Smartphones and tablets help double the time people spend online, finds Ofcom 12 May 2015
The increasing use of tablets and smartphones is fueling a hike in the amount of time people spend online, new Ofcom research has suggested. People are spending twice as much time online compared to 10 years ago, the regulator’s Media Use … Continue reading
Retail OTT STBs will pass IPTV STB shipments this year – IHS 12 May 2015
The shipment of over-the-top (OTT) set-top boxes (STBs) sold at retail will this year pass shipments of IPTV STBs used for pay TV services, IHS said. The global number of retail OTT STBs shipped, including Apple TV, Chromecast and … Continue reading
Cord-Cutting Alert: Pay-TV Business Declines for First Time During Q1 12 May 2015
The U.S. pay-TV business keeps shrinking, albeit slowly — but for the first time ever, the sector dropped a net number of subscribers in the first three months of a year, during Q1 of 2015. The industry is contracting at … Continue reading
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on the future of non-linear television 12 May 2015
The future of television is about much more than just a change in the way that TV content is delivered, says Netflix’s CEO. When it comes to the transformation of the medium we call television, there’s arguably no other company … Continue reading
NewFronts 2015: Nearly Half of Internet Video Ads on Non-YouTube Sites Aren’t Seen 11 May 2015
There are plenty of video ads being sold and served up on the Web and mobile devices — but close to half of all video ads that don’t run on YouTube are never seen by a user, according to a Google … Continue reading
Streaming apps threaten a TV bastion: Live sports 11 May 2015
Since the advent of the VCR and then YouTube, the media industry’s No. 1 enemy has been piracy. But while Hollywood and the TV networks have fought one technology after another, one type of entertainment has been safe from illegal … Continue reading
Most OTA cord cutters come from satellite, finds TiVo 11 May 2015
TiVo has released the findings of an in-depth survey of Over The Air (OTA) TV consumers revealing that a materially higher percentage of cord cutters are coming from former satellite TV service subscribers. “The data we’ve collected shows a clear … Continue reading
aioTV Patent Targets Mixing of TV with OTT 11 May 2015
aioTV, a Denver-based maker of video streaming software and HDMI “pass-through” boxes, said it has scored a patent for metadata normalization and video playback, elements that can help MVPDs and other providers offer a blend of linear, on-demand and OTT … Continue reading
Using Analytics To Predict The Future Of TV Content And Distribution 11 May 2015
There are three major sets of events that happened recently, which together help predict the future of TV content and distribution: A move towards à la carte: The attempt of distributors to shake up the price and structure of the … Continue reading
Wheeler Wants Pay-TV Status for OTT 11 May 2015
In a move aimed at promoting more video competition, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler wants to broaden the US regulatory definition of a pay-TV provider to cover many OTT video services providers. Wheeler made his preferences clear in his keynote address … Continue reading
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