7 Streaming TV Packages That Will Let You Cut the Cord For Good 22 July 2015

  Cutting the cord could save you $75 per month. Here’s how to do it without missing your favorite shows. With VOD services like Showtime, HBO, Hulu, and many others now streaming their programming online, cord cutting has firmly entered … Continue reading

Arris Report Says U.S. OTT Users Declined 2% Over The Last Year 22 July 2015

  Despite a flurry of new streaming video choices, the number of U.S. and Canadian consumers who identify themselves as regular users of over-the-top content actually declined 2 percent over the last year, according to Arris’ latest Consumer Entertainment Index … Continue reading

Global Internet Adspend To Overtake TV 22 July 2015

  Total internet adspend is predicted to overtake television by as early as 2017 on a global level according to a report from FIPP, the Worldwide Magazine Media Association. However, IPTV platform and video advertising revenues will reach multi-billion dollar levels … Continue reading

China’s Love Affair With Irresistible Korean TV 22 July 2015

China’s obsession with a South Korean television show about a 400-year-old Harvard-educated alien who falls in love with an arrogant actress reached such a frenzy last year that online video on demand streaming companies here began racing to snap up … Continue reading

Netflix And Spotify’s Digital Deluge Is Eroding Content’s Value 21 July 2015

  One of the most significant changes happening today, something that affects every industry, not just television, is the shifting value of ownership. The idea of ownership is based on the concept of scarcity: if a certain good or service … Continue reading

Google’s YouTube Signs Up Everyone But TV for New Paid Service 21 July 2015

  Google Inc.’s YouTube, which has signed up partners for a new paid video on demand service, may find out by early next year whether its own Internet stars really are as valuable as those in Hollywood. Partners accounting for … Continue reading

Sling TV’s New Ads Are Brutally Ironic Takedowns Of Pay TV 21 July 2015

  Dish’s Sling TV just launched its first slate of TV ads, and the spots make it all too clear what millennials think of the old model for pay TV. TV providers these days are like schoolyard bullies, forcing their … Continue reading

Online TV Threatens VPN Useful Technology Down Under 21 July 2015

  VPNs or Virtual Private Networks primarily in the areas of business and secure transactions. However, in Australia and the rest of the world for that matter, VPNs have found a new use — to watch Game of Thrones, Breaking … Continue reading

AIDCF Asks Broadcasters To Create Level Playing Field For OTT & Cable TV 21 July 2015

  The All India Digital Cable Federation (AIDCF) is on a roll. The multi system operator (MSO) association, which first submitted its recommendations to the Information & Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry and then to the GST Committee, has now written to … Continue reading