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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
SVOD subs churn at faster rate than pay-TV customers 07 July 2015
While SVOD platforms like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Instant Video have been lauded for easy, immediate customer sign-up processes, the fact that exiting these services is just as convenient results in churn that is significantly higher than what … Continue reading
‘TV Everywhere’ Builds Up Box Office Watcher Rentrak 07 July 2015
A less-known fact is that the total hours of primetime viewing across live TV, digital video recorders and VOD services are on the rise, according to Rentrak, a TV and movie measurement firm out of Portland, Ore. Rentrak is … Continue reading
Daily newspapers’ online video content should not be subject to on-demand regulations, says EU court advisor 06 July 2015
Video content published by daily newspapers on their websites should not be subject to regulation under the EU’s Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) Directive, a legal advisor to the EU’s highest court has said. Advocate general Maciej Szpunar said that … Continue reading
Time for a Reality Check Among TV’s Streaming Services 06 July 2015
In the burgeoning world of subscription VOD services, all ventures are not created equal. That’s a notion easy to lose sight of in 2015 as one TV network after another pushes out an over-the-top extension that makes programming available … Continue reading
FCC Chairman lays out schedule for future broadband actions 06 July 2015
During a speech last Friday at the Brookings Institution, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler outlined the FCC’s upcoming agenda for broadband-related issues such as the classification of over-the-top (OTT) online video services. The Chairman reiterated his view of the FCC … Continue reading
Quarter of Europeans use VoD services 03 July 2015
Europeans have 19 electronic devices at home on average (2014: 18), and spend eight hours a day using them; an increase of almost 18 minutes since 2014, according to the latest Techonomic Index research from Samsung. The television remains … Continue reading
BBC to cut more than 1,000 jobs, says viewers prefer watching programmes online 03 July 2015
The BBC said it will cut more than 1,000 jobs because it expects to receive 150 million pounds ($234 million) less than forecast from the licence fee next financial year as viewers turn off televisions and watch programmes on … Continue reading
