Cable and satellite TV providers are joining together to get more heft as the Internet shakes up the television industry. They’re facing increased competition from OTT TV platforms, shedding traditional TV subscribers, and having to pay more for channels like … Continue reading
Apple is no longer expected to debut either a new Apple TV streaming device or a subscription TV service at its annual developers conference starting Monday. But maybe it doesn’t really need to. According to a new study out this morning … Continue reading
CBS Corp.’s Showtime CBS, which amassed 24 Emmy nominations last year, on Wednesday became the latest to jump into the OTT video services rink with plans to launch on July 12. Showtime will join other content heavy-hitters such as Netflix and Time … Continue reading
Major international brands are continuing to make their presence felt in the Nordic OTT market. Stockholm-based consultancy Mediavision says that on an average day about one-third of the Nordic population is watching streaming video on OTT TV platforms, with international … Continue reading
Driven by the explosion of OTT video services of all forms, the IPTV CDN market is set to grow from $2.8 billion by the end of 2015 to over $12 billion by 2020 says research from MarketsandMarkets. If this figure were … Continue reading
Discovery CEO David Zaslav seemed more skeptical than usual about the growth prospects for U.S. television in his appearance this morning before investors at the Bernstein Annual Strategic Decisions Conference. He provided a dreary report about everything from domestic advertising to content … Continue reading
As much as half of mobile operators’ traditional voice and messaging revenue could be eliminated by messaging and VoIP apps such as WhatsApp and Skype, with mobile players in India facing a higher threat since 80 per cent of their … Continue reading
Could beer show the way to online ad profits? As OTT video ad spending begins its upward growth, U.S. advertisers might be wise to keep an eye on the way a single Scottish company tackles next-generation ad strategy–and how its … Continue reading
According to the recently released Deloitte “Digital Democracy Survey,” streaming OTT video services, used by more than 42% of American households, has overtaken live programming as the viewing method-of-choice, with 56% of consumers now streaming movies and 53% streaming television … Continue reading
The global pay TV services market, including cable TV, satellite TV, telco TV and over-the-top (OTT) video, totaled $237 billion in 2014, up 7 percent from the previous year, according to the 2015 IHS Infonetics Pay TV Services and … Continue reading