Industry Updates

Film Industry Needs To Up Its Game As Golden Era Of TV Approaches 17 August 2015

  If you’re getting tired of the endless movie sequels coming out at theaters that get progressively worse, you might find more love for your TV in the coming year. At the end of 2014 we saw a surge in … Continue reading

Comcast Prepping Internet TV Platform, ‘Watchable’ 17 August 2015

  Now that Comcast has made a major investment in Vox Media, and is likely about to announce a similar deal with BuzzFeed, you would think that it would be done for a little while on the Web. Not so. … Continue reading

Netflix Drives Argentinan OTT Past 1MN Subs 17 August 2015

  According to the report, Usuario Online 2015, from analyst firm Carrier y Asociados, Netflix has been, without any doubt, the driver behind the OTT boom in Argentina. Indeed, 22% of homes with a broadband connection are subscribed to video-on-demand … Continue reading

Netflix Shuts Down Its Last Data Center, Becomes Cloud Only 17 August 2015

  Netflix has been shifting technology from in-house data centers to third-party facilities for years now, and it says that the process is coming to its logical conclusion—the company is shutting down the last of its data centers. Netflix still operates a … Continue reading

Candidates Need To Plan For Cord Cutters or They Will Miss Their Most Valuable Voting Block 14 August 2015

  There is no doubt that Fox News knocked it out of the park last week in terms of overall TV viewership for the first official Republican debate. Depending on which interpretation you use, Fox News reached anywhere from 24 … Continue reading