Industry Updates

Hulu might add ad-free option to compete with Netflix 20 July 2015

  Hulu is exploring plans to add an advertising-free option to its service, according to people familiar with the matter, as the online VOD platform tries to become a stronger rival to Netflix Inc. Such a move would be a significant shift … Continue reading

Sports fans embracing second-screen apps, says TDG 17 July 2015

  New research from TDG finds that a third of US broadband users have used a second-screen sports app while watching a game on TV. Engagement will further broaden and deepen during the next ten years as more leagues and … Continue reading

Verizon to Offer Vice Mobile Content to Internet TV Users 17 July 2015

  For better promotion of its upcoming Internet TV platform, Verizon Communications Inc. has signed a multi-year content licensing agreement with Vice Media for a range of Vice digital content, including its original domestic and international programming produced exclusively for Verizon. … Continue reading

TV Streamer Gets Huge Victory on Road to Compulsory License to Broadcast Networks 17 July 2015

  The major television networks were hit with a legal earthquake on Thursday when a federal judge issued a shocking ruling by declaring that the video on demand streaming  company FilmOn was potentially entitled to a compulsory license of broadcasters’ … Continue reading