Chicago implements cloud tax for online services 02 July 2015

  Chicago introduced a tax on cloud services Wednesday that will see forms of streaming entertainment get more expensive. The cloud tax will impose a nine percent tariff on “electronically delivered amusements” such as VOD services, streaming music, satellite TV, … Continue reading

The new normal: 92% admit to binge viewing 02 July 2015

  Advanced TV specialists TiVo has revealed results from its second annual TiVo Spring 2015 Binge Viewing Survey. Binge viewing, defined as viewing more than three episodes of a series in a day, has continued its meteoric rise in both … Continue reading

Tips For A Successful Video Streaming Business 01 July 2015

  Anytime soon, content owners, content producers and broadcasters will have to address the elephant in the room. Whichever way they may try to see it or show it to you, linear TV viewing and traditional TV is losing its … Continue reading

Microsoft-AOL Deal Affirms Verizon’s Interest In Cross-Platform Media 01 July 2015

  While AOL’s absorption of Microsoft’s display, search and video ads business is indicative of Verizon’s digital media interests, industry insiders aren’t quite convinced the flagship publications it inherited through the AOL acquisition will stick around for the long haul. … Continue reading

New Study Shows That Nearly A Third Of Netflix Subscribers Have Cut The Cord 01 July 2015

Although the death of cable and satellite pay TV isn’t quite upon us yet, it’s certainly closer, at least if a new study done on Netflix subscribers is any indication. The new study found that only 67 percent of Netflix … Continue reading

Vivendi Buys Leading Video Platform Dailymotion 01 July 2015

  Vivendi, the media conglom which owns pay TV giant Canal Plus Group and Universal Music Group, has completed the acquisition of Dailymotion, one of the world’s biggest aggregation and video on demand distribution platforms, for 217 million Euros. Through … Continue reading

TV viewers’ tastes change, OTT wins favor 01 July 2015

  An eMarketer survey in six large cities in 2014 showed that the average time spent on watching TV decreased from 140 minutes in 2008 to 124 minutes daily in 2012. Meanwhile, the time spent on online connections increased from … Continue reading

Facebook Tries Out New 10-Second Video Ad Option, Offering Advertisers Cost-Per-View Rate 01 July 2015

  Facebook is mixing up its video ad cost options, testing a new way to charge advertisers that allows them to pay for a video ad only if it has been viewed for a full ten-seconds. According to a report … Continue reading

Privacy Policies With an Escape Hatch 01 July 2015

The privacy policy for Hulu, a video on demand streaming service with about 9 million subscribers, opens with a declaration that the company respects your privacy. That respect could lapse, however, if the company is ever sold or goes bankrupt. … Continue reading

Why Linear TV Is Here to Stay and 4 Other Takeaways from ‘TV of Tomorrow’ 30 June 2015

  Reports that linear broadcast TV is going to die a slow but inevitable death now with the rise of streaming and VOD services have been overstated. Attendees of the “TV of Tomorrow” show in San Francisco last week discussed … Continue reading

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