Industry Updates

6 Reasons Your TV Everywhere Strategy Isn’t Working 08 June 2015

TV Everywhere is a valuable tool for building engagement with viewers and growing your overall brand. When done right, TVE offerings drive viewership back to linear channels. Yet “TVE” should really stand for “Television Viewer Engagement,” because it’s not about simply … Continue reading

Amazon streams ahead as US consumers embrace internet TV 08 June 2015

The Amazon Fire TV set-top box and streaming stick are currently the most popular digital video on demand streaming services and  devices entering US homes. Over the first three months of 2015, according to new Strategy Analytics data, the two devices … Continue reading

More media and communications merger talks as Internet TV challenges traditional TV 05 June 2015

Another major media company, DISH Network, is in talks to merge with a communications provider, T-Mobile. Alternative TV providers are increasingly putting pressure on standard satellite and cable companies. DISH Network Corp. is currently in merger negotiations with T-Mobile US … Continue reading

Google may be planning a movie streaming service to take on Netflix 05 June 2015

Shares of Netflix are up more than 80% so far in 2015, and it’s looking like the video on demand film distribution business isn’t a bad one to be in right now. Just like the rest of us, Google appears to have … Continue reading

CRTC releases 2014 financial results for specialty, pay, pay-per-view and video-on-demand television services 05 June 2015

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today released statistical and financial information on Canadian specialty, pay,  pay-per-view and video on demand services for the broadcast year ending August 31, 2014. In 2014, revenues from these services increased by 3.1% … Continue reading