Canada’s Simard Calls For Internet Service Provider Levy To Finance Content 11 August 2015
Locarno’s StepIn, the biggest discussion forum at August’s biggest European film event, launched a call for a Internet Service Provider tax via Monique Simard, CEO of Quebec’s Sodec cultural industry investment fund, who delivered a keynote urging Europe’s film … Continue reading
Sarah Calderon Speaks About New Video Distribution Models 10 August 2015
Worldwide day-and-date releases surged from 60 in 2012 to 233 in 2013, The Film Agency CEO Sarah Calderon said in a Locarno Fest master class, Classic & Alternative Distribution, citing a E.U. Media Program report, Circulation of Films in the … Continue reading
Ad-Blockers Squeeze Publishers While Netflix Benefits 10 August 2015
When rumors swept the Internet earlier this summer that Netflix would soon start running commercials, customers of the streaming OTT Video platform collectively freaked out. Faced with an onslaught of social media condemning the move, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings was … Continue reading
Deloitte Australia Survey Finds Internet Usage Level With TV Viewing 10 August 2015
The internet is as popular as TV as an entertainment outlet now, according to new consumer research, although offline activities such as reading and listening to music have also grown. The fourth annual Deloitte Media Consumer Survey suggests the … Continue reading
Six In 10 UK Viewers Take SVoD, Computers Still Main Device 10 August 2015
Six out of 10 UK TV viewers pay for a subscription VoD service, according to research by OTT quality assurance and data specialist Conviva, with three in 10 saying they looked at the breadth of a content library as the … Continue reading
