Industry Updates

Low-brow VOD and Internet TV reign in China’s film boom 04 May 2015

In China, online video streaming sites position themselves as a one-stop shop, unlike U.S. users having to go to YouTube for home videos and Netflix for movies and TV dramas. Sites such as Youku Tudou are no longer content with … Continue reading

Time Warner Cable Q1 Preview: High Speed Internet Will Lead Growth 30 April 2015

Time Warner Cable will report its first quarter earnings on April 30th. We expect the company’s pay-TV subscriber base to continue to shrink in this quarter and beyond. In contrast, we expect steady growth in the high speed internet operations … Continue reading

Viewers want OTT on TV, says Roku 30 April 2015

Migration of video to OTT is a genuine global trend, but viewers still prefer to watch that video on TV, according to Ed Lee, vice-president of content for Roku. Speaking at TV Connect yesterday, Lee noted that OTT leader Netflix’s … Continue reading

Video Creators Look for Piracy Solutions to Protect Breakout Hits 30 April 2015

For computer shoppers in the late ’90s, it was all about the megahertz. Does this model have 266MHz? 300MHz? Is it a screamer at 500MHz? Every bump up represented a huge boost in computing power. At a certain point, however, … Continue reading

80% of Millennials Watch TV Shows Because of Shared Online Promos 30 April 2015

It looks like the pathway to watching a TV show for millennials starts on the internet. According to a recent study from Unruly, “The Science of Sharing: TV Promos and the Millennial Shift,” 80% of this demographic are likely to … Continue reading