TV Streamer Gets Huge Victory on Road to Compulsory License to Broadcast Networks 17 July 2015
The major television networks were hit with a legal earthquake on Thursday when a federal judge issued a shocking ruling by declaring that the video on demand streaming company FilmOn was potentially entitled to a compulsory license of broadcasters’ … Continue reading
Amazon Scores First Emmy Nominations as HBO Dominates 17 July 2015
Amazon.com Inc. earned its first Emmy nomination for the critically praised transgender comedy “Transparent,” as online video on demand services scored their biggest haul in the race for TV’s top honors. Netflix Inc., which has already won Emmys for “House … Continue reading
Star TV and Eros lead race to head off Netflix threat in India 17 July 2015
Rupert Murdoch’s Star TV and Bollywood studio Eros International are leading a race to become the “Netflix of India” by pushing to launch new video on demand streaming services, in a bid to head off the expected entry of … Continue reading
Is AMC’s Horror-Movie Streaming Service Shudder Any Good? 16 July 2015
Good news, fear fans: AMC’s horror-centric video on demand streaming service, Shudder, is in open beta. Adrenaline junkies can now sign up and instantly stream as many horror movies as they want for a 14-day free trial period. After … Continue reading
TV’s Detour: Waves of Disruption 16 July 2015
The TV industry is constantly going through change. Focusing just on the last 20 years or so, we’ve seen several waves of disruption: Boxes: TiVo, Slingbox and others allowed viewers to take the content they traditionally had to consume … Continue reading
Netflix’s CEO just revealed the most important issue for Internet TV 16 July 2015
Netflix executives dished insights on the company, and the emerging internet TV industry during a post-earnings call. Netflix has no immediate plans to raise prices for U.S. subscribers, and will instead seek to lift profits by encouraging customers to … Continue reading
BBC Looks The Other Way While Internet Takes Over 16 July 2015
This fear of change is nothing new. The BBC has a long history of invoking the national interest when its entitlement is challenged, only to awake later, and find that it has been reinvigorated by adaptation. Today, the BBC … Continue reading
Comcast, EA games partner for streaming video experience on your TV 16 July 2015
The cable conglomerate announced on Tuesday “Xfinity Games” — the company’s latest online video on demand feature for its X1 set-top box platform. It will allow customers to stream certain Electronic Arts (EA, Tech30) titles directly to their TV … Continue reading
Cable TV Disconnect, Smart TV and Consumer Choice 16 July 2015
Cable television systems thumbed noses at Senator John McCain’s call a couple of years ago for unbundled content options, but consumers have responded to a wider marketplace of real-time choices and technologies. Live streaming server remain one of the main … Continue reading
Video Analytics : Key To A Successful Video Marketing Strategy 15 July 2015
Content security, top notch content delivery network, viral social presence and original programming; probably everything you would ever want to rock at the video streaming business. But what about ‘knowing’ what works and what doesn’t? How do you chalk out … Continue reading
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