Industry Updates

NAB 2015: Content discoverability to be the top challenge for the TV biz, “and there’s no number two” 17 April 2015

With the digital, global, avalanche of content ever growing and never slowing, discoverability will be the number one challenge in the video on demand industry’s future, according to panellists on a forward-looking TV panel at the National Association of Broadcasters … Continue reading

Most Moviegoers Wouldn’t Pay More Than $10 for Day-and-Date VOD, says Survey 17 April 2015

How much value do consumers place on the ability to see a film at home when it’s still playing in the theaters? Not as much as Hollywood would like, it appears. According to a recent survey by RBC Capital Markets, 87% … Continue reading

Internet Bills To Rise As Cable TV Heads Into ‘Veritable Bloodbath’ 17 April 2015

Cord cutting, combined with more consumer-friendly rules from the CRTC, will send Canada’s telecoms into a TV-services “bloodbath” from which they will recover by raising prices for internet services, market observers say. The latest signs that cord-cutting is beginning to … Continue reading

Netflix Doesn’t Want to Kill HBO. It Wants to Kill TV. 17 April 2015

We’ve heard a lot about the battle between HBO and video on demand service Netflix in recent months, prompted by HBO’s move to offer its own Netflix-like Web service. But Netflix’s bumper Q1 earnings yesterday gave CEO Reed Hastings a … Continue reading

Seeking Support for Open Internet, FCC Chairman Plays the Cable TV Card 16 April 2015

FCC chairman Tom Wheeler courted broadcasters’ support for the FCC’s Open Internet rules in his keynote address to the National Assn. of Broadcasters Wednesday, comparing the government’s plans with “must carry” rules broadcasters have advocated and supported. “Broadcasters have always been concerned about … Continue reading