The battle to maintain licensing rights for high-profile shows is intensifying. Chad Mumm, senior vice president and head of entertainment for Vox Media Studios, spoke with eMarketer about how the business of video content licensing is evolving.

Creators are all over the news, but are they different from influencers? While it’s easy to say yes, it’s hard to say why. For our latest report, “Video Ads in Social Media 2019,” we explored how the two are differentiated.

More people are leaving pay TV for digital alternatives, as TV networks increase their subscription costs and end promotional prices.

As part of an upcoming series of reports on video trends across the world, we published new India forecasts for digital video viewers, subscription over-the-top users, Netflix viewers, and YouTube viewers.

eMarketer vice president of content studio Paul Verna discusses why YouTube changed, then quickly reversed course on, its creator verification program. He also talks about how many and much people pay for SVOD services, Sling TV's and TiVo's commitment to placing pre-roll ads on DVR recordings and more.

Digital video viewership in Canada is among the highest in the world, driven by high usage of YouTube and Netflix.

This year, Germany will have more than 47 million digital video viewers and more than 29 million mobile video viewers. In Germany, more people will watch Amazon Prime Video than Netflix, with both services having double-digit growth rates in 2019.

Digital and mobile video viewership, adoption of subscription over-the-top (OTT) services and video ad spending are on the rise throughout the world as audiences, programmers and advertisers continue to shift focus from traditional to digital platforms.

This report features our latest forecasts for Latin America’s digital video market with breakouts for Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. It also looks at who’s watching, how and where they are watching, and what it all means for marketers.

Digital video viewership in the UK is high, driven by a broad choice of platforms. From free over-the-top platforms, to broadcasters’ own on-demand services, to a flourishing subscription landscape, UK viewers have a rich and varied digital video diet.

Ad dollars and viewers are pouring into digital video platforms as the TV industry continues to lose subscribers.

eMarketer principal analysts Nicole Perrin and Andrew Lipsman discuss the wave of contentious subway ads: What's allowed? What isn't? Why have startups become obsessed with marketing on public transit? They also talk about YouTube's latest FTC fine, a new partnership between TikTok and the National Football League and more.

Video-sharing app TikTok was the darling of VidCon this year. The media latched onto its low-fi approach of seeding creators all over the conference, where fans could easily interact with them. By contrast, YouTube creators were often cordoned off into formal presentations and meet-and-greets.

eMarketer forecasting analyst Eric Haggstrom shares our estimates on people watching digital video in India and why we anticipate the country’s viewership will soon beat the US.

Measuring attribution and return on investment remains a key challenge when marketing with influencers—which means that it can be hard to quantify the merits of utilizing them. But neuroscience research from the UK, showing cognitive responses to traditional marketing vs. influencer posts, may provide some answers.

Dailymotion vice president of product Justin Silberman and vice president of engineering Antoine Bonavita join eMarketer principal analyst Nicole Perrin to discuss how the video service, dubbed "the European YouTube," evolved its advertising platform.

eMarketer forecasting analyst Eric Haggstrom explores why we lowered our outlook for streaming services in the US and the impact of price increases on DirecTV Now, YouTube TV and Hulu with Live TV.

The short-form video app TikTok has become immensely popular among a new generation of video creators and their fans, leading some to believe that it could eventually dethrone YouTube as the preeminent platform for up-and-coming video creators.

eMarketer junior forecasting analyst Nazmul Islam breaks down TV’s share of the total video ad market in Canada and why budgets are flowing to competitors like YouTube and Instagram. Watch now.

Automotive digital ad spend is increasing, but growth is decelerating due to larger forces at play.