Improved OTT User Experience, Increased Devices Boost Video Worldwide, Finds Conviva 20 August 2015
Grabbing a viewer’s attention and keeping them engaged is becoming all-important for online video industry players, two new studies from Tremor Video and Conviva have found. According to Conviva, the key to user engagement is quality of experience, something … Continue reading
Cable Networks Off To Try Their Hand At Bingeing 20 August 2015
To release or to not release full seasons of scripted show for binge viewing was a question several cable network and OTT service executives wrestled with recently, coming to differing opinions. OTT TV platforms like Netflix, which accelerated the … Continue reading
Adaptive Bit Rate Streaming: Bright Prospects For The Live Streaming Business 19 August 2015
During the early 2000s the internet saw a booming increase in network bandwidth. Together with better media compression algorithms and more powerful personal computer systems streaming delivery of media had become possible. The term streaming is used to describe … Continue reading
Muvi Studio Launches Mobile Apps For ISKCON’s VOD Service 19 August 2015
Muvi, a leading Cloud based Video Streaming Platform by New York-based tech firm Muvi LLC, has announced the release of the mobile apps for its recently launched VoD service for ISKCON. The mobile app is available on Google Play … Continue reading
How Local Papers Are Looking ‘Over The Top’ As Part Of A New Model For Video 19 August 2015
The medium here is called “over-the-top,” or OTT, content. While the rise of Roku and competitors like Apple TV, Amazon Fire, and Google’s ChromeCast has made it easier for viewers to access their favorite shows without a cable subscription, … Continue reading
TV Networks Pay Up Big For Sport But Internet Threatens 19 August 2015
All the talk may be about billion dollar deals for the free-to-air networks to broadcast the AFL and NRL, but the digital future is already taking shape and, with it, a threat to the networks’ supremacy. One recent threat comes … Continue reading
Cable Consumers Keep Cutting The Cord. Who To Blame? 19 August 2015
We’ve all known that the Titanic of cable companies was going to be crashing into the iceberg of OTT video services soon enough, but it looks like there are some pretty huge cracks forming already. As it stands, cable subscriptions … Continue reading
HBO Proves Why Streaming Video Services Have a Big Advantage Over TV Networks 19 August 2015
At first blush, HBO may seem like a strange home for “Sesame Street.” After all, the premium network is known more for the sexually-charged drama “Game of Thrones” than as a place where Big Bird teaches kids how to spell. HBO‘s move … Continue reading
Can Comcast or AT&T Become Better Than Netflix? 19 August 2015
In simple terms, cable companies actually beat Netflix to the streaming video punch long ago. So-called video on demand, or VOD services have been a popping up inside the cable and satellite TV packages since the late 1990s. When … Continue reading
EzyFlix Dies As Netflix Flies: The First Casualty Of The Australian TV Streaming War 19 August 2015
US TV and movie streaming giant Netflix has claimed its first casualty in Australia, with digital movie and TV show store EzyFlix pulling down its virtual shutters. EzyFlix posted a message on its website on Tuesday telling users Access Digital Entertainment, its parent company, … Continue reading