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
Comcast-Time Warner Cable may be dead, but many people’s cable companies will still change 24 April 2015
Even if Comcast’s $45.2 billion bid for Time Warner Cable is dead, consolidation among the companies that pipe in our TV, phone and Internet will carry on. Combining the No. 1 and No. 2 U.S. cable companies would have put … Continue reading
HBO Joins Netflix, Inc. In Warning VPN Pirates 24 April 2015
It seems that HBO is not happy with viewers using VPN networks to access its VOD network services outside the U.S. Netflix may allow users to continue receiving services via VPN, but according to Torrent Freak, HBO is planning to … Continue reading
Julianne Moore Takes Aim at VOD Releases: “A Movie Never Looks the Same on Television” 24 April 2015
Actress Julianne Moore and Sony Pictures Classics co-president Tom Bernard took aim at day-and-date video-on-demand (VOD) releases on Thursday, saying they degrade the important bond between independent film and the theatrical experience. Many independent distributors are increasingly relying on Video On … Continue reading
Netflix Viewing Rises, Impacts Traditional TV Trends 24 April 2015
Netflix continues to have a major impact on TV viewing — its viewing hours, in relation to traditional TV viewing, are now double the number of a year ago. There were 10 billion hours streamed from Netflix’s movie library, against … Continue reading
Argentina, Colombia lead LATAM multiscreen, VOD 24 April 2015
In a market controlled by non-Latin American operators, Argentina, one of the most mature pay-TV markets in the region, also has the highest penetration of multiscreen platforms and video-on-demand (VOD) online services, closely followed by Colombia, says Business Bureau. In … Continue reading
Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg just said something that should terrify TV executives 24 April 2015
Video views on Facebook are growing exponentially. Some 4 billion videos are watched on the platform every day, up from 3 billion in January, the company revealed in its Q1 earnings. Video ads on Facebook are growing ridiculously fast … Continue reading