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Epix Ends Cable Deal, Pulling High-Profile Films 31 August 2015
Major Hollywood films like “Hunger Games: Catching Fire” and “World War Z” will be shifting from Netflix to Hulu in coming weeks, as pay-TV channel Epix switches up its streaming partners. The moves reflect a broader trend in the … 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
Are We Heading Towards A Second Era Of Mass TV Piracy? 28 August 2015
How much would you pay to legitimately watch all the TV shows you’re desperate to keep up to date with? Now that the very best shows are being disseminated between terrestrial, subscription television and online video on demand streaming services … Continue reading
TV Can Withstand Threat From ‘Not That Good’ Netflix, Time Warner CEO Says 28 August 2015
Ask the world’s biggest broadcasters what they think of Netflix, and they’ll tell you it just isn’t that great. HBO is better than Netflix, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes said at a cable conference in Amsterdam Thursday, adding that … Continue reading
Media Owners Warming Up To Private Marketplaces 28 August 2015
Hulu announced this week that it is to offer selected advertisers the opportunity to buy premium video inventory using enhanced targeting capabilities from the peak Fall Season onwards, after the online video on demand streaming service struck-up partnerships with … Continue reading
Sticky Situation : Children’s Programming Driving SVOD 27 August 2015
Kids are coming to streaming media at a rapid clip, and represent a growing percentage of users. Research shows that churn rates for SVOD are higher than for cable. In part, video on demand streaming services make it relatively … Continue reading
Half of U.S. Internet Homes Now Own A Connected TV Device, According to The NPD Group 27 August 2015
The CE industry reached a milestone in the second quarter with half of U.S. Internet homes now owning a Connected TV device. This includes connected TVs, video game consoles, streaming media players, and Blu-ray Disc players that consumers connected to … Continue reading
Turkish Telecoms Face Increasing Triple-play Competition 26 August 2015
Fitch Ratings expects that increased focus on bundled services like online video on demand, within the Turkish telecoms market could lead to an increase in content costs, especially for live football broadcast rights. Expanding pay-TV services can help telecoms … Continue reading
Yahoo’s Most Vocal Investor Wants To Turn It In To A Video Streamer 26 August 2015
Hedge fund manager and influential shareholder Eric Jackson has a long and complicated history with Yahoo and its CEO, Marissa Mayer. Jackson has been an on-and-off shareholder in Yahoo since 2006, and during that time he has never shied … Continue reading
Cablevision First Pay TV Provider To Distribute CBS And Showtime Over-The-Top To Broadband Customers 26 August 2015
Following a similar move which saw it becoming the first internet service provider to distribute HBO NOW to its broadband customers, New York-area cable TV company Cablevision announced this morning that it will offer its internet customers the ability to subscribe to … Continue reading
