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Broadcast is no longer the only show
in town when it comes to delivering
TV and film content to the masses. In
recent years the consumption of such
content over Internet-enabled devices
has exploded.
From connected TV and consoles to tablets and mobiles, there is a rush to dominate the Internet
TV service proposition and offer TV anytime, anyplace and in high definition.
For consumers, this is a great time as TV and film services become richer, more customisable and
“always on”.
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for smaller deals. However, the same technologies that have enabled Internet TV have enabled file-based
workflows and digital delivery that help overcome this.
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Delivery to the Internet: Reaching Audiences Any Time, Any PlaceOnFrame Ltd
Broadcast is no longer the only show
in town when it comes to delivering
TV and film content to the masses. In
recent years the consumption of such
content over Internet-enabled devices
has exploded.
From connected TV and consoles to tablets and mobiles, there is a rush to dominate the Internet
TV service proposition and offer TV anytime, anyplace and in high definition.
For consumers, this is a great time as TV and film services become richer, more customisable and
“always on”.
For content owners it’s a mixed bag of increased opportunity and increased operational pain. Content
owners can no longer bet on a single Internet TV platform - they must sweat value from their content by
leveraging multiple deals to stay in the game. The fulfilment and delivery side of things can be incredibly
painful and costly with content preparation and repurposing costs often negating the commercial upsides
for smaller deals. However, the same technologies that have enabled Internet TV have enabled file-based
workflows and digital delivery that help overcome this.
Gary Southwell's presentation from OTTCON, held in March in San Jose, California. Gary was speaking about how to manage the growth of OTT content and how to manage that growth to maximize revenue.
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Using the Brazilian digital television system, the possibility of offering new services and programs, and consequently more available content, will make it difficult for the users to select their favorite programs. The Recommendation Systems become a tool to solve these difficulties and they are able to improve interactivity between the user and the digital television filtering information filtering and personalizing the content offer. This paper describes a recommendation system for Brazilian interactive portable digital television focused on the cell phone which makes this functionality possible and creates TV program recommendation according to user TV programs preferences when using television in the cell phone.
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Major industry trends such as the explosion of user generated content, access to and delivery of premium content, cloud-based storage, device innovation, ubiquitous broadband connectivity and social networking, are all converging – creating an opportunity for new digital content experiences. By taking the right approach, operators and device makers can deliver a lifetime of digital content experiences, creating compelling, digital content service offerings that extend the customer relationship beyond the handset.
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Harnessing the value of VOD_Value Partners09
1. PERSPECTIVE
Harnessing the Value of VOD
On-demand delivery of video content over broadband will undoubtedly be one of the
Tabitha Elwes most disruptive changes in the television industry over the next decade, with wide-
Partner reaching ramifications across the media, telecoms and technology industries. In this
article, we discuss the likely impact of VOD on viewing patterns, advertising spend,
Kim Chua and business models, and explore the key issues for the many stakeholders in the VOD
Manager value chain.
Viewing gets personal
Early evidence indicates that consumers love VOD, particularly if it is free – and even more so when it is available
on their TVs (not just their PCs) at the touch of a button.
• BBC iPlayer’s viewing has grown steadily since its launch
in Christmas Day 2007, and by March 2009 total views Case Study: Hulu
1
had passed 390 million .
• Over 33 m Unique Monthly Viewers
• Virgin Media introduced iPlayer on its platform in May
• 380m views in March 2009 (2.5/week/UU)
2008, and the response confirms the popularity of VOD –
over half of its subscribers use the VOD service, and those • 75% of users watch Hulu off -site
subscribers alone watched an average of one VOD show
2
a day in December 08 ; iPlayer accounted for 15m views • 5-6 unskippable ads per 30 min programme
in March 2009, equivalent to 10 per month per VOD user .
3 plus sponser pre -roll
• Revs ~$70m, 15% margin year 1, est $180m
• In the US, Hulu, the JV between NBC Universal and Fox, year 2
has enjoyed early success with revenues of US$70m and
a margin of 15% in its first year, demonstrating that an • Expected to launch in the UK in September
ad-funded, professional content service can be successful.
However, the VOD market is still in the early stages of development - for VOD to become mainstream and mass
market, a number of technical and service enablers need to be in place.
• In the near term we need to see improvements in the delivery of content over the internet through increased
broadband speeds, use of Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), improvements in compression technologies and
buffering, all of which will improve quality of service
• The consumer hardware needs to be more widely available, particularly next generation set top boxes and
integrated digital television sets that will enable VOD to be delivered to the TV
• More content has to be available and models for archive and special interest content need to be developed
• Economic models such as subscription, micro-payments and targeted advertising need to develop to
counter piracy and allow both rights owners and platforms to monetise content effectively
• In the medium term, we see the need for services to evolve to embrace personalisation, social elements
such as recommendations and chat, and technologies to enable targetting.
