Telletopia Foundation, a nonprofit online video service provider, has formed the TV Neutrality Alliance for OTT service providers and broadcasters to promote “innovation and competition in the distribution of multichannel video programming.” Companies don’t want to cede control to the big and … Continue reading
Some revealing insights about the evolving television and video ecosystem emerged from research released this week. While TV Everywhere (TVE) continues to grow at remarkably rapid rates, the promise inherent in the platform’s name — setting people free to watch … Continue reading
Otter Media-backed digital media co Ellation will soon launch VRV, a service featuring a number of premium content channels licensed from other media companies focused on the niche genres. It is not yet known when VRV will go live, but … Continue reading
Of all the challenges OTT providers face, Michael Tribolet, chairman, cofounder and CEO of YipTV, may have pointed out the most stressful. Speaking June 15 at the Next TV Summit & Expo in San Francisco, Tribolet said OTT operators are … Continue reading
The FreeWheel Q1 analysis, out today, has some fun stats, measuring some aspects of streaming that don’t get put out there very widely, very often. The FreeWheel report says desktop/laptop’s 37% share of the ad landscape is now the lowest … Continue reading
Parks Associates research finds that 23 per cent of millennial heads of household are OTT-only households, higher than the national average of 15 per cent among all US broadband households. The firm’s analysts also note that 61 per cent of … Continue reading
According to a new global study, virtual reality will play a decisive role in the future of OTT video, with a majority of OTT companies agreeing that the technology is here to stay. Level 3 Communications commissioned the study, titled … Continue reading
Several major Hollywood studios are suing a Provo-based video-on-demand service for copyright violations. KUTV of Salt Lake City reports that Disney, Twentieth Century Fox, Lucasfilm and Warner Bros. studios filed a lawsuit in federal court in California against VidAngel. According … Continue reading
According to Reuters, Amazon is going to throw its extremely large hat into the ring of music streaming with a new monthly subscription service. In the past year, the space has gone from being dominated by Spotify to very competitive, … Continue reading
Watching of multiple episodes of TV series in a row has become a part of the TV experience, and is being driven by Subscription Video on Demand services. A survey compiled by Netflix found that its users on average finished … Continue reading