Broadband Media Intelligence: research on digital media, online TV, online movies and music

Reports

Steep increase for online TV revenue in Italy | 09 Sep 10 tags › | The launch of ad-supported catch-up services by local broadcasters, notably Mediaset, has driven growth in online TV revenue. Mediaset accounts for one third of ad-supported online TV consumption but is set to capture 80 per cent of revenue thanks to a high in-stream ad load.

US Online Movies Revenue Rising | 06 Sep 10 tags › | Consumer revenue from online movies in the US grew rapidly in the first half of 2010. However, the outlook for the five-year forecast period remains conservative, reflecting continued fragmentation in the marketplace.

CBS-Comcast Deal: Business as usual or TV Everywhere? | 13 Aug 10 tags › | The recent Comcast-CBS retransmission agreement adds a major content partner to the Comcast-Time Warner TV Everywhere initiative, the operator-centric multiplatform distribution model. Early analysis that presented this deal as a marriage of convenience misses its strategic importance. This deal represents a potentially game-changing compromise between industry leaders seeking to recast online dis...

Analyst commentary

Crackle Launches in Canada | 10 Sep 10 tags › | Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has launched its online video portal Crackle in Canada in partnership with Rogers Media, who will act as the ad sales agent selling Crackle's Canadian inventory across all of...

Axel Springer to forge advertising alliance with ProSiebenSat.1 | 10 Sep 10 tags › | German publishing house Axel Springer has announced it will cooperate with Munich-based broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 to enhance its online video advertising strategy. In January 2011, ProSiebenSat.1 will become...

Apple's 2010 'music' event - evolution, not revolution | 09 Sep 10 tags › | Apple's annual iPod event saw a significant revision of its range of portable media players and a major revamp of Apple TV and various updates to other entertainment hardware and services. Apple TV: The...

Presentations

Emerging trends in online video | 10 Jun 10 tags › | Presented at the EIAA Online Video Advertising Forum by head of broadband Dan Cryan, this presentation looks at the emerging online video trends and broadcaster strategies in major European markets and the US.

Strategies for digital success: The future in context | 25 Mar 10 tags › | Screen Digest's director of digital media research Arash Amel looks back at our forecasts for the online movie space four years ago to assess whether our then controversial views have been realised. It looks at how much revenues are being made in major markets out of online movie VoD, and compares this with our 2006 forecasts. Plus, which business models are the most successful with the studios, a...