1
BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2008/09e
2
Virgin Media Investor Presentation 11 Nov 2008
3
bbc.co.uk
1
2. PERSPECTIVE
Technical and service innovations to drive VOD uptake
NOW (2009) 2010 - 12 2012 onwards
Growth VOD • Improved picture quality and delivery • 20% of HH using
usage to TV increase access and viewing VOD?
• Improved video search and EPGs
change audience expectations
• Tension between “closed” (cable /
DTH) and open access (broadband,
Canvas…)
• Dynamic search on EPGs
• Experimentation with (links to social networks,
different models recommendation engines)
• Targeted ad servers
• Sub-scale demand
• Merging of PVR and On
Demand experiences
• Rising b’band speeds & QoS • Investment in NGNs
• Improved streaming (CDNs,
Technology compression)
Drivers • VOD Stubs (e.g. Canvas,
Darwin) Time
• Rising broadband • More content, personalisation
penetration
• Digitisation of cable Today
• Launch of video iPod
• Download over
internet
Although there are issues to be resolved, we believe that many of these technical and service changes are
imminent. For example, in the UK, one of the most advanced and competitive digital media markets, we observe
the following:
• Digital Britain sets out the ambition for all households to be able to receive broadband at 2Mbps by 2012
(Universal Service Commitment)
• Infrastructure providers such as Akamai and BT’s Content Connect are rolling out CDN and CDN-style services
to improve content delivery
• Various consumer devices to bring internet VOD to the TV are in development; notable examples are Project
Canvas (a potential JV between BBC, ITV, and BT); Project Darwin (from Sky, using their HD box); IP Vision,
providing a hybrid DTT and over the top VOD content service; Apple TV; games consoles such as
Microsoft Xbox and Nintendo Wii, and next generation Ethernet enabled iDTVs from the likes of Sony and
Samsung
• Terrestrial broadcasters are investing to develop their catch up services; Anthony Rose, Head of Digital Media
Technology at the BBC, has set out his plans for iPlayer to be personalised and his vision for iPlayer “going social”;
commercial players are rumoured to be in discussion with video platforms such as Hulu and You Tube
• There is early experimentation with inserting advertising in VOD streams – Virgin is trialling this with John
Lewis, Royal Mail and Kelloggs, and Sky is developing the capability to insert targeted, un-skippable adverting
into video delivered via their PVRs
• BARB is evolving its viewing measurement to include VOD viewing from 2011
Our view is that all of these changes will drive the take-up of VOD. We believe that in five years, over 50% of
households could have the capability to access VOD on one or more of their TV sets, and that up to 10% of
UK viewing could migrate from linear broadcast to on-demand. Beyond this, we expect the proportion of on-
demand viewing to keep increasing as viewers alter their viewing behaviour and as VOD functionality becomes
ubiquitous. Indeed, we believe that within a ten year horizon 20% of viewing could be on-demand using a mix
of PVRs, Push VOD and genuine VOD.
2
3. PERSPECTIVE
The hits will get hotter…
So how will VOD affect the shows people watch? To date early indications are that the bulk of demand is for free
or advertising funded catch up programming. Demand is strongest just after linear broadcast and declines rapidly
thereafter.
We think two types of programming will win out. First, the traditionally prime-time, mass market hits will
concentrate even more viewing as people are no longer constrained by schedules and no longer need to choose
between shows during prime time. This could erode demand for day time and post prime time programming.
Top 20 programmes by viewing share, now and projected
Programme viewing /
value (indexed
highest =100)
“Although the tail is very interesting ….
100 You better have a head … It’s a 90/10
model … you need both a head and a tail
to make the model work” • iPlayer analysis suggest interest in
Eric Schmidt, CEO Google clusters of genres (impact on
75 archive)?
• Some programmes “outperform”
relative to channel share (e.g.
50 BBC3 shows, John Stewart, The
Office US)
25 2008 • Implications not just for
commissioning but also for
marketing and branding
2013
0
Rank by viewing share
Secondly, there is early evidence of success when on demand is linked to 360 degree digital exploitation targeting
special interest groups. This works particularly well with programmes aimed at youth demographics, who are early
adopters of VOD, have high expectations about consuming content on their own terms and who are interested in
creating special interest communities around certain content.
