Tag: video

Is Facebook Video catching up to YouTube

by Matt Hand
With all of the recent conversations of video and how YouTube is looking to increase quality I thought it would be a good idea to see how Facebook may be doing. According to comScore YouTube is holding it’s own. In fact for the last few months it is the number one site for video. While Facebook is rising in overall viewers it is not at an accelerated curve as some may assume judging by unique viewers.
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Of even more interest is the shear scale of amount of time viewed however:

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Facebook is definitely catching up, but has a long way to go. By the way I threw Hulu in as an interesting other source. You can draw your own conclussions.

The shifting face of what we watch on TV part 1

by Matt Hand

It’s been a great year for Roku!

Roku announced amazing numbers that came through their boxes. From their press release –

Roku players averaged over 11 hours of playing time per week – a significant amount of TV viewing for Roku customers when compared to the national average of 36 hours per week.
“A billion streams is pretty amazing and shows just how engaged our customers are with their Roku players,” said Anthony Wood, founder and CEO of Roku, Inc. “If you think about it, our active user base now matches that of a top 10 US cable company. Our core values of simplicity, great content and affordability clearly resonate with mainstream customers.”

This is pretty impressive.
The future of how we consume content is moving online and the current generation of connected boxes.