British TV importer Acorn Media Group has volunteered for the streaming video revolution, offering U.K. titles such as "Foyle's War," "Upstairs Downstairs" and "Agatha Christie's Poirot." The new U.S. "Acorn TV" runs on an premium (paid) model at $25 a year. Acorn is running a free trial of the paid streaming platform through Aug. 31. … [Read more...]
Viewing sessions hit a peak
U.S. online video users engaged in 6.2 billion viewing sessions in the past month, hitting an all-time high. About 172 million people watched online video in June, good for an average of 16.8 hours per viewer, according to comScore. Almost 86 percent of Internet users in the U.S. watched at least one video. "Google Sites" (YouTube) and Vevo … [Read more...]
Netflix in ‘Elite’ film deal
Netflix has reached an exclusive streaming video deal with new film distributor Open Road that kicks off with the upcoming action pic "Killer Elite." The arrangement won't do anything for Netflix's current lineup of streaming movies, as the distributor has only one other film in the hopper, a sci-fi story from the writer of the "Twilight" … [Read more...]
YouTube posts record time
YouTube hit a record average viewing time and music nexus Vevo continued as No. 2 with a bullet in the latest U.S. online video rankings. Vevo, often is described as the Hulu of music videos, registered 60.4 unique users in May, the latest month for which figures are available. That's up from 55 million users in April and well off recent lows of … [Read more...]
Vevo rocks in April
Viewers showered Vevo with attention in April. The online music video provider hit record viewing sessions over the month, easily topping the 300 million mark. Vevo jumped back to the No. 2 spot in total uniques (55 million users), after March's fall to No. 5 (52.5 million), comScore reported. Vevo often is described as the Hulu of music … [Read more...]
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