Industry Updates

Television Executives Signal A Shift In Relationship With Netflix 18 September 2015

  Two of the biggest US television network owners have signaled a shift in their relationship with Netflix, amid fears that the popularity of the VOD service is accelerating a wave of defections from the pay-television industry by “cord-cutting” customers. Netflix … Continue reading

BBC To Offer Online Streaming In U.S. Starting Next Year 18 September 2015

  It is slowly becoming a trend for conventional networks to embrace the digital age and start offering over-the-top online streaming of their linear channel. HBO has done this, Showtime has done this and many others are in the process of … Continue reading

Mobile TV Viewing Jumps 7% In One Year 18 September 2015

  More than a third of consumers who watch TV shows online use a smartphone for TV viewing (37%), a figure that has risen 7 points from 2014 (30%), according to new data from Hub’s annual “Finding Input One” study. … Continue reading

CNN’s Debate Live Stream Draws A Record Crowd 18 September 2015

  The stream was front and center on the CNN home page during the debates. As of 9:45 p.m. ET, about an hour and a half into the prime time debate, the live video streaming had 921,000 concurrent (or simultaneous) viewers, according … Continue reading

Netflix And Google Could Pay A Tax For Australian Content, Believes ABC Boss 17 September 2015

  ABC managing director Mark Scott has suggested digital content companies such as VOD service Netflix, Apple and Google pay a percentage of their revenue into a fund to pay for Australian content. While Australians are avid consumers of US-generated … Continue reading