Videonet)
Ampere Analysis reports that 57% of U.S. consumers say VOD services are the main way they watch TV and film. More than one-quarter of U.S. respondents are now using five or more SV... More