The next Apple event is still over a week away, but the rumors are flying fast and furiously. Chief among them, at this stage: the Apple TV is to be revamped, re-positioned, and re-priced at somewhere south of $200 (versus…
Read more ›In a week where we’ve seen Nielsen tell us 20% of viewers are still addicted to DVDs, analysts declare Roku at the top of the connected device sales pyramid, and the press take notice of Cox’ flarePlay gaming subscription service,…
Read more ›The world of TV is reeling from the pace of innovation. But not everyone is ready to declare defeat: CBS declared that TV viewing continues to rise, and Richard Freudenstein, CEO of Foxtel confidently noted that the Netflix threat is…
Read more ›James Dolan (Cablevision’s CEO), normally a fan of throwing the cat amongst the pigeons, actually posited the potential longevity of cable this week—catnip, doubtless, to those hoping today’s business model isn’t as endangered as it seems. Disney also feels like…
Read more ›I was asked to give a five minute presentation at a Producer’s Guild of America event recently on Snapchat and their influence in the area of mobile video. Five minutes isn’t much time to talk about the future of mobile…
Read more ›You have just deployed the first version of your web service, your users like it and can’t stop using it, and now you contemplate deploying an upgraded version of the service such that: There should be no interruption of the…
Read more ›Conviva, the leading video experience optimization company, has been shortlisted for both a CSI Award for Best Monitoring or Network Management Solution, and a Digiday Signal Award for Best Analytics Platform. Conviva partners with top tier media companies and premium…
Read more ›The OTT space is not only expanding in entrants, it is growing apace. We see that an increasing number of Canadians are cutting the cord; that six times as many Australians are using online video; and projections for market growth,…
Read more ›What a week for OTT! Virgin appointed a Chief Digital Entertainment Officer, Vivendi bought Daily Motion and Showtime launched their cable-free subscription. TV is an industry in full-scale transition to a new model, and the winners are the consumers who…
Read more ›At TV Connect, Simon Trudelle, Senior Director Product Marketing at NAGRA, sat down with IPTV News to discuss trends in Internet TV and how the ecosystem has changed in just the last year. Mr. Trudelle noted that NAGRA is a…
Read more ›On Monday at the 2015 E3 gaming expo, Sony announced big changes coming to Vue, its live TV streaming service. The platform now includes new regions, and most interestingly, an à la carte channel option launching in July 2015. PlayStation…
Read more ›With the accelerating release cycle of OTT Subscription services from the likes of HBO Now, Dish and CBS All Access, it’s not surprising that CBS-owned Showtime Networks announced their subscription service launching in early July. Now Showtime is refining its…
Read more ›The NFL has chosen Yahoo! as its partner in the first-ever regular season game to be live-streamed internationally. The October 25th game between the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars will be available on any of Yahoo!’s digital platforms. This is…
Read more ›The long-rumoured introduction of Apple’s subscription streaming service, heralded by many as signalling a paradigm shift in the pay-TV landscape, in the end, came to nothing. It looked like an easy decision to make, and one long in the works.…
Read more ›How did I become “Snapchat famous?” I get that question at least once a day. I used to just send back a quick and witty (subject to debate) response like, “Practice!” or “I post nudes” (Neither of those is true…
Read more ›Charter Communication has announced its intent to buy Time Warner Cable, the second largest cable operator behind Comcast, in a deal valued at $78.7 billion. Charter also announced its plan to acquire Bright House Networks for $10.4 billion. The resulting…
Read more ›The Internet TV Expo, or INTX for short, is the reincarnation of The Cable Show, and while there was plenty of virtual reality booths, basketball games and roping displays by rodeo cowboys, cable veterans and OTT honchos alike were rubbing…
Read more ›Conviva has been building and operating the C3 platform (a.k.a the Intelligent Control Platform) for eight years, and we thought it might be informative to open the proverbial kimono a bit (not too much) and reveal some of the technology…
Read more ›Viewers are consuming more streaming entertainment on mobile devices, and nowhere is that more evident than in the home. Adobe’s latest Video Benchmark Report says mobile viewing will surpass PC by Q4 2016. Indeed, the report notes that much of the…
Read more ›A revolution is a radical shift or change in ideas that take place in a short period of time. It’s a fairly simple concept, but easily overused and misunderstood. What’s really in a revolution? How do they take shape and…
Read more ›From the disagreements between ESPN and Verizon, to the left-at-the-altar marriage between Comcast and Time Warner Cable, it was a huge week in OTT. Verizon created a flurry of interest in its new, mobile-only sports offering, for which it had apparently…
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