Industry Updates

Hulu’s Living Room Viewing On The Rise As PC Viewing Declines 07 July 2015

  While the rise of standalone streaming services has been fueled, in part, by increased connection speeds combined with the ubiquity of smart mobile devices, video consumption is still often taking place in the living room. And in the case … Continue reading

ISPs Will Raise Rates to Try & Hurt Internet Video 07 July 2015

  Dish Network’s Sling TV has taken the fight to traditional cable operators with its new, $20 a month “skinny bundle” of broadband television. But according to Sling TV CEO Roger Lynch, the company is very concerned that as traditional … Continue reading

Daily newspapers’ online video content should not be subject to on-demand regulations, says EU court advisor 06 July 2015

  Video content published by daily newspapers on their websites should not be subject to regulation under the EU’s Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) Directive, a legal advisor to the EU’s highest court has said. Advocate general Maciej Szpunar said that … Continue reading

Time for a Reality Check Among TV’s Streaming Services 06 July 2015

  In the burgeoning world of subscription VOD services, all ventures are not created equal. That’s a notion easy to lose sight of in 2015 as one TV network after another pushes out an over-the-top extension that makes programming available … Continue reading