Industry Updates

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

The first-ever NFL global live stream is kind of a big deal 05 June 2015

Some big football news just dropped, and for once, it has nothing to do with Deflategate. The National Football League and Yahoo are teaming up to put on the first-ever global live stream of an NFL game. And it’ll all … Continue reading

Apple Devices Vault Ahead In Online TV And Video Viewing 05 June 2015

Apple is no longer expected to debut either a new Apple TV streaming device or a subscription TV service at its annual developers conference starting Monday. But maybe it doesn’t really need to. According to a new study out this morning … Continue reading

51% of US pay-TV subs want unlimited DVR storage 05 June 2015

51% of pay-TV subscribers are very interested in having unlimited space to store DVR recordings, according to new research from Parks Associates. Currently, over 50% of US broadband homes either include a DVR as part of their pay-TV subscription or … Continue reading