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Time Warner Survives Cord Cutting Scare, Adds 32,000 Subs 06 January 2016

It isn’t quite time for the pay-TV industry to face the armies of analysts and shareholders waiting to drive down stock prices based on fears of cord-cutting (annual earnings reports won’t be released until closer to the end of the … Continue reading

Cord Cutting Went Up In 2015, To Continue 04 January 2016

Since 2008, the number of television channels available to the average American viewer has soared from about 129 to 200. Yet the number of those channels that viewers regularly watch declined this year to just 16.  That startling statistic from … Continue reading

Brazil Looks Up To Smartphones For A Second Screen 01 January 2016

A majority of people in Brazil who watch TV are also using a second—probably digital—screen to do more while they view, according to research. Simultaneous online video services consumption and other social usages is also shifting to mobile. According to … Continue reading

Netflix vs Hollywood Is Getting More Intense 30 December 2015

Good news, Hollywood! Netflix is becoming less interested in buying the movies you make. Also, bad news, Hollywood! Netflix is becoming less interested in buying the movies you make. Ted Sarandos, the executive who spends billions of dollars each year … Continue reading

Disrupters Are Getting Disrupted Now 30 December 2015

Cable companies have been suffering lately as more of their customers have decided to opt out and use cheaper online VOD services like Netflix and Hulu. But now it looks like some of the disrupters may be getting disrupted. Monday night, … Continue reading

UK Is Leading The Shift To Programmatic Advertising 30 December 2015

Programmatic trading is well on its way to dominating the digital ad space and momentum is building to transfer its benefits to TV, with the U.K. arguably leading the way. Barriers blocking the technology’s path will likely see broadcasters and … Continue reading

OS To Monitor TV Set Top Box Unveiled By Chinese Watchdog 29 December 2015

China’s top media watchdog unveiled an operating system for TV set-top boxes on Saturday in Changsha, capital of Central China’s Hunan Province, marking the government’s efforts to strengthen content management. The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television … Continue reading

Cable Readies For Pick-and-Pay, Broadcaster Worry 29 December 2015

Beginning March 1, 2016, all Canadian TV providers will have to offer a basic package of channels for no more than $25 a month and give consumers the option of ordering individual channels a la carte or in small bundles. By … Continue reading

Romanians Love Surfing The Web While Watching TV 10 December 2015

The recent MEC Multiscreen Study conducted by MEC on 5,000 internet users in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Russia shows that Internet users who are not using the web while watching TV are already a minority. Continue reading