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2009 BBC iPlayer hits record usage
The broadcaster's catch-up service is building solid popularity and has now reached a level of 50m TV show requests in one month
21-Dec-09

Company Korea - the emergence of a legal digital video market
In 2009 South Korean home entertainment revenues had fallen by over 90 per cent from their peak in 1995. High levels of broadband adoption have helped online piracy to become widespread. However, there are signs that a legal digital movie market is now developing in the country, driven by partnerships between local content owners and remote storage platforms and the introduction of anti-piracy legislation.
21-Dec-09

Company Looking to the future: Netflix and digital delivery
This report looks into the economics of digital delivery and Netflix transition to hybrid physical/digital business. Generating little revenue in its own right, Watch Instantly is a cost centre for Netflix, due to content licensing and delivery costs. The service is acting as a very effective land-grab for Netflix in the digital space, demonstrating the company's impressive agility and maintaining relevancy of the Netflix brand to a rapidly evolving home entertainment consumer.
02-Oct-09

Company Studios start to benefit from iTunes' movie success
As consumers continue to embrace online movie services, the Hollywood Studios stand to gain most from this emerging market, receiving the bulk of consumer spending. Apple's iTunes store, which dominates the US market, is responsible for generating a substantial portion of these trade level revenues. Although all major Studios license their titles to Apple, an analysis of the iTunes catalogue carried out in March 2009 revealed that the strategies adopted by each Studio towards the platform are very different. This report examines how the presence of individual Studios on iTunes varies and the extent to which each content owner is experimenting with variables such as the provision of rental and high definition and the windowing of releases.
17-Apr-09

Research Article 2009 Studios benefit from iTunes Store
The success of movie downloads from the Apple iTS has been boosting film company revenues
14-Apr-09

Research Article 2009 International online movie market
Rental is the dominant business model outside the US, where retail (download-to-own) is the prefered consumer option
14-Apr-09

Market monitor Broadband Market Monitor: Digital Content - Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland
As broadband penetration rates in Central and Eastern Europe increase and the quality of these connections improve, open web delivery of digital content has become viable. Screen Digest has researched the transactional online movie and online music markets in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, evaluating the extent to which digital content distribution has developed in each country. The size of these markets, both in terms of volume and revenue, has been forecast to 2013.This report combines Broadband Media Intelligence data and analyst commentary covering broadband access, online music and online movie markets in each of the three countries.
12-Feb-09

Research Article 2008 Online movies to grow fast in Japan
Japan will be the fourth largest online movie market by 2012
03-Nov-08

Company Shift in Negotiating Power as Sports Hits the Net
The intense focus on the success of the 2008 Olympics-and how much of a ratings and advertising bonanza NBC has garnered-has obscured some much more worrisome trends that GMI sees as reducing the value of major sports events. The rare quadrennial ones like the Olympics and The World Cup constitute exceptional cases.
22-Aug-08

Research Article 2008 Internet service providers ranked
The Chinese state owns by far the world's largest broadband network, according to our ranking table
12-Aug-08

Research Article 2008 iTunes drives online movie sales
Apple's dominance in digital movies is expected to continue as evice-centric services will be responsible for growing online movie markets
17-Jul-08

Research Article 2008 Portable player markets mature
European, American and Japanese sales slow down as some markets show signs of reaching effective saturation
17-Jun-08

Company The Netflix set-top box: connecting for good?
Netflix (NFLX)'s recent announcement of a $100 dedicated device for streaming of movies direct to the TV set is the first part of a hardware strategy that will be a key weapon in the company's churn reduction armory and the competitive battle with Blockbuster (BBI).
29-May-08