CBS, ABC, NBC Want Much More of That Internet Advertising 20 May 2015
In a sign of changing television-consumption habits, major U.S. broadcasters are banding together with their cable brethren in an effort to jointly promote themselves and capture more advertising revenue at a time when ad dollars are increasingly flowing to online … Continue reading
CASBAA advocates for consumer access to lawful content on Internet 20 May 2015
The net neutrality debate is still on in India. The Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA), which is a non-profit trade association, has said that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) consultation paper on ‘Regulatory Framework for … Continue reading
30% of UK consumers use SVoD monthly 20 May 2015
Figures from Decipher’s bi-annual media consumption report Mediabug have shown how growth in usage of subscription VoD services like Netflix and Amazon Prime has been solely due to those over the age of 35. Mediabug Wave 6 reports that 30 … Continue reading
Content : The Key Behind VoD’s Success Story 19 May 2015
TV viewers like any other customers always wanted choices. And to fill that up, the industry came up with VoD, Catch Up TV and Delayed Broadcasts. Year after year, the digital video streaming format gradually took over TV and linear … Continue reading
Social discovery: TV for a millennial audience 19 May 2015
The way we watch TV has changed. The internet has moved the availability of content beyond linear TV, and the growth of internet based multicast video on demand services like Netflix and LoveFilm, together with the influx of high-quality video … Continue reading
Jack Ma-Backed Wasu Media Held Talks With Netflix on Internet TV 19 May 2015
Wasu Media Holding Co., the Chinese media company backed by Jack Ma, has held talks with Netflix Inc. as the broadcaster of “House of Cards” seeks to enter China’s $5.9 billion online video market. While Wasu “has talked with Netflix … Continue reading
With Upfronts and NewFronts Comes the Invasion of the TV Acronyms 19 May 2015
The 2015-2016 presentation season draws to a close, you’ve probably heard plenty of industry jargon to go along with all the cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. We’re here to spell it out for you. First, let’s make a distinction between the … Continue reading
Smarter ‘Dumb’ TVs Will Drive OTT Adoption 19 May 2015
Smart TVs may be limited by clunky UIs, but “dumb” TVs are getting smarter all the time. And thanks to connected game consoles and media streamers like Chromecast and Roku, those not-so-dumb TVs are set to drive a major surge … Continue reading
How the Cable Industry is Adapting to Cord Cutters 19 May 2015
For people attending The Internet and Television Exchange, the redubbed Cable Show for 2015, enabling technologies are as important as always, but the transformation of business models in the video delivery industry has certainly cast a huge grip on an … Continue reading
The simple loopholes that mean you don’t have to pay the TV licence fee 18 May 2015
AFTER a great run of 50 years, TV as we know it will be dead by 2030, the chief executive of Netflix has prophesied. Indeed people are already turning off and saving themselves a wad in the process. Don’t watch live … Continue reading
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