One of the most significant changes happening today, something that affects every industry, not just television, is the shifting value of ownership. The idea of ownership is based on the concept of scarcity: if a certain good or service … Continue reading
Google Inc.’s YouTube, which has signed up partners for a new paid video on demand service, may find out by early next year whether its own Internet stars really are as valuable as those in Hollywood. Partners accounting for … Continue reading
VPNs or Virtual Private Networks primarily in the areas of business and secure transactions. However, in Australia and the rest of the world for that matter, VPNs have found a new use — to watch Game of Thrones, Breaking … Continue reading
Driven by increasing participation from programmers, Canoe reported an 8 percent quarter-to-quarter uptick in dynamic ad insertion (DAI) impressions into cable VOD service for the second quarter. Canoe, a joint venture launched by Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications … Continue reading
The use of alternative viewing platforms by U.S. consumers is poised to eclipse cable and satellite TV, with nearly half of consumers already using video on demand streaming services such as Netflix, Apple TV, Amazon Prime and Hulu. The … Continue reading
Thanks in part to powerful original content like House of Cards and Orange is the New Black, this week VOD service Netflix revealed it added 3.3 million subscribers during the second quarter, for an impressive total of 65.5 million. … Continue reading
Amazon.com Inc. earned its first Emmy nomination for the critically praised transgender comedy “Transparent,” as online video on demand services scored their biggest haul in the race for TV’s top honors. Netflix Inc., which has already won Emmys for “House … Continue reading
Rupert Murdoch’s Star TV and Bollywood studio Eros International are leading a race to become the “Netflix of India” by pushing to launch new video on demand streaming services, in a bid to head off the expected entry of … Continue reading
Good news, fear fans: AMC’s horror-centric video on demand streaming service, Shudder, is in open beta. Adrenaline junkies can now sign up and instantly stream as many horror movies as they want for a 14-day free trial period. After … Continue reading
The TV industry is constantly going through change. Focusing just on the last 20 years or so, we’ve seen several waves of disruption: Boxes: TiVo, Slingbox and others allowed viewers to take the content they traditionally had to consume … Continue reading