OnDemand: VOD Changes Primetime Economics 10 June 2015
Rentrak vice chairman and CEO Bill Livek believes the difference between online video on demand and primetime linear TV is a lot like gap between cooking with a microwave and an oven – food tastes better in the oven, … Continue reading
TV Execs Talk Breaking Barriers in the Digital Age at Variety’s TV Summit 10 June 2015
As viewers use more multicast video on demand services to navigate through their daily entertainment, TV studios are seizing the opportunity by using the Internet as a tracking system to monitor consumption. Moderated by Variety co-editor-in-chief Andrew Wallenstein, a panel of … Continue reading
In TV’s new golden age, consumers are already online, Industry must follow 10 June 2015
Never mind the golden age of television. This is the age of the golden rule: Consumers have the gold and they make the rules. From a consumer viewpoint, there were remarkable moments in the keynote address by Bell Media president … Continue reading
ABC, Cox, Hearst station groups up the stakes in live local news OTT streaming 10 June 2015
Disney-owned ABC is among five major broadcast TV station groups that are joining forces to develop NewsON, a service that will deploy the live streaming server for local newscasts to viewers in 84 viewing markets nationwide. The service will directly … Continue reading
Netflix no threat, but makes cable better, say Liberty Global, Vodafone 10 June 2015
Liberty Global and Vodafone Deutschland do not see OTT video services as a significant threat, but rather as something that has stimulated them to provide a better overall experience to their consumers, according to Liberty president and CEO Mike … Continue reading
