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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 Demand Distribution and a limited release in cinemas, a practice Bernard and SPC co-president Michael Barker …
Former BBC iPlayer boss: local TV is ‘years behind in its thinking’ 23 April 2015
The former BBC executive and video on demand technology expert who oversaw the launch of the iPlayer has criticized Ofcom’s implementation of local TV as being “years behind in its thinking” and argued that the concept of such a service delivered over the airwaves is “fundamentally wrong”. Speaking at the Westminster Media Forum event on …
Sport could be “commercial suicide” for OTTs, Ed Barton of Ovum 09 April 2015
A report published yesterday predicts that we could see OTT platforms bidding for “major” sports rights by 2022. In the following exclusive guest post, Ovum analyst and TV Connect chair Ed Barton begs to differ. The first era of OTT visual entertainment has been overwhelmingly on-demand based. However, what we’re increasingly seeing now is more emphasis …
The Golden Age of TV is all about viewer empowerment, says Jeffrey Cole of USC Anneberg 08 April 2015
Beyond the amount of quality content being produced today, the new Golden Age of Television is defined by viewer empowerment. Viewers now control their TV experience like never before. They can choose what they want to watch, when, where and how they want to watch it. TV viewing has become self-directed, and viewers have become self-schedulers. …