Skins Series 3 viewing by distribution method
• Skins, the teen drama broadcast on E4, has increasing
proportion of viewing from non linear delivery – whilst linear Linear
Non linear
viewing fell compared to the previous series, viewing via non E4 701
linear sources increased significantly
E4+1 181
• Heroes in the US is watched more online or via PVR than
PVR 343
through live TV, and has spawned a plethora of successful
spin-offs such as Heroes Evolutions, the reality game based On Demand 94
around the series
4OD 180
We believe that this polarisation of viewing hot-spots will
translate into what broadcasters and content aggregators are Total 882 617 1,499
willing to pay for content.
Source: C21 Media 1 April 09
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Reversal of viewing fragmentation
Our view is that increased consumer take-up of VOD could favour the terrestrial broadcaster with their portfolio of
digital channels.
The reasons for this are as follows:
• Audiences will be less prone to channel-surfing and ‘just watching what’s on’ if they are able to choose to watch
their favourite programmes (or their friends’ recommendations) at their convenience. Digital channels which rely
on channel-flicking for much of their viewing, will suffer
• The top broadcasters will benefit from the power of cross-promotion, from linear to on-demand, driving viewers
to their on-demand services and raising the profile and awareness of other shows
• Personalisation and social network functionality within each on-demand service will increase stickiness and the
amount of viewing through each service
• Viewers will have limited tolerance to learn, use and personalise multiple VOD interfaces and services, and most
will limit themselves to service provided by trusted broadcasters and platforms.
We note that our expectations for change in viewing share due to VOD are different from what might be inferred
from changing viewing patterns due to the introduction of PVRs. Data on viewing habits from Sky households
before and after they acquired Sky+ showed, first, that PVR increased overall viewing, and, second, that this viewing
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was captured by second tier channels (i.e. channels outside the top four) . In fact, the Hallmark channel, with its line-
up of US drama, was the most channel that benefited most as a result of PVR timeshifting.
Whilst some of these lessons can be translated to the VOD world, such as the increase in overall viewing, we think
that the spontaneous nature of VOD compared to the premeditated nature of PVR affects the types of programmes
and channels which will benefit from VOD. The psychology of PVR is ‘record to watch later’ which is quite different
from the instant-gratification psychology of VOD, which is around ‘what appeals to me now’.
Therefore, channels with a high reliance on repeats and undifferentiated ‘in fill’ programming will be the key losers
in an on-demand world.
Expected changes in viewing share
Number of hours of viewing (Illustrative)
1 Increase in viewing • iPlayer users watch an extra hour
after prime- time
VOD More viewing on • Post acquisition of Sky+ viewers
2
VOD… increase viewing by 13.6%
Multi-channel
• Sky +: appointment to view
channels least time shifted, 2nd
Channel 5 tier TV (missed in past) is
Channel 4 … at the expense recorded (top 4 channel’s share
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Channel 3 of which channels? declines from 63% to 54%)...
• …but for terrestrials cross
Channel 2
promotion could offset reduction
in linear with increased share in
Channel 1 on-demand of digital portfolio
2009 2015
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Starcom 2008
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Today’s crisis of monetisation
The television industry is in crisis, hit both by the economic recession as well as by longer-term structural changes
which are shifting advertising spend to online; a move that has been particularly marked in the UK.
Currently, the economics of on-demand are poor in comparison to linear broadcast. Lessons from the US (Hulu and
ABC.com) suggest that on demand content can carry only about a quarter of the advertising minutage of television (a
reflection of lower reach but potentially lower audience tolerance to advertising in the on-demand space). Although
CPTs are higher, they are only 25% - 50% higher (and the gap is expected to narrow) and so do not compensate for
lower inventory. On this basis, a viewer watching a show on-demand is only worth 30% - 40% of a viewer watching
a show linearly.
Comparison of today’s economics of on-demand compared to linear
Inventory CPT Value / thousand viewers
Index vs linear Index vs linear Index vs linear
Linear 1.0 Linear 1.0 Linear 1.0
VOD 0.25 VOD 1.25 0.25 1.5 VOD 0.31 0.37
This creates a dilemma for commercial broadcasters; they don’t want to lose share in an on-demand world but in
driving share they potentially erode their economics. However, it must be remembered that VOD advertising is still
at an extremely early stage of development; and there may be factors that can improve the economics of VOD.
