Even as the share of live viewing time goes down, the streaming video industry is doing a better job of serving live video. Conviva reports that live streams now have better buffering and video start time metrics than on-demand video.…
Read more ›Streaming over mobile devices increased a healthy 109% over the same period with streaming over PCs increasing 75%. This translates to 28.8 minutes of watch time per play for connected TVs, 12 for mobile and 15.1 minutes per play for…
Read more ›Conviva says 2019 is the year of industry consolidations, transitions, and additions of highly anticipated new entrants. As competition mounts for streaming providers, imperative to their success will be visibility and actionability upon every aspect of the viewer experience including…
Read more ›“I think [hiding likes] is going to provide more value to folks creating content, and consumers are going to be able to get more meaningful interactions,” says Nick Cicero, VP of strategy at real-time video intelligence platform Conviva, noting that businesses…
Read more ›Chris Dion, NCAA Associate Director of Digital and Social Media, said “Conviva Social Insights has made investing resources and time into Instagram stories a no brainer. By seeing the data day in and day out, we continue to see growth…
Read more ›Despite a slight decrease overall, traditional sports properties combined with the world’s esports industry are setting the benchmark for audience engagement via the Instagram Stories feature on the social media app, according to a study undertaken by Conviva.
Read more ›Instagram Stories has grown dramatically in terms of users and time spent in the past year, measurement firm Conviva found. That’s good for Facebook at a time when its eponymous app’s users are spending less time there. It also provides…
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Read more ›The Internet Is Not Designed For Broadcast Quality The chief problem that streaming media service providers face is that ultimately the internet is not designed to deliver broadcast quality sound and vision. “The internet video delivery ecosystem has significantly more…
Read more ›Streaming device usage Connected TV share of streaming hours by deviceOf all the screens through which people watch connected TV is the one most preferred. The TV received 56% of streaming hours; mobile devices received 23% and the PC 14%.…
Read more ›Streaming services are growing at a breakneck pace around the world, and providers need to improve the quality of their offering to ensure they capture their share of advertising dollars. That’s one conclusion in the first-quarter “State of the Streaming…
Read more ›State of the Stream: Streaming television viewership is growing rapidly across the world and across devices, but the poor quality of advertising threatens viewer engagement and the return on advertiser investment, according to a new report from Conviva, a research and analytics firm.…
Read more ›Quality remains a key factor in the adoption of streaming, and buffering issues were down 34% year over year. But with ad dollars pouring in to reach over-the-top viewers, significant number of commercial are encountering streaming playback issues, hurting both…
Read more ›Conviva sees strong growth for virtual multichannel video programming distributors (vMVPDs). Here, viewership is up 107.7%, while other services averaged 59.6% growth. vMVPDs also outpace the competition in video quality metrics. “vMVPDs offer viewers a streaming TV experience that most…
Read more ›According to Conviva PlayStation Vue, Sling TV, YouTube TV, etc. saw a 108% jump in viewership over the same period in 2018. This growth is likely why we see even more companies like Vidgo and T-Mobile jumping into the world…
Read more ›Conviva published the Q1’19 edition of its State of the Streaming TV Industry report today, revealing that, year-over-year viewership grew 72% and the rate of consumption growth increased by 49%. In addition to fresh updates on index data related to consumption patterns,…
Read more ›An interesting note on March Madness streaming: While general digital consumption was up 30%, the proportion of viewers on mobile/tablet fell, according to streaming measurement firm Conviva.
Read more ›Furthermore, while Amazon’s Fire TV product is gaining share among connected-TV devices, Roku takes a significantly larger share of viewing hours, according to audience-measurement firm Conviva. That’s a major selling point for advertisers, and it may be explained by perhaps Roku…
Read more ›Some of this content is being viewed on mobile devices, according to October 2018 data from video measurement and intelligence platform Conviva. But 56% of time spent viewing OTT video worldwide is on connected TV.
Read more ›vMVPD services include Sling TV, Hulu Live TV, YouTube TV, DirecTV Now, PlayStation Vue, Viacom’s Pluto TV and Xumo. According to Rich Greenfield of BTIG, paid vMVPD subscribers hit a high of 7.7 million last year. And that’s expected to…
Read more ›Data from the streaming measurement and analytics firm Conviva says through rounds one and two of the tourney, streaming hours are up 65% compared to last year. Perhaps most interesting: This viewership is happening in front of the TV glass.…
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