Standards Needed To Make OTT Work For Advertisers 11 August 2015
The average American watched nearly four hours of over-the-top (OTT) content per week in 2014, a figure that is expected to nearly double this year. But as OTT device usage continues growing, advertisers struggle to keep pace. The current … Continue reading
Kids Prefer Streaming TV, But Still Choose TV Set Over Phones, Says PwC Report 11 August 2015
It’s a panicky time in the TV business, particularly when it comes to the prevailing fear among TV executives that young people are never going to watch TV the way that their parents did. There may be some truth … Continue reading
The Beginning of the End of the TV Industrial Complex 11 August 2015
After years of insisting otherwise, investors seem to have decided that the pay TV business is in decline. Last week, triggered by an admission of weakness from Disney and ESPN, Wall Street pounded all of the big media companies, wiping … Continue reading
Canada’s Simard Calls For Internet Service Provider Levy To Finance Content 11 August 2015
Locarno’s StepIn, the biggest discussion forum at August’s biggest European film event, launched a call for a Internet Service Provider tax via Monique Simard, CEO of Quebec’s Sodec cultural industry investment fund, who delivered a keynote urging Europe’s film … Continue reading
Sarah Calderon Speaks About New Video Distribution Models 10 August 2015
Worldwide day-and-date releases surged from 60 in 2012 to 233 in 2013, The Film Agency CEO Sarah Calderon said in a Locarno Fest master class, Classic & Alternative Distribution, citing a E.U. Media Program report, Circulation of Films in the … Continue reading
Ad-Blockers Squeeze Publishers While Netflix Benefits 10 August 2015
When rumors swept the Internet earlier this summer that Netflix would soon start running commercials, customers of the streaming OTT Video platform collectively freaked out. Faced with an onslaught of social media condemning the move, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings was … Continue reading
Deloitte Australia Survey Finds Internet Usage Level With TV Viewing 10 August 2015
The internet is as popular as TV as an entertainment outlet now, according to new consumer research, although offline activities such as reading and listening to music have also grown. The fourth annual Deloitte Media Consumer Survey suggests the … Continue reading
Six In 10 UK Viewers Take SVoD, Computers Still Main Device 10 August 2015
Six out of 10 UK TV viewers pay for a subscription VoD service, according to research by OTT quality assurance and data specialist Conviva, with three in 10 saying they looked at the breadth of a content library as the … Continue reading
Cablevision CEO Claims No Immediate Cord-Cutting “Landslide” 10 August 2015
“I don’t think the sky is falling quite yet,” Cablevision Systems CEO Jim Dolan said Friday on the company’s earnings conference call in addressing Wall Street’s cord-cutting worries that have driven down entertainment stocks this week. “There is not … Continue reading
The BBC Is About To Repeat Canada’s Mistake 07 August 2015
As the BBC approaches its 100th anniversary, the venerable broadcaster is in a pitched battle for its future against rivals like VoD services. The newly-elected Conservative government wants to reduce the financing and the scope of BBC activities; it … Continue reading
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