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Pricier Netflix Plan Looks To Curb Password Sharing 13 October 2015
VOD service Netflix just hiked the price for its standard plan in the U.S. in a move that could be, COULD BE, related to the excessive password sharing among subscribers. The standard plan is the most popular option when it comes to … Continue reading
Netflix and The Net Neutrality Campaign Don’t Add Up 12 October 2015
Net Neutrality campaigners made us believe that the ruling by the FCC earlier this year would be good for consumers because video streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon would not be charged more by carriers and therefore would not have to … Continue reading
Netflix Bandwidth Consumption Explained In A Single Chart 09 October 2015
Netflix is an internet hog. This year, it accounts for more than 36% of all of the downstream internet traffic from fixed access sources alone–more than the next eight traffic-hoggers combined, according to Sandvine. And its share of the … Continue reading
Dear Amazon & Netflix, Your Fight’s A Self-Goal For Both 30 September 2015
The Emmys this year witnessed the inception of a new premium rivalry, the one between VOD platforms Netflix and Amazon. Last year, the big guy Netflix scooped up 31 nominations while Amazon had a grand total of zero. But … Continue reading
Netflix Is Going Hollywood On Its Own But Will It Survive? 29 September 2015
Netflix is evolving into something that more closely resembles a movie studio, as it continues to shoot and produce more original TV shows and films itself, and reduce its reliance on outside companies for content. According to reports, the video streaming … Continue reading
Hollywood Rethinks Its Netflix Strategy As Cord Cutting Pandemic Spreads 24 September 2015
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes said his company tries to sell its old shows to video on demand streaming services without taking subscribers away from the cable-TV bundle that is the basis of the TV industry’s business model. “You don’t … Continue reading
All TV will be Internet in 10-20 yrs, Claims Netflix CEO 21 September 2015
Netflix is the VOD service that not only allows for TV shows and movies to be streamed, but also creates its own original programming. It reported a fantastic quarter in July, with confirmation that it added 3.3 million new subscribers. … Continue reading
The Future Of Traditional TV Looks Bleak, And It Shouldn’t Worry Us 28 August 2015
The review of the BBC’s charter overseen by culture secretary John Whittingdale doesn’t just have important implications for one of the UK’s most iconic institutions, it is also a symptom of a broader phenomenon: the disruption of television by … Continue reading
Tips For A Successful Video Streaming Business 01 July 2015
Anytime soon, content owners, content producers and broadcasters will have to address the elephant in the room. Whichever way they may try to see it or show it to you, linear TV viewing and traditional TV is losing its … Continue reading
Viability of streaming services questioned 15 June 2015
Despite the surge in sign-ups for video on demand streaming services, the SVOD industry faces two key challenges: low revenues per-subscriber, and the prospect that many consumers will drop out when the free trials end. That’s the cautionary view … Continue reading
