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Facebook is diving into live video game streaming 09 June 2016

People love watching other people play video games, a phenomenon which has flushed ad revenue to gamers and their streaming platforms alike, and this move shows that Facebook wants in on the action. Soon, people playing Blizzard Entertainment games like … Continue reading

Indie distributors and financiers agree that VOD has been a boon to them 09 June 2016

Deadline reports the session “Is The Sky Falling?” session at Produced By Conference was all about commerce, thanks to the force of Video on Demand Services. Moderator Ted Mundorff, president and CEO of Landmark Theaters, kicked off the session by … Continue reading

Time Warner Inc. launches new studio to accelerate OTT potential 08 June 2016

Making good on declarations made late last year by its chief executive, Jeff Bewkes, Time Warner Inc. is launching a new studio under its Warner Bros. umbrella focused on beefing up OTT platform‘s programming and services across the conglomerate’s portfolios. … Continue reading

Ad blocking becomes $22B headache for online video providers, advertisers 03 June 2016

Consumers love ad blocking as without ads bogging down processing speed on their computers, tablets and smartphones, their devices run much faster. Samantha Bookman from Fierce Online Video says, “That leaves online video providers that derive their revenue from advertising … Continue reading

CBS Interactive Launches Fitness OTT Service 03 June 2016

CBS Interactive Advanced Media has launched a new OTT service, TrainerPass, geared directly at the fitness market, featuring hundreds of videos from celebrity trainers and workout programs covering everything from yoga to kickboxing. CBS will offer the service — which is available … Continue reading

One Key to OTT Success: Agile Billing 02 June 2016

In an amazing guest post by James Messer for Broadcasting Cable, he says that consumers are radically transforming the way they enjoy media and entertainment. According to Experian Marketing Services, “an estimated 7.3 percent of U.S. households (8.6 million homes) … Continue reading

Digitisation of Cable is soon approaching full throttle, VOD upbeat 03 March 2015

A survey of #us #tv households reveals that 62 per cent of homes have a DVR service, up from 41 per cent five years back. 59 per cent of them subscribe to an online video streaming platform such as Netflix, up … Continue reading