Spain: Pay-TV growth gains momentum 11 June 2015

  Convergent packages and Telefonica’s video on demand streaming service Movistar TV are driving the growth of the pay-TV market in Spain reaching 5.1 million subscribers as of December 31st 2014, with 345,000 additions (325,000 on IPTV) in the last quarter. … Continue reading

Moving On From Traditional Video Advertisement 10 June 2015

Digital advertising metrics and models like CPM and CPC have dictated the statistics for video advertising industry for years now. But is there something more the video streaming needs today? Time to move on, maybe? Video streaming icon Youtube has … Continue reading

Warner Bros.’ Sanders Sees EST Revenues Hitting $2B 10 June 2015

  Ron Sanders, Warner Bros.’ president of worldwide home entertainment distribution, said electronic sell-through is more than a beacon of hope for the beleaguered home sector. It is an increasingly robust business. During a keynote session at Tuesday’s On Demand Summit, he said … Continue reading

OnDemand: VOD Changes Primetime Economics 10 June 2015

  Rentrak vice chairman and CEO Bill Livek believes the difference between online video on demand and primetime linear TV is a lot like gap between cooking with a microwave and an oven – food tastes better in the oven, … Continue reading

TV Execs Talk Breaking Barriers in the Digital Age at Variety’s TV Summit 10 June 2015

  As viewers use more multicast video on demand services to navigate through their daily entertainment, TV studios are seizing the opportunity by using the Internet as a tracking system to monitor consumption. Moderated by Variety co-editor-in-chief Andrew Wallenstein, a panel of … Continue reading

In TV’s new golden age, consumers are already online, Industry must follow 10 June 2015

Never mind the golden age of television. This is the age of the golden rule: Consumers have the gold and they make the rules. From a consumer viewpoint, there were remarkable moments in the keynote address by Bell Media president … Continue reading

ABC, Cox, Hearst station groups up the stakes in live local news OTT streaming 10 June 2015

  Disney-owned ABC is among five major broadcast TV station groups that are joining forces to develop NewsON, a service that will deploy the live streaming server for local newscasts to viewers in 84 viewing markets nationwide. The service will directly … Continue reading

Netflix no threat, but makes cable better, say Liberty Global, Vodafone 10 June 2015

  Liberty Global and Vodafone Deutschland do not see OTT video services as a significant threat, but rather as something that has stimulated them to provide a better overall experience to their consumers, according to Liberty president and CEO Mike … Continue reading

Turner, Comcast Move to Capture Binge-Watching Crowd 09 June 2015

  Time Warner’s Turner and Comcast are working quickly to rewrite the rules currently established in the nascent realm of VOD network. In 2014, Turner tested making available the entire season of then-freshman dramas “Murder In The First”(above, pictured) and … Continue reading

Smartphones beat out Paid TV and Internet Service Providers 09 June 2015

  As more entertainment options provide consumers with a wealth of choices, overall customer satisfaction with pay TV services and Internet service providers (ISPs) is on the decline. Smartphone users, however, are quite happy with their devices. Consumer satisfaction with … Continue reading