Monetising VOD… by growing VOD advertising
Online VOD advertising is embryonic; advertisers still see it as ‘experimental’ rather than a core plank of their media
mix. Furthermore, current VOD advertising offers advertisers and media buyers only a tiny fraction of its ultimate
potential. To fulfil its advertising potential, a number of enablers need to be developed:
• A universally recognised and trusted viewing measurement system to measure viewing via VOD; in the UK BARB
is planning to roll this out in 2011
• Moving online VOD to the TV
• Technologies to enable advertisers to serve targeted advertising to viewers based on their profiles, viewing
habits or internet habits. This would combine the best of online advertising with the best of television advertising:
immersive rich media video ads served to a highly targeted and relevant audience
These enablers will help to improve the economics of VOD:
• Increasing advertiser uptake: as advertising through VOD becomes more widely recognised and measurable,
more advertisers will be willing to shift adspend to this medium
• Increasing inventory: audiences have lower tolerance for ads in a ‘lean forward’ PC environment; on the TV the
tolerance is likely to be closer to linear TV levels
• Increasing CPTs: today’s online VOD CPTs have a scarcity premium, but no premium to reflect sophisticated
audience targeting and interactivity
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Going forwards, we expect the boundaries between TV advertising and VOD advertising to blur, as VOD becomes
more mainstream.
Changing dynamics of TV and Digital Video advertising
Changing dynamics of TV and Digital Video Advertising
TV Advertising Blurring of boundaries
esp for catch up? Digital Advertising
• Historically distinct market
• Growth to date from new entrants
• Growth slowing (cyclicality / structural Digital and primarily press
change?) Video
• Video expected to be high growth
• Latent demand and elasticities vary of digital spot
by market and channel type
• Will digital video be subsumed
• Values shifting (polarising in ad into TV advertising market?
windows, growth of sponsorship)
•Likely to be sold on CPM and
sponsorship rather than CPC, CPA
•More akin to TV: focussed on brand
building rather than direct response
•What would the role of targeting /
Source: Value Partners analysis verticals be?
Monetising VOD… through Micropayments
VOD may also pave the way towards new business models, to reduce the industry’s reliance on advertising. For
example, as online VOD moves to the TV, there may be the opportunity to introduce micropayments for VOD content
(the production community is pushing hard for this). Commercial broadcasters could charge very small amounts,
5p or 10p per show (the price of a text), for catch-up and archive content, or offer new supplementary content (eg
‘behind the scenes’ footage). For this model to work, there would need to be an easy to use and trusted payments
collection process to enable single-click content purchasing. Alternatively, an ‘unlimited viewing’ option at £2–£3
per month could be offered and the proceeds split between the players.
Issues, challenges, and opportunities
For all players in the broadcasting ecology the growth of VOD means changes; some of it quite significant. For many
this creates opportunities, but VOD is a discontinuity; success is not a given.
For terrestrial broadcasters
On-demand changes the broadcaster-viewer relationship, from an impersonal 1-to-many broadcast approach to a
one-to-one interactive and personal relationship.
• How does this affect what programmes are commissioned and how programmes are made?
• What re-skilling and re-orientation is required for broadcasters to maximise value from VOD advertising and to
build their new one to one relationship with the viewer?
• How does this affect broadcasters’ multichannel strategy?
• How might this affect distribution costs?
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For multichannel broadcasters
On-demand changes the economics of multichannel broadcasting:
• Does on-demand affect the viability of some channels?
• How does this affect the multichannel business model (eg free and ad funded vs subscription)?
• How does this affect the amount broadcasters pay for secondary rights?
• How does this affect the amount broadcasters are willing to pay for DTT and DTH transmission?
For producers
On-demand changes the producer-broadcaster-audience relationship
• How will on-demand affect the types of content commissioned by broadcasters? E.g genres, budgets, level of
interactivity?
• How will this affect the sharing and windowing of rights with broadcasters?
• Does on-demand open up opportunities to reach audiences without broadcasters as the ‘gatekeeper’?
For pay TV operators
On-demand offers audiences added choice and functionality – this could be an opportunity or a threat.
• Does on-demand pose a threat to basic tier pay TV subscribers?
• How can on-demand be harnessed to enhance the pay customer proposition?
• Can on-demand delivery help to manage the distribution costs of the business?
For ISPs
On-demand will increase the load on ISP networks, both in terms of new customers and increased traffic from each
customer.
• How can ISPs monetise this - can ISPs charge content providers for the safe delivery of content? Can ISPs charge
customers for receiving content?
• Does this open up opportunities for ISPs to move into content aggregation, rather than remaining a ‘dumb pipe’?
For equipment manufacturers
Consumers will need to buy new equipment in order to access VOD on their TVs – on demand creates a whole new
reason for people to upgrade their set-top boxes or television set.
• How quickly will demand for on-demand devices grow?
• Will the on-demand world be dominated by one standard, or is there room for a number of standards to co-exist?
• How can equipment manufacturers position themselves to create maximum value from the ‘upgrade wave’?
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