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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
How Dance And VOD Are Coming Together 29 July 2015
No one ever said dance was easy. But now choreographers are tapping the streaming market in an effort to make the physical, mental and emotional intensity of the art a little more accessible to dancers worldwide. CLI Studios (which stands for “create, learn, inspire”) … Continue reading
Dance Network, an Over-the-Top Streaming Service, to Launch in Fall 28 July 2015
Dance Network, a subscription-based video on demand service devoted to dance programming, will launch in the fall, its backers announced Tuesday. The service will have tiered pricing: $6.99 a month, $5.99 a month for six months and $4.99 a month … Continue reading
Netflix Has A $5 Billion Warchest. Look Out HBO 28 July 2015
When Netflix released its first original series, “Lilyhammer,” in 2012, critics thought the move would barely faze rival HBO. To an extent, they were correct. Netflix confirmed Thursday that it will not renew “Lilyhammer” after just three seasons. The … Continue reading
The Future Of TV And Lessons From 1996 28 July 2015
If you’re in the TV business, you’re painfully aware of how quickly things are changing. Less than a decade ago, TV was its own self-contained ecosystem with predictably stable audiences and a relatively clear-cut blueprint for delivering advertiser value. … Continue reading
BBC Challenging iTunes This Autumn With Online Pay TV Service 28 July 2015
The new VoD service, BBC Store, will let you buy and download individual shows or BBC series like Doctor Who. Facing the most hostile media landscape in recent memory, with the rise of Netflix, falling numbers of licence fee … Continue reading
Netflix’s TV Box Designs By TESTGARAGE Are Insane 27 July 2015
If you ask Netflix-founder Reed Hastings about the future of television, he’s got some marked answers for you: NBC and CBS are useless, classic television with its predetermined time slots has had its day. And the rising number of … Continue reading
Studios Sue MovieTube Websites For Illegal Streaming And Downloads 27 July 2015
The six major studios have gone after a group of nearly 30 or more online video on demand streaming and download sites operated under the name MovieTube. Disney, Paramount, Sony/Columbia, Universal, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros on Friday … Continue reading
Verizon’s Upcoming Video Service Has A Truly Terrible Name 27 July 2015
Verizon seems to be nearing the launch of its long-in-the-works internet video on demand streaming service, and now Variety has given us the name: it’ll be called Go90. That’s some absolutely horrid, nonsensical branding, but the actual product doesn’t sound … Continue reading
YouTube Video Subscriptions: Why They’re Going to Be a Very Hard Sell 27 July 2015
Google’s YouTube, looking to squeeze new coin from the millions of free videos on the service, aims to launch a subscription-based VOD service later in 2015 that will strip out all ads. But there are many reasons to be skeptical … Continue reading
