Industry Updates

Video Streamers are pushing Cable TV out of the game 12 March 2015

Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau claims that as much as 40% of TV-rating declines in the third and fourth quarters were attributable to video streaming services. The news comes as TV viewing has declined by an estimated 10% from a year previously in … Continue reading

Feud between Telcos and OTT players grows at Mobile World Congress 2015 12 March 2015

Held in Barcelona last week, the most recent iteration of the annual conference for everything mobile saw several senior executives representing major telco operators still expressing discontent with the way Internet giants such as Facebook Inc and Google Inc are … Continue reading

Major merger could possibly mean the end of Caribbean broadcasters 11 March 2015

While the LIME/FLOW merger may mean problems for TV broadcasters in the Caribbean, it looks to spell an obvious boom for content creators and owners. Since the start of 2015 Flow has already snapped up and aired live, products such … Continue reading

ZDF-Sony in talks to explore the VoD market 11 March 2015

ZDF Enterprises, the commercial subsidiary of German public broadcaster ZDF, and Sony Music Entertainment Germany have concluded an agreement for the marketing of music TV and video material on VoD basis. As part of the agreement, content from ZDF’s archives … Continue reading

NCTA Seeks Extension on OTT Reply Comments 11 March 2015

The National Cable & Telecommunications Association has asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for an extra 30 days to file reply comments in the agency’s proposal to define some linear over-the-top (OTT) video streaming platforms as mutichannel video programming distributors … Continue reading