Some 60% of people frequently stream content while travelling by car or public transport, with 29% claim to do so while at work, according to new research by Rovi. The study found that 77% of respondents subscribe to “alternative” TV or video streaming services providers like Netflix or Hulu – with more people doing so in …
For the first time, a majority of U.S. viewers have TV sets connected to the Internet, according to data released today by Frank N. Magid Associates and advertising software maker TubeMogul. Connected TV penetration–through gaming consoles, set-top boxes, and smart TVs–has more than doubled from 26% of U.S. households in 2013 to 53% this year. …
Today, Ooyala steps up with its State of the Broadcast Industry 2016, in which it assuredly predicts that this year will be a lot like last year but more of it. Over-the-top video content moved to center stage in 2015, and “broadcasters and operators have accepted OTT as a fait accompli, and the repercussions are …
Fox Broadcasting said it will appeal a U.S. federal court’s decision finding Internet video streaming site FilmOn — which has been waging a five-year legal battle with broadcasters — is entitled to a compulsory license to retransmit TV station programming online, just like a cable operator. In the decision, issued Thursday, Judge George Wu of the U.S. District …
Hollywood TV and movie director T.J. Scott — best known for his popular on-screen works “Spartacus,” “Gotham” and “Orphan Black” — has made his way to Seoul to lend his expertise on the current and future state of the film and TV industries in the U.S. Invited as part of the Korea Creative Content …
Smartphone subscriptions are set to reach 6.1 billion by 2020, according to the latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report. The report shows that growth in mature markets comes from an increasing number of devices per individual. In developing regions, it comes from a swell of new subscribers as smartphones become more affordable; almost 80% of …
Some time ago BBC published an article titled, “Calculated Risks: Will Algorithms Make Business Boring?” In the article, the author related this story: When Netflix (a TV and Movie video streaming site), decided to create their own original TV shows, they turned to data for inspiration. Combing through their data, they identified three aspects of …
The mobile trend was very much prominent on day one of MELT 2015, being held in Mumbai. The festival was abuzz with the IAA Debate, where Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief, Times Now, and Rajiv Lochan, CEO, Kasturi & Sons, against The Quint’s Raghav Bahl and Vikram Sakhuja, Group CEO & equity partner, Madison, battled out the …
The movie piracy whack-a-mole popped up again this week in the form of “Popcorn In Your Browser,” a Web app that mashes up torrent and Video streaming sites to make it easy to watch pirated movies. It will probably get shut down, somehow, sometime soon. The film industry has been idly batting at movie pirates …
Netflix is casting a wide net in seeking Chinese partners while in Cannes, industry sources say, and the group of potential targets is diverse, ranging from online video streaming sites to a state conglomerate once run by the People’s Liberation Army. “They’ve been talking to a lot of different people — state media, industrial groups, …