Time Warner Cable chairman and CEO Rob Marcus told analysts Thursday that the cable industry should embrace over-the-top video, but added that at this stage of the game, the full cable bundle still appears to present the best value. “At … Continue reading
Digital advertising is expected to overtake TV to become the top media category in the US in 2016, although the overall TV market is not expected to decline, a new report has forecast. According to estimates by analytics firm … Continue reading
Following on the heels of a recent survey of over-the-top (OTT) trends published by Level 3 Communications and Unisphere Research, a division of Information Today, a new infographic reveals a potential shift in consumption and delivery practices. As the … Continue reading
HBO Now, the direct-to-consumer over-the-top app launched earlier this year, has between 970,000 and 1.9 million subs, according to one Wall Street analyst. Looking to pierce the secrecy surrounding the recent launch of direct-to-consumer over-the-top video apps launched by … Continue reading
Five years from now, a viewer will turn on his or her television and see a host of content being offered that is tailored specifically to that individual. Not just a list of cable programs that are on, but … Continue reading
Churn rates for over-the-top video services are high, says market research company Parks Associates. This shows that U.S. households are experimenting with their options, Parks concludes. According to Parks research, 4 percent of U.S. broadband households have cancelled their … Continue reading
Apparently Comcast doesn’t think its media empire is big enough. According to The Wall Street Journal, the company is in talks with Buzzfeed, Vice Media and Business Insider as it mulls investing in the media companies or making a purchase to … Continue reading
PGA Tour Live, a brand new over the top pro golf subscription service, starts tomorrow with early opening rounds of the Quicken Loans National. That’s interesting to some golfers, because golf viewers never get to see the opening morning rounds … Continue reading
Sky Plc, Rupert Murdoch’s European pay-TV company, reported sales that topped analysts’ estimates, boosted by subscriptions to its OTT VOD platform Now TV service in the U.K. and new customers in Germany. Sales rose 4.7 percent to 11.3 billion pounds … Continue reading
BBC Worldwide’s EVP for Asia David Weiland had a few things to say about the OTT surge and BBC strategy. “We have managed to have a lot of successes. Our business here is structured fairly equally between our own branded … Continue reading