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Internet TV to replace linear in 20 years, says Netflix 20 April 2015

Over the next 20 years internet TV and video on demand platform are going to replace linear TV as the way that people consume video, according to Netflix president and CEO Reed Hastings.  Speaking on the firm’s first quarter earnings … Continue reading

Video infrastructure set to rocket 37% despite virtualization 20 April 2015

Video infrastructure markets will continue to grow at a relatively healthy pace of 37% over the next five years, despite the impact of visualization separating hardware and software requirements. According to ABI Research, broadcast pre- and post-production, video encoding, and … Continue reading

Time Shifted TV Viewing Is The Default 17 April 2015

According to new research from Hub Entertainment Research “Time Shifting” viewers, who have broadband and watch at least 5 hours of TV per week, time-shift more TV than they watch live. The average viewer says that 47% of the TV shows … Continue reading

Most Moviegoers Wouldn’t Pay More Than $10 for Day-and-Date VOD, says Survey 17 April 2015

How much value do consumers place on the ability to see a film at home when it’s still playing in the theaters? Not as much as Hollywood would like, it appears. According to a recent survey by RBC Capital Markets, 87% … Continue reading

A call from Europe’s filmmakers for VoD 15 April 2015

On 9 April, the festival “Rendez-Vous, Appuntamento con il nuovo cinema francese”, held in Rome, focussed on improving the distribution of European cinema in theatres, public television channels and video on demand (VOD) platforms, and the state of copyright in … Continue reading

An Argument For More TV Episodes On VOD 14 April 2015

The biggest U.S. cable operator, Comcast Corp., would like to see many more episodes of TV network shows available on pay TV providers’ on-demand services. Typically only about 30% of all TV/cable network shows are “stacked” on VOD online platforms, according … Continue reading

With Upbeat VoD Earnings, Entertainment Industry Looks To Rein In Piracy 09 April 2015

  There’s a pretty high ceiling for the losses everybody has incurred in the past due to content piracy. Assuming that piracy both increases supply and reduces demand, it eventually and unambiguously hurts producer revenue. Two primary sources of the … Continue reading

Video On Demand Market: Global Industry Analysis and Opportunity Assessment 2014 – 2020 09 April 2015

According to finding of the report published by Future Market Insights, the global VoD market was valued at US$ 207,125.4 Mn in 2013 and is anticipated to reach US$ 357,273.9 Mn by 2020, registering a single digit CAGR of 8.1% … Continue reading

Infographic : The One-Click Video Streaming Platform Builder 02 April 2015

Muvi Studio is a leading VoD Platform provider that offers its cloud based Video Streaming Platform to video content owners that allows them to launch their own branded / white label OTT VoD Service with SVoD, TVoD, PPV & AVoD models across Multiple Screens at ZERO investment and Go Live in few hours! Continue reading

Cord Cutting Continues in Canada as Cable Companies Lose Thousands More Customers 02 April 2015

Canada’s large cable and satellite providers have had another year of declining subscriber numbers. The seven largest cable, satellite and IPTV providers lost a total of over 24,000 subscribers between Aug. 31, 2013 and Aug. 31, 2014, according to disclosures filed … Continue reading