IPTV subscribers set to top satellite in Western Europe by 2016 28 April 2015
The forecast comes from a new report from Digital TV Research. Medium term, IPTV platform subscriptions will climb by 8.6 million (up by 37%) between 2014 and 2020 compared with 1.2 million additions for pay satellite TV (up by 5%) and … Continue reading
Consumers focus more on online than traditional TV ads 28 April 2015
Consumers tend to pay more attention to digital (online) ads than to traditional TV advertising, with nearly 75 percent of consumers saying that they tend to multitask more during television ads than during digital ads, according to Deloitte’s Digital Democracy … Continue reading
OTT is ahead of traditional broadcasting in 4K, finds Qarva 28 April 2015
Live 4K TV delivery by OTT video services is still challenging. There are neither 4K live channels, not broadcast, nor OTT yet. We will see some broadcast 4K channels later this year. The matter is that open Internet connection bitrate goes … Continue reading
The new Deloitte study is good news for OTT, really bad for linear TV 28 April 2015
Netflix and other OTT video on demand systems have not only given people more options for watching programming, but they’ve also changed how Americans consume content. The rise of these services, which also includes Hulu and Hulu Plus, Amazon‘s Prime Instant Video, and … Continue reading
All about PlayReady 3.0, Microsoft’s secret plan to lock down 4K movies to your PC 27 April 2015
Microsoft is also dangling promises for consumers: Buy a Windows 10 system with PlayReady, Microsoft says, and you’ll be able to view Hollywood’s latest movies in all their 4K glory. Without Microsoft’s hardware DRM technology—pay attention, those of you with … Continue reading
Support Net Neutrality; but need level playing field says Telecom Operators, Signal data cost hike 27 April 2015
While coming out in support of Net Neutrality, telecom service providers on Friday said there is a need to create a level playing field to run a ‘viable’ business and demanded that same rule should apply for same services, including … Continue reading
The TV Story – How OTT Video Services and On-the-Go Content Are Redefining World’s Best Loved Gadget 27 April 2015
With all the buzz on OTT TV and the increasing use of video on demand hosting and mobile devices to stream video content, will the TV as a device lose its value proposition and be no longer relevant in our … Continue reading
Fox International inks ‘unprecedented’ OTT deals across Asia 27 April 2015
FOX International Channels (FIC) has struck deals with leading networks across Asia to make its channels available in the region on an over-the-top (OTT) basis. In what it calls an unprecedented move, FIC will offer multi-genre OTT video services with … Continue reading
Growth of streaming video killed Comcast-Time Warner deal 27 April 2015
What killed Comcast Corp.’s $45 billion bid for Time Warner Cable Inc.? Regulators’ desire to protect the Internet video on demand industry that is reshaping TV. A combination of the No. 1 and No. 2 US cable companies would have … Continue reading
Netflix’s Push to Own Original Series Fuels Race to ‘Out-HBO’ HBO 27 April 2015
Netflix is raking in the money thanks to continued subscriber growth, but the video streaming site surely isn’t stopping at that sole revenue stream — no matter how high it’s predicted to rise. The Reed Hastings-run company, which saw its stock … Continue reading
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