Industry Updates

China’s Love Affair With Irresistible Korean TV 22 July 2015

China’s obsession with a South Korean television show about a 400-year-old Harvard-educated alien who falls in love with an arrogant actress reached such a frenzy last year that online video on demand streaming companies here began racing to snap up … Continue reading

Netflix And Spotify’s Digital Deluge Is Eroding Content’s Value 21 July 2015

  One of the most significant changes happening today, something that affects every industry, not just television, is the shifting value of ownership. The idea of ownership is based on the concept of scarcity: if a certain good or service … Continue reading

Google’s YouTube Signs Up Everyone But TV for New Paid Service 21 July 2015

  Google Inc.’s YouTube, which has signed up partners for a new paid video on demand service, may find out by early next year whether its own Internet stars really are as valuable as those in Hollywood. Partners accounting for … Continue reading

Sling TV’s New Ads Are Brutally Ironic Takedowns Of Pay TV 21 July 2015

  Dish’s Sling TV just launched its first slate of TV ads, and the spots make it all too clear what millennials think of the old model for pay TV. TV providers these days are like schoolyard bullies, forcing their … Continue reading

Online TV Threatens VPN Useful Technology Down Under 21 July 2015

  VPNs or Virtual Private Networks primarily in the areas of business and secure transactions. However, in Australia and the rest of the world for that matter, VPNs have found a new use — to watch Game of Thrones, Breaking … Continue reading