Cable TV has been the most preferred way to get quality television content for decades now. However, there has been a shift from traditional viewership towards streaming services. Viewers have realized that despite its tasteful content, cable TV subscription is turning out to be heavy on their wallets. With the rise of streaming services, one …
It’s amazing how technology has come a long way from the early days of exchanging messages to where we now do “Live Video” instantly and easily within a matter of seconds! You can share just anything and everything to a worldwide audience in an instant, without needing to understand how the streaming technology works. Content …
HBO has turned some of its attention to optimizing its video streaming service. The cable television network will improve the quality of HBO Now thanks to technology from video analytics and optimization company Conviva. HBO will work with Conviva’s optimization technology and experience management platform to gather data on how well (or not) HBO Now’s …
This year, in lieu of the traditional Best Of Lists, we thought it would be fun to discuss how streaming platforms became the first choice for critically adored and highly anticipated content. The Mindy Project moved from Fox to Hulu; Aziz Ansari’sMaster of None went straight to Netflix. This year, streaming platforms positioned themselves as …
It was the first week of April, 2015, and New York’s Chelsea Market, typically packed with hordes of noisy tourists, was quiet. It was close to midnight, but five stories above, things were tense. The building is a former cookie factory, and the outlines of ovens still scar the brick walls. In their place, …
Google Inc. on Thursday introduced a new feature for Android TV called “Channels”, which enables developers or content producers to deliver video apps in the form of a traditional broadcast for the internet-connected television OS. Now that Android Channels offers a more classic viewing experience with its continuous feed similar to a TV guide, users can …
Multichannel video providers can relax — at least for this quarter. The top 10 multichannel video providers added 54,800 subscribers in the first quarter of this year, according to informitv Multiscreen Index. That is a welcome uptick from a loss of 232,100 in the prior three quarters. Of course, MVPDs might not want to rest …
One of the key inclusions in the Budget is the confirmation that GST rules are to be extended to apply to the importations of digital products and services. This so called “Netflix” tax is designed to ensure that non-resident suppliers (e.g. video streaming servers) of such content pay GST, thereby levelling the playing field for …
aioTV, a Denver-based maker of video streaming software and HDMI “pass-through” boxes, said it has scored a patent for metadata normalization and video playback, elements that can help MVPDs and other providers offer a blend of linear, on-demand and OTT video services. The patent (U.S. No. 9,027,065) describes a “Method and system for creating video …
Reports that Comcast might acquire Visible World, a programmatic TV ad platform provider, put a spotlight recently on the overhaul taking place in the video advertising world. Shortly after that announcement, the beam intensified when Nielsen bought eXelate, a data firm focused on digital advertising. These deals—and a slew of similar alliances—are reshaping the TV …
