Category: Networks
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Sony and Viacom Reach Tentative Deal to Stream Cable Channels
I don’t see how the broadband providers don’t kill this deal in it’s sleep. They will start putting caps and added cost to heavy internet users. Unless the FCC gets involved (maybe legal, who knows) the cable providers can’t let their competition clog their networks with more OTT programing. This could get ugly…real quick. G…
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Half US multi-channel households have DVR
More proof that DVRs have entered the mainstream has emerged with fresh consumer research from Leichtman Research Group. The research and analyst firm found that 52 per cent of households in the US that subscribe to a multi-channel video service have a Digital Video Recorder (DVR), compared to 4 per cent of TV households that…
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Digital Video Rights Are Hurdle in CBS-Time Warner Cable Fight
Online Services Add Tension to Dealings Between Content Owners and Distributors By AMOL SHARMA and SHALINI RAMACHANDRAN Associated PressTime Warner Cable customers in some major cities have been without access to CBS programming since last Friday. Shown, CBS President Les Moonves, left, with TV host David Letterman at an event in New York in May.…
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Netflix’ Worst Nightmare Becomes Real
Netflix’ Worst Nightmare Becomes Real By Richard Saintvilus | TheStreet.com – Tue, Sep 11, 2012 6:30 AM EDT RELATED QUOTES Symbol Price Change NFLX 250.65 -5.25 AMZN 297.00 -3.75 NEW YORK (TheStreet) — I’m now into midway through watching the second season of “The Office.” In a span of two days, I’ve been able to watch almost…
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Ultra HDTV: Gaming’s Next Frontier
By [a]list daily, Published August 5, 2013 Television programming is undergoing a revolution, with Netflix being nominated for Emmys and even Amazon preparing original programming. Apple and Google are continuing attempts at changing the way people view TV, even while digital media is poised to see more viewer time than TV. Meanwhile, the last great…
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Rethinking How We Watch TV
Intel, Apple and Others Push New Technologies to Take Control of the Living Room SANTA CLARA, Calif.—To understand how much television could soon change, it helps to visit an Intel Corp. INTC -0.69% division here that runs like a startup. Erik Huggers, a Dutch-born former British Broadcasting Corp. executive, has assembled a 350-person team with talents…
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“It’s the Content Stupid”
VOD revenue could double in next three years…IF we get the content right As we move into the new Over-The-Top- OTT model for getting content to the consumer it is becoming more and more evident that the real differentiators will not be technology. It will always be how much quality content the consumer has to…
Glen Fulce 