Industry Updates

TV Industry Ponders Monetization Of Online Content 14 September 2015

  With unconventional and new entertainment media platforms emerging and disrupting conventional media platforms, the industry stands at a crossroads to change its traditional content business to one that suits the digital and mobile age. A variety of experiments using … Continue reading

OTT A Major Challenge to Satellite, Ethnic Channels Group Says 14 September 2015

  Over-the-Top (OTT) broadcasting, an increasingly popular method of video distribution, is having a damaging effect on the industry, according to Ethnic Channels Group Co-founder and CEO Slava Levin. The broadcaster, which provides non-English language digital TV channels to multicultural populations … Continue reading

Challenges Ahead For Traditional TV Models 14 September 2015

  It’s the most wonderful time of year for football fans and the broadcast companies that leverage live telecasts of games on the gridiron into windfalls of revenue. While football is king in terms of attracting the largest TV sports audiences, … Continue reading

Scoring Big With Cloud DVR Toady 14 September 2015

If you think that cloud DVR service can’t make much of an impact on the pay-TV landscape, then take a good look at Spain. Over the past 21 months, Telefónica has climbed to the top of the charts in the … Continue reading

Cord Cutting All Talk? Study Says Only 3% Have Had ‘The Snip’ 14 September 2015

  According to a new study by Rovi, while over 57% claim to have given cord cutting either “a lot of” thought or “some” thought – a meager 3% have actually reached for the proverbial scissors. At 7%, the US … Continue reading