Here’s another reason that Netflix really wants to be on cable boxes: 48 percent of all households without a pay TV subscription have Netflix, but only 36 percent of households who… Read more »
One of the most puzzling aspects of the peering disputes that have arisen — principally between Netflix and a handful of the largest ISPs — is how little money appears to… Read more »
Consumers increasingly are willing and able to assemble their own, a la carte TV bundles, through a mixture of traditional and OTT channels, while eschewing pre-packaged bundles dictated by the networks. Read more »
Many ISPs will see an erosion of their pay TV subscribers as broadband provide more entertainment options. ISPs know this, and here’s how they plan to stay in business while the… Read more »
As sports takes up a bigger slice of OTT and mobile platforms, it won’t belong before it starts to run into the same sort of network turbulence as Netflix has experienced. Read more »
The shift from fixed to mobile platforms has the potential to disrupt the TV advertising economy by enabling new ways to aggregate, measure and engage with audiences beyond the exclusive control… Read more »
It didn’t help the pay-TV networks’ mood that the NPD report came out in the same week that Netflix reported huge fourth-quarter and full-year subscriber growth and crushed its Q4 earnings’… Read more »
Netflix apps are available on more than 1000 different devices, but have so far been absent from cable boxes. This is now changing, starting with a cooperation launched in Sweden. Read more »
TV viewers love Netflix, Hulu Plus and Amazon Prime Instant. But while these services are growing, premium cable channels are getting ditched. Read more »