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Movie Theaters Don’t Like Netflix, or Digital Platforms Offering First-Run Films 13 July 2015
Currently, movie theater owners are enjoying boffo ticket sales driven by summer blockbusters like Jurassic World and Inside Out. The surge comes as even more viewers, both young and older, are turning to digital platforms for their entertainment. Yet video on … Continue reading
Netflix Use Up, Doesn’t Impact Pay TV 13 July 2015
Netflix may have very little effect on traditional pay TV business — at least according to a new study. In contrast to many industry estimates, The Diffusion Group found that cable, satellite and IPTV platform use among Netflix homes declined … Continue reading
TV is dead? Author says there’s something wrong with that picture 10 July 2015
The way we get our various media, our news, music, movies, books, and TV, has undergone tremendous change in recent years. Along with those changes came a surge of new digital platforms, from Facebook and Twitter, to BuzzFeed, VOD … Continue reading
Streaming deal sees cinema giant bucking tradition and taking on Netflix 10 July 2015
Two giant North American cinema chains have decided to disrupt tradition by allowing Paramount Studios to offer a couple of trial titles to home viewers a few weeks after they appear in theatres, according to industry website Deadline. US … Continue reading
Pluto.TV is the best cord-cutting app you’re not using 10 July 2015
If the cable box has one redeeming quality, it’s the ability to flip on the TV and start watching something. No disrespect to video streaming platforms like Netflix and Hulu, but sometimes finding the perfect video feels like too … Continue reading
BT’s Petter calls for Ofcom to review UK pay-TV 10 July 2015
John Petter, CEO of BT’s Consumer Division today called on Ofcom to formally amend the scope of its Digital Communications Review to include pay-TV. In a speech to the Broadcasting Press Guild, Petter compared the falling prices, rising speeds … Continue reading
Mobile streaming services: A new way to play 09 July 2015
Old methods of enjoying video are rapidly fading and they are giving way to mobile streaming services, making for a worldwide phenomenon! Within the next five years, mobile video traffic will grow to be about 60% of all mobile … Continue reading
Argentina’s government is starting its own Netflix knockoff 09 July 2015
Argentina’s president loves Netflix so much she decided to create her own version. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is putting into motion plans to create a new Netflix-style online video on demand streaming platform that will feature only a … Continue reading
Popcorn Time: ‘We’re being made an easy scapegoat for explosion in movie streaming piracy’ 08 July 2015
Popcorn Time, a service commonly known as the “Netflix for Pirates” that allows users to stream pirated content without physically downloading the video file, is now being blamed for the sharp increase in movie piracy by many countries. According … Continue reading
Australians flock to on-demand streaming 08 July 2015
Around 2 million Australians were using paid movie and TV streaming services like Netflix and Stan at the end of June, according to research. This is up from 315,000 subscriptions at the end of December 2014, with new services, free … Continue reading
