The pandemic has undoubtedly accelerated a worldwide trend of changing viewing habits. It boosted the media development in terms of ability to choose the programme that suits any mood, everytime, everywhere and in the moment, when the viewer want to watch.
The November conference organised by ScreenVoice / AKTV was therefore dedicated to video on demand, VOD. Recordings of the presentations of each speaker can be found here.
A selection of articles with the VOD topic is included in the selection below.
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LINEAR TV STILL OUTPERFORMS STREAMING AND OTT IN EUROPE
16. 2. 2025Despite the growth in digital video content viewership, linear TV is holding on as the main source for watching video content on the European continent. Linear TV remains the largest source of video content in Western Europe, despite a gradual decline in minutes watched. This is according to analysis of OTT & Video and TV… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TELEVISION 2.0
WHAT STREAMING SERVICES RULE THE CZECH REPUBLIC? AT THE END OF 2024, NETFLIX CLEARLY LED
6. 2. 2025Software service JustWatch has released a report on the shares of streaming services in the last quarter of 2024, based on the approach of its Czech users, i.e. how they click on JustWatch offers and how they mark titles as “viewed.” The market shares of SVoD (Subscription-based VoD, i.e. subscription-based video services) in Q4 2024… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TELEVISION 2.0
MAJORITY OF CONSUMERS PREFER TO WATCH TV WITH ADS IF IT’S CHEAPER, NEW REPORT REVEALS
2. 2. 2025Hub Research finds that two-thirds of viewers deem ads during live events more tolerable than ads during on-demand content. Prime Video and Netflix may have been onto something with their recent expansions into ads. That’s because two-thirds of TV consumers now say they’d rather watch a cheaper, ad-supported option over a more expensive, ad-free offering,… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TELEVISION 2.0
STUDY USA: STREAMING 2024: FEWER CORE APPS IN U.S. HOMES
28. 1. 2025Recent research on streaming TV reveals general consistency, but not growth, in the amount of streaming apps viewers regularly tune into — 3.9 average apps per U.S. home in third-quarter 2024, according to TVision. This is down from an average 4.2 apps in 2023. This deepens other analysis that sees the streaming market maturing and/or… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TELEVISION 2.0
VODAFONE TV WILL OFFER PRIMA+ AS A GIFT INSTEAD OF VOYO
27. 1. 2025For customers who have had access to Voyo, Vodafone TV will offer the competing service prima+ for three months. The prima+ service, which is operated by the Prima group, will appear on the Vodafone TV offer as a three-month gift for those customers who have subscribed to Voyo. MediaGuru.cz confirmed this to TV Prima. As… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TELEVISION 2.0
STREAMING AND OTT SERVICES LOCALIZE CONTENT INTO ENGLISH THANKS TO AI
23. 1. 2025It seems the opportunity to enter new markets with a foreign service has never been easier. The magic called AI can even handle localization into Czech. But it comes with some pitfalls. The reason why some foreign services eventually decided not to enter the Czech market in the past was not only the possible possession… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TELEVISION 2.0
VOYO IN SLOVAKIA IS GOING UP BY 2 EUROS, INCREASE IS EXPECTED IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AS WELL
20. 1. 2025The basic subscription to Voyo will increase by two euros per month in Slovakia. The price of Voyo subscriptions is also expected to increase in the Czech Republic. The streaming service Voyo is to change the price of the standard subscription for new customers to €7.99 (approx. CZK 200) in Slovakia from 20 January 2025.… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TELEVISION 2.0
STUDY USA: STREAMING VIEWERS MORE ACCEPTING OF TV ADS
12. 1. 2025Annual survey finds two-thirds of viewers find advertising more tolerable than in on-demand programming. With a greater number of lower-cost ad-supported programming sources available, TV viewers’ resistance to ads continues to wane, according to a new report from Hub Research. Hub’s semiannual “TV Advertising: Fact vs. Fiction” survey indicates most consumers prefer to watch TV ads… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TELEVISION 2.0
MEDIA 2024: NEW TV STATIONS, THE FIGHT OVER FEES AND THE DEMISE OF THE FIRST DAILY NEWSPAPERS
31. 12. 2024New TV stations and the continued development of video-on-demand, changes in Jaromír Soukup’s media companies, the demise of the first print dailies, the debate on the shape of media legislation and the development of DAB+. These are some of the main media events in 2024. This year started with the arrival of new TV channels,… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TELEVISION 2.0
EUROPEAN VIDEO SUBSCRIPTIONS ENTERING ‘STABLE MARKET PHASE’
30. 11. 2024The European video subscription market is heading for a period of fewer growth opportunities, according to consultancy Oliver Wyman. Despite a rise in the percentage of consumers likely to increase their video subscriptions this year there is now a clear trend that fewer will do so each year. According to the company’s annual Global Consumer Survey,… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TELEVISION 2.0
VIEWERSHIP OF PAID VIDEOS INCREASED BY 700,000 USERS IN A YEAR
27. 11. 2024The group of people who watch paid videos on the Internet in the Czech Republic continues to expand. This year it is up by almost 700 thousand and represents 3.65 million people. Data from the Czech Statistical Office show that. Shows on paid streaming channels such as Netflix or Max are watched by 42% of… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TELEVISION 2.0
NETFLIX LEADS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC, VOYO IS SECOND. PRIMA+ HAS CAUGHT UP WITH DISNEY+
26. 11. 2024Netflix remains the most used video-on-demand (VOD) service in the Czech Republic. It is followed by Voyo as the strongest local service. Prima+ has reached a comparable share to Disney+. The strongest VOD service on the Czech market remains Netflix. It is accessed by 68% of households using the streaming service. This is according to… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TELEVISION 2.0