Industry Updates

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

Pay TV VOD Usage Is Growing, But Not as Quickly as SVOD Services 11 March 2015

The pay TV VOD industry still faces serious hurdles in serving and satisfying online viewers, video metadata specialist Digitalsmiths finds in its just-released Q4 2014 Video Trends Report. Looking primarily at the online pay TV experience, the report find that … Continue reading

Cast Dongle is a promise that TV may go hybrid anytime soon 10 March 2015

The HDMI cast dongle was legitimised when Google launched Chromecast mid-2013 and since then has gained force as a disruptive product potentially threatening pay TV operators, set top box makers and especially the smart TV. But it actually has a … Continue reading