Time Warner CFO: Distributors Need to Improve VOD Offerings 15 September 2015
The cable bundle of networks will shrink and distributors need to improve their offerings, including more robust VOD services, more content for digital platforms and better user interfaces, said Time Warner CFO Howard Averill on Thursday. Such improvements, he said, … Continue reading
Linear OTT’s Biggest Value Proposition: Churn Doesn’t Matter 15 September 2015
Roger Lynch, the head of Dish Network-owned linear OTT provider Sling TV, isn’t concerned about subscriber churn. At least, that’s the face he presented to audiences at IBC in a keynote presentation. The reason? Churn is not such an … Continue reading
OTT MVOD Platforms Can Now Transform Video Consumption Data In To Viewer Delight 15 September 2015
Much like companies in the business of online search and social media, companies running OTT mobile video on demand (MVOD) platforms are also data intensive businesses. We sit on a stock pile of data ranging from viewership preferences of … Continue reading
Amazon Warns FCC About OTT Redefinition 15 September 2015
FCC chairman Tom Wheeler proposed reclassifying some linear OTT video services providers as MVPDs to help boost them as a competitor for traditional cable, but OTT provider Amazon is advising the agency not to. In meetings with Republican FCC Commissioners … Continue reading
Why Live Streaming Is the Future of Fashion Week 14 September 2015
Ever since IMG, which owns NYFW, began live streaming shows in 2011, viewers have been tuning in in droves. “Streaming has become an important part of how consumers understand brands,” says Matt Edelman, IMG’s head of digital operations and … Continue reading
TV Industry Ponders Monetization Of Online Content 14 September 2015
With unconventional and new entertainment media platforms emerging and disrupting conventional media platforms, the industry stands at a crossroads to change its traditional content business to one that suits the digital and mobile age. A variety of experiments using … Continue reading
OTT A Major Challenge to Satellite, Ethnic Channels Group Says 14 September 2015
Over-the-Top (OTT) broadcasting, an increasingly popular method of video distribution, is having a damaging effect on the industry, according to Ethnic Channels Group Co-founder and CEO Slava Levin. The broadcaster, which provides non-English language digital TV channels to multicultural populations … Continue reading
Challenges Ahead For Traditional TV Models 14 September 2015
It’s the most wonderful time of year for football fans and the broadcast companies that leverage live telecasts of games on the gridiron into windfalls of revenue. While football is king in terms of attracting the largest TV sports audiences, … Continue reading
Scoring Big With Cloud DVR Toady 14 September 2015
If you think that cloud DVR service can’t make much of an impact on the pay-TV landscape, then take a good look at Spain. Over the past 21 months, Telefónica has climbed to the top of the charts in the … Continue reading
Cord Cutting All Talk? Study Says Only 3% Have Had ‘The Snip’ 14 September 2015
According to a new study by Rovi, while over 57% claim to have given cord cutting either “a lot of” thought or “some” thought – a meager 3% have actually reached for the proverbial scissors. At 7%, the US … Continue reading
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