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Netflix Saves You From 130 Hours Of Commercials Per Year 18 August 2015
While sitting (or lying down) through a major binge-fest on Netflix, did you ever stop to wonder just how many commercials you’d have to suffer through if Daredevil or the Wet Hot American Summer series was airing through a … Continue reading
Government Expected To Make A Move On The ‘Netflix tax’ 18 August 2015
Consumers will have to start paying GST on VOD services such as Netflix, music service Spotify, and games platform Steam, the Government is expected to confirm on Tuesday. Revenue Minister Todd McClay has previously signalled the Government is likely … Continue reading
US Pay-TV’s Biggest-Ever Q2 Subscriber Drain: The Bad News Is Just Beginning 17 August 2015
The numbers are in, and US cable, satellite and telco platforms collectively shed more than 625,000 video subscribers in the three months ended 30 June, falling to 101.4 million combined residential and commercial subs at mid-year. According to the … Continue reading
Film Industry Needs To Up Its Game As Golden Era Of TV Approaches 17 August 2015
If you’re getting tired of the endless movie sequels coming out at theaters that get progressively worse, you might find more love for your TV in the coming year. At the end of 2014 we saw a surge in … Continue reading
Comcast Prepping Internet TV Platform, ‘Watchable’ 17 August 2015
Now that Comcast has made a major investment in Vox Media, and is likely about to announce a similar deal with BuzzFeed, you would think that it would be done for a little while on the Web. Not so. … Continue reading
Netflix Shuts Down Its Last Data Center, Becomes Cloud Only 17 August 2015
Netflix has been shifting technology from in-house data centers to third-party facilities for years now, and it says that the process is coming to its logical conclusion—the company is shutting down the last of its data centers. Netflix still operates a … Continue reading
VOD Searches For the Winning Formula 14 August 2015
The alphabet soup that represents the various flavors of online video on demand programming is funnel that will, over time, lose its one-letter prefixes based on the increasingly popular notion that young consumers are allergic to commitments of any sort. … Continue reading
Amazon Reverses Declines As Netflix Extends Lead 14 August 2015
The £79-per-year VoD service provider, which signed the formerTop Gear team late last month, was subscribed to by 4% of UK households at the end of March 2015, according to the regulator’s Communications Market Report. Amazon had reached the … Continue reading
SA’s Version Of Netflix Is Going To Be The Next Big Thing! 14 August 2015
ShowMax, South Africa’s answer to Netflix, is coming to Mzansi as a new subscription video on demand service from Naspers. The launch of ShowMax will be officially announced on 19 August at a media launch in Johannesburg, with the … Continue reading
Connected TV Sets To Hit 876 Million Milestone By 2020 13 August 2015
The number of TV sets connected to the online video on demand streaming services will reach 876 million by 2020, up from 105 million at end-2010 and the 415 million expected at end-2015, according to a new report from Digital … Continue reading
