Ten years from now television as a device and a medium won’t exist, according to one of the predictions from screen industry executives in a new report. Understandably, reps from the free-to-air networks reject that notion while others aren’t sure how … Continue reading
Netflix stock shot above $600 last week on reports that the company was in talks to enter China, but the company will likely not find an easy road in Asia’s largest economy. The Video streaming service—whose shares were changing hands … Continue reading
Four in 10 adults say there is too much violence and swearing on British TV, while a third say there is too much sex, according to Ofcom’s latest attitudes to broadcasting survey. It found one in five adult viewers had been … Continue reading
Ad buyers say that the connected TV landscape, at least in its current state, can be a messy, disjointed place to run ad campaigns. And once Verizon Communications’s $4.4 billion deal for AOL becomes official sometime later this year, that will likely still … Continue reading
The worldwide smart TV shipment volume is estimated to reach around 88 million units in 2015, about 41.2% of the worldwide LCD TV market, according to MIC. “Consumers’ high acceptance of high-end products drove the Japan Internet TV penetration to … Continue reading
Satellite TV (DTH or DBS) revenues will overtake total cable TV revenues this year, according to the Digital TV World Revenues Forecasts report, covering 138 countries. Satellite TV revenues will make up 46 percent of total revenues in 2020, from … Continue reading
The National Cable and Telecommunications Association, which hosts the show, renamed it to INTX from The Cable Show this year, citing a shift in focus to the digital media and entertainment economy. The show continues through Thursday at McCormick Place. … Continue reading
Maintaining a high level of security is essential for pay-TV operators looking to take their share of the lucrative OTT and IPTV platforms market, Conax’s EVP Products & Marketing warned yesterday. Speaking at TV Connect, Tom Jahr told the packed auditorium … Continue reading
The number of IPTV platform subscribers rose by nearly seven times as of the end of last year since the system’s launch in 2008, the Korea Communications Commission said Sunday. The number jumped to 10.83 million as of the end of … Continue reading
When a man named Herb MacDonald pioneered the pay-one-price, all-you-can-eat buffet in Las Vegas sometime in the in the middle of the last century, he probably did not realize that his restaurant pricing would become a model for so many … Continue reading