Nearly half of binge viewers will look for something else to watch and may abandon a show completely if the next episode of a series is not available to view, according to new research.
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Just 22% of binge-watchers willing to wait for episodes
A survey exploring the shift in behaviours towards sustained viewing of content over a short time has found that unavailable episodes – defined as either impossible to find, or delivered within a sub-par playback experience – prompt nearly half of…
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Hulu Subscribers Can Soon Access Showtime Content
Hulu and Showtime, two unlikely partners in the increasingly raucous TV battlefield, are teaming up to build up their streaming arsenals.
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Binge-watching habits revealed by Conviva
Conviva has released the findings of its report, Binge Watching: The New Currency of Video Economics, based on a recent survey of 750 consumers. The survey found that unavailable episodes, prompt nearly half of all OTT binge-watchers to give up…
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Binge Watchers Quick to Abandon Shows After One Bad Experience, More Than Half May Not Return
Though an undisputed and hugely popular trend when in comes to streaming video consumption, opinions on binge-watching run the gamut from those who lament how the all-you-can-eat model makes series seem like obligations rather than entertainment, to those who have,…
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Survey: 87% of Binge-viewers Watch 3 Series or Fewer at Once
With binge-viewing becoming a mainstream activity, there’s more and more energy being devoted to understanding the behavior and how to profit from it. The latest comes from video optimizer Conviva, which has published a white paper, “Binge Watching: The New…
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Binge viewing trends demystified
A new survey has found that the vast majority of people binge view only three or less episodes in one go. According to Conviva, 87% can only handle binge-watching three or fewer shows at the same time, with the top…
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How a Bad Binge Experience Can Just Ruin Everything
If you buy lots of certain kinds of products–shirts let’s say–it stands to reason that you know a good collar and bad cuffs, and after a few bad fittings, you know where to shop and where to avoid. Well, here’s…
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