Industry Updates

PGA Tour Live Is The Latest OTT Entrant, Starting Tomorrow 30 July 2015

PGA Tour Live, a brand new over the top pro golf subscription service, starts tomorrow with early opening rounds of the Quicken Loans National. That’s interesting to some golfers, because golf viewers never get to see the opening morning rounds … Continue reading

Why Live TV Will Be Completely Irrelevant In The Future 30 July 2015

  With Netflix and Hulu, as well as new standalone internet streaming services from HBO, Showtime, Nickelodeon, and CBS, there are more ways than ever to watch “TV” without actually subscribing to bundle of channels from a cable, satellite, or … Continue reading

Sky Full-Year Sales Jump on Web TV, New Customers in Germany 30 July 2015

  Sky Plc, Rupert Murdoch’s European pay-TV company, reported sales that topped analysts’ estimates, boosted by subscriptions to its OTT VOD platform Now TV service in the U.K. and new customers in Germany. Sales rose 4.7 percent to 11.3 billion pounds … Continue reading

Telstra Integrates Roku and Netflix For New TV Box 30 July 2015

  More than 860,000 Australians who invested in Telstra’s T Box service are set to find out that their entertainment box is set to get killed off in September to be replaced by a new Roku mini streaming box. The … Continue reading

Why Streaming Movies Are Becoming the New Direct-To-Video 30 July 2015

  The Martin Sheen-voiced, animated feature “All Creatures Big and Small” debuted this month, but not where you might expect. The movie, a we-missed-Noah’s Ark tale with some recognizable talent in Sheen and Amy Grant, was scheduled for a limited-release … Continue reading