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Bell undercuts Netflix with CraveTV 05 December 2014
Canadian Telco and TV firm Bell is undercutting Netflix with its C$4 (US$3.52) a month OTT service, CraveTV. Bell claims that Crave will complement traditional TV “as an additive service featuring exclusive and premium programming, all at affordable price”. Bell … Continue reading
Netflix to roll out new release model with Madagascar kids series 04 December 2014
Good news for all Madagascar fans! Netflix is all set to release a series focused on one of the most beloved characters from Madagascar . Fans can now watch the first batch of five 22-minute episodes of All Hail King Julien on Friday, December … Continue reading
Netflix to Hit 17 million International Subscribers 04 December 2014
Netflix is going to hit the mark of 17 million paying subscribers this year as per latest forecasts. This is even higher than the company’s own forecasts that had predicted to get 16.5 million paying customers by year-end. The growth … Continue reading
VoD – Moving Beyond The Traditional 04 December 2014
With the new government talking about implementing e-governance, India has started using digital and social media as the primary mode of communication. Hence it is expected that new technologies would now achieve mainstream adoption faster. The Indian government backed up … Continue reading
ABC News journalists will stream video to your screen 03 December 2014
ABC News is now giving its journalists the ability to live stream video to viewers. The project, called GoStream, will allow any of ABC’s field journalists to fire up an app and begin sending raw video to ABC News, which … Continue reading
Netflix Expects Big Things From Big Budget “Marco Polo” 03 December 2014
Netflix is in a process to launch Marco Polo, one of the most expensive original TV series ever made, on December 12. The series tells about the life of the famous explorer and his interactions with Kublai Kahn. Apart from budget, the series is also important … Continue reading
Digital Players Grab 20% Of TV Households 03 December 2014
Digital streaming media players like Apple TV, Roku and Chromecast now account for 20% total share of all U.S. TV households in 2014. Now digital media players are seen as an alternative to existing pay TV packages. When it comes … Continue reading
4 Reasons Why Broadcast TV Would Be Dead By 2030 03 December 2014
Reed Hastings pronouncement that broadcast TV will last only 14 years sounds absurd. However here we have listed down 4 major points that would strengthen Hastings claims. Point 1: A generation raised without broadcast television – Today, children are growing up without … Continue reading
Star Network to launch its own VOD platform 03 December 2014
The online video consumption is exploding which is why VOD has enticed yet another player to its bandwagon. Star Network will soon launch its own Video on Demand (VOD) platform will be free of cost for visitors and will have … Continue reading
New on-demand television services to accelerate ‘cord cutting’ among viewing public 02 December 2014
For years, the notion of on-demand, anywhere television has been slowly disrupting the traditional pay TV industry. Over the past few years, online services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon have been gaining viewers at the expense of cable and satellite … Continue reading
