Sky’s making a kids app that will rival Netflix and YouTube 30 June 2015
When Sky announced the launch of a new Kids section on its set-top boxes, it immediately put Google and Netflix in its crosshairs. TV shows and movies on VOD were suddenly front and centre on the homepage, allowing children … Continue reading
Why the digital onslaught didn’t destroy TV 29 June 2015
Within a year, Netflix will have more viewers than any of the three broadcast networks, a couple of analysts at FBR Capital Markets predicted this week. There are some caveats having to do with the differing ways that streaming and … Continue reading
TiVo CEO Wants Cable Companies to Embrace Cord Cutting 29 June 2015
TiVo CEO Tom Rogers has an interesting proposition to cable operators. His pitch: Encourage consumers to cut the cord, and still make money from their TV viewing without having to pay any money to broadcast or cable networks. Rogers’ magic bullet … Continue reading
Rising tide of online piracy: Sink or Swim? 29 June 2015
For the first time, searches for popular insecure OTT devices have now outstripped popular secure OTT devices on Google searches. Online piracy is big business. All content is a target: thematic channels, recent movie releases and particularly live sports. … Continue reading
Discovery embarks on OTT ‘Million March’ 29 June 2015
Discovery Networks International is launching OTT video services throughout Europe. Its top executives explain how the channel operator will win streaming customers in big numbers, as it starts on its ‘March to a Million’. When TBI was the first … Continue reading
70% of Arab Satellite TV channels have online sites 29 June 2015
During April and May 2015, the Arab Advisors Group examined 724 fully operational FTA satellite TV channels targeting the Arab World to research their online presence. Of the analyzed stations, 70% (505 channels) have an online presence. Spurred by … Continue reading
Blockbuster quietly reborn as successful TVOD 26 June 2015
OTT history has come full circle, with Blockbuster – the fallen video rental giant that once famously turned down the chance to purchase Netflix for a (relative) pittance – having been reborn in Denmark as a quietly successful, exclusively … Continue reading
North America SVoD revenues $7bn by 2020 26 June 2015
North America already had 50.6 million SVoD homes [for movie and TV services only – excluding sports] by end-2014 – or 38.8 per cent of TV households and 48.1 per cent of fixed broadband homes, according to a report … Continue reading
No distinction between OTT and pay TV in “two to three years” 26 June 2015
Pay TV operators need to simplify the client-side equipment they provide and focus on open-source and cloud-based technologies to achieve the necessary scale and agility to see off OTT TV platforms as competitors, according to Ken Morse, CTO of … Continue reading
Netflix to Boast Larger Audience Than Big Four Networks Within Year 26 June 2015
Online video on demand service Netflix will within about a year have a bigger daily audience than each of the big four TV networks, an analyst said Wednesday. Working from the 10 billion hours of streaming the company reported in … Continue reading
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