Telstra Integrates Roku and Netflix For New TV Box 30 July 2015
More than 860,000 Australians who invested in Telstra’s T Box service are set to find out that their entertainment box is set to get killed off in September to be replaced by a new Roku mini streaming box. The … Continue reading
Why Streaming Movies Are Becoming the New Direct-To-Video 30 July 2015
The Martin Sheen-voiced, animated feature “All Creatures Big and Small” debuted this month, but not where you might expect. The movie, a we-missed-Noah’s Ark tale with some recognizable talent in Sheen and Amy Grant, was scheduled for a limited-release … Continue reading
OTT Has An Insatiable Appetite For Volume, Says BBC EVP Asia 29 July 2015
BBC Worldwide’s EVP for Asia David Weiland had a few things to say about the OTT surge and BBC strategy. “We have managed to have a lot of successes. Our business here is structured fairly equally between our own branded … Continue reading
How Dance And VOD Are Coming Together 29 July 2015
No one ever said dance was easy. But now choreographers are tapping the streaming market in an effort to make the physical, mental and emotional intensity of the art a little more accessible to dancers worldwide. CLI Studios (which stands for “create, learn, inspire”) … Continue reading
Akamai Drops 10%: 2Q, Q3 View Miss; Bracing for OTT Surge 29 July 2015
Shares of Internet bandwidth provider Akamai Technologies are down $7.65, or over 10%, at $66, in late trading, after the company delivered a weaker-than-expected Q2 earnings report, and forecast this quarter’s revenue and profit below consensus. The content-delivery and Internet … Continue reading