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28 Jul 2023

More than one-third of US SVOD ready to reduce service spend

New and somewhat worrying research from Aluma Insights has found that as many as 35% of US subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) customers believe they are spending too much on services and are looking to cut back, representing a 40% increase over 2022 and threefold that of 2019. Aluma SVOD Spending Preceptions 19July2023 The key finding of the study was that consumers are increasingly frustrated by ever-greater monthly streaming expenses and it is only going to get worse. Only 5% are interested in spending more on SVOD services, down 38% from 2022. Aluma noted that with most SVOD providers still bleeding cash, growing subscriptions has taken a backseat to optimising revenue via higher prices, layoffs, and decreased content spending, among other measures. [...]
28 Jul 2023

Record streaming usage in US

Streaming accounted for a record 33.7% of overall TV usage in the US in June, with YouTube and Netflix achieving their largest shares to date. According to Nielsen’s The Gauge, by comparison cable content viewing made up 30.6% of TV usage and broadcast content viewing 20.8%. Overall TV usage in June was up on a monthly basis for the first time since January (+2.2% vs. May), an uptick that was mainly attributed to the increased availability of younger viewers. Specifically, TV usage among the 2-11 and 12-17 age groups was up 16.3% and 24.1%, respectively, compared with May, with non-traditional TV options (i.e., streaming, video gaming) accounting for 90% of the increases across both groups. Time spent streaming (via a [...]
28 Jul 2023

Almost half of online users switch off broadcast TV

In just two years, the proportion of Internet users claiming to watch little to no linear TV in a typical day grew 22% to almost half (45%) according to a study from Ampere Analysis, with over half of saying they watch more than four hours of streaming TV in a typical day. The study was based on proprietary consumer research carried out with 54,000 adults aged 18-64 across 28 markets worldwide and among the stand out findings was that younger groups were most disengaged with broadcast TV, 35% of those claiming to watch no linear TV were over 45 years old. This represented a rise from the 28% posted in the first quarter of 2017. According to Ampere, in Q1 [...]
28 Jul 2023

Le gouvernement américain veut un label “Cyber Trust Mark” pour les accessoires IoT sécurisés

Une initiative déjà approuvée par de nombreux grands acteurs du marché. Alors que nos maisons deviennent de plus en plus intelligentes et connectées, le besoin de prendre des précautions se fait toujours plus présent. Aujourd’hui, le gouvernement fédéral américain prend des mesures pour simplifier l’information quant à ladite sécurité des appareils connectés pour l’IoT. L’administration Biden-Harris a annoncé la mise en place du programme “US Cyber Trust Mark”, qui vise à permettre de certifier et labelliser l’internet des objets (comme les moniteurs pour bébé et les systèmes d’alarme) doté une cybersécurité digne de ce nom. Le gouvernement américain veut un label “Cyber Trust Mark” pour les accessoires IoT sécurisés Le National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) déterminera les qualifications [...]
28 Jul 2023

Vizio D-Series Full HD Smart TV

The Vizio D-Series Full HD Smart TV offers smooth performance and a good display at a budget-friendly price. However, don't expect a 4K experience with a price point that is less than $200. Smart TVs are a great way to cut the cord and not be strapped to a cable plan. They allow you to stream content from multiple apps without the need to plug in an external media source. The future of television is apps, and companies nowadays are setting the stage — with dedicated operating systems — to support all popular streaming services. The Vizio D-Series Full HD Smart TV doesn't come with a 4K display that you see in smart televisions today. Still, its reasonable price makes [...]
20 Jul 2023

Samsung est poursuivi en justice pour publicité mensongère à propos de ses TV 4K

Samsung et Best Buy sont attaqués en justice pour avoir menti sur les capacités des TV QLED de la marque coréenne. Des clients ont découvert que certains modèles de téléviseurs ne proposent pas les fonctionnalités annoncées. Samsung et la chaîne américaine de magasins Best Buy ont été assignés en justice par un citoyen californien nommé Ray Kim Law. Ce dernier reproche aux deux compagnies d’avoir menti sur les fonctionnalités offertes par certains modèles de téléviseurs QLED 4K de la marque coréenne. Selon M. Law, les TV en question ne proposent pas, comme annoncé dans les communications officielles, le Motion Xcelerator Turbo+, le FreeSync ou encore de ports HDMI 2.1. Le Motion Xcelerator Turbo+ comme le FreeSync visent à fluidifier l’affichage [...]
20 Jul 2023

Three in five Americans see streaming subscriptions as ‘necessary’

Research from DailyStoke has revealed that streaming platforms have become an indispensable part of American lives, finding 62% of saying subscribing to streaming services is necessary, and one in four could not live without subscribing to a service. The study took the opinion of 1,000 American consumers who subscribe to popular streaming services give insights and opinions on all the different platforms available. Overall, nine in ten Americans said that they prefer to stream compared with cable TV. On average Americans were spending $46 a month to stream their favourite shows, movies, and music. Yet the majority believed streaming subscription costs were overpriced, and nearly half did not believe the platforms offer enough to justify the subscription costs. But Americans [...]
13 Jul 2023

HBO shows are finally coming to Netflix

Netflix has been the temporary home of content from many companies. However, there’s one company that’s yet to place its shows on the streaming service, and that’s HBO. However, thanks to a report from Deadline (via Engadget), HBO is finally making some of its content available on Netflix in the US. The home of most of HBO’s shows and movies can be found on MAX. The company originally showed all of its content on HBO MAX, but the company merged its content with Discovery+. The merged streaming service is MAX, and it gives you access to content from both of the streaming services. However, HBO had to shed a bunch of its HBO MAX content in the process. If you’re [...]
07 Jul 2023

Total TV viewing falls but streaming rebounds in May 2023

After showing an unexpected fall of 2.1% in viewing time during April 2023, streaming has seen a pick up May with audiences drawing on a growing range of services to end with a 36.4% share of all TV viewing says the latest Nielsen’s Gauge research. The research firm attributed some of the increases in its May 2023 study to a change in study methodology change that credits the viewing of streaming originals via cable set-top boxes to the streaming category in order to more fully capture streaming usage. Approximately half of the 2.5% increase in monthly usage reflected this viewing behaviour. In addition, the May 2023 study also saw the Roku Channel become the latest service to obtain stand-alone coverage, [...]
07 Jul 2023

Streaming overload: over half of Americans think there are too many services

Do you watch all your TV and movies on Netflix now instead of hitting up a Blockbuster? Turn on Hulu instead of flipping to ABC? Watch HBO through Max? And does it all feel a bit … much? You’re not alone—54% of Americans think there are too many streaming services. Add to that frustration the recent password-sharing crackdown from Netflix, price hikes from Disney+, and consolidation with Max, and you’ve got a recipe for streaming overload. Americans are fed up trying to find their favorite shows in the Wild West of streaming when everything used to be so easily available. So what’s next? We surveyed 1,000 Americans to find out what they want to see from streaming services moving forward [...]