Comcast Prepping Internet TV Platform, ‘Watchable’ 17 August 2015
Now that Comcast has made a major investment in Vox Media, and is likely about to announce a similar deal with BuzzFeed, you would think that it would be done for a little while on the Web. Not so. … Continue reading
Netflix Drives Argentinan OTT Past 1MN Subs 17 August 2015
According to the report, Usuario Online 2015, from analyst firm Carrier y Asociados, Netflix has been, without any doubt, the driver behind the OTT boom in Argentina. Indeed, 22% of homes with a broadband connection are subscribed to video-on-demand … Continue reading
Netflix Shuts Down Its Last Data Center, Becomes Cloud Only 17 August 2015
Netflix has been shifting technology from in-house data centers to third-party facilities for years now, and it says that the process is coming to its logical conclusion—the company is shutting down the last of its data centers. Netflix still operates a … Continue reading
Candidates Need To Plan For Cord Cutters or They Will Miss Their Most Valuable Voting Block 14 August 2015
There is no doubt that Fox News knocked it out of the park last week in terms of overall TV viewership for the first official Republican debate. Depending on which interpretation you use, Fox News reached anywhere from 24 … Continue reading
VOD Searches For the Winning Formula 14 August 2015
The alphabet soup that represents the various flavors of online video on demand programming is funnel that will, over time, lose its one-letter prefixes based on the increasingly popular notion that young consumers are allergic to commitments of any sort. … Continue reading
Amazon Reverses Declines As Netflix Extends Lead 14 August 2015
The £79-per-year VoD service provider, which signed the formerTop Gear team late last month, was subscribed to by 4% of UK households at the end of March 2015, according to the regulator’s Communications Market Report. Amazon had reached the … Continue reading
SA’s Version Of Netflix Is Going To Be The Next Big Thing! 14 August 2015
ShowMax, South Africa’s answer to Netflix, is coming to Mzansi as a new subscription video on demand service from Naspers. The launch of ShowMax will be officially announced on 19 August at a media launch in Johannesburg, with the … Continue reading
Apple Is Having Trouble Pulling Its Internet TV Service Together 14 August 2015
Apple is having some difficulty getting its long-awaited internet TV service off the ground. Bloomberg reports that, though Apple still wants to deliver live, local programming to customers, sources say talks with CBS, Fox, and NBC have stalled. Cord-cutters looking … Continue reading
DTVE Calls For Views On Whether Pay TV and OTT Are Partners or Competitors 14 August 2015
Digital TV Europe is inviting all pay TV operators, content/channel providers and OTT players to share their views on the future of the relationship between pay TV and OTT and help us to build a picture of the possible ways … Continue reading
Choosing The Right Ad Network For Your Online Video Business 13 August 2015
Video ad networks are an alternative to purchasing advertising space on individual publishers one by one. When an online publisher wants to monetize their website, they often open the site up to advertising. The advertising spots on the site … Continue reading
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