Industry Updates

SVoD not an imminient threat to Pay-TVs in Australia, says ASTRA 04 March 2015

The pay-television industry has dismissed the threat to its business model posed by subscription based on-demand video streaming services as US giant #netflix, which has announced its Australian launch date as March 24. ASTRA’s biggest member, Foxtel, is under pressure to show … Continue reading

Internet of Things, OTT Video will drive future growth of Verizon, says CFO Fran Shammo 03 March 2015

#verizon‘s  future growth will come from things like the Internet of Things (#iot) and over-the-top (ott) mobile video–things that some other companies are not even investing in today, the company’s CFO Fran Shammo said during an investment conference on Monday. … Continue reading

Ericsson predicts on-demand video outrunning broadcast TV soon 03 March 2015

More people are predicted to watch on-demand video streaming services than traditional broadcast TV on a weekly basis in 2015, and video will generate half of mobile data traffic, the CEO of Swedish firm #ericsson said on Monday in Barcelona, the … Continue reading

FCC yet to take a call on Comcast-Time Warner merger, rivals fearful 03 March 2015

This gigantic and politically contentious deal would combine America’s two largest cable companies. The #fcc has an informal 180 day window (“shot clock”) to decide on transactions that in this case will expire at the end of March. Some people think that … Continue reading

Digitisation of Cable is soon approaching full throttle, VOD upbeat 03 March 2015

A survey of #us #tv households reveals that 62 per cent of homes have a DVR service, up from 41 per cent five years back. 59 per cent of them subscribe to an online video streaming platform such as Netflix, … Continue reading