Looks as if cable subscribers really like online video, especially if they can access it on their existing boxes: UPC Hungary’s experiment to add YouTube to its set-top boxes has been… Read more »
The growing interest in live programming among ad-supported online video platforms mirrors its growing importance to the traditional TV economy. Read more »
From the review of Comcast’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable to the FCC’s proposed reboot of its overturned net neutrality rules, policymakers are playing a key role in shaping the… Read more »
The television industry is in the middle of a shift, but so far most consumers are content to keep both their pay TV subscription and shell out of over-the-top services. How… Read more »
Putting “NFL Sunday Ticket” on YouTube wouldn’t really do much for Google’s broader OTT ambitions. YouTube, by design, is an open, non-exclusive platform available around the world to anyone with internet… Read more »
Many of the biggest stories in the connected consumer space occurred mostly offstage in 2012. Apple conducted behind-the-scenes discussions about rolling out new media services in 2013 and beyond. Google spent… Read more »
The Internet is expanding the amount of available content at almost incomprehensible rates, but the difficulty of navigating through all of that content has quickly soured the TV-viewing experience. To understand… Read more »
TV viewership is still on the rise, with the typical American watching five hours a day now, according to research by Nielsen. That hasn’t slowed the growth of online video: In… Read more »
Wal-Mart owned OTT platform VUDU also went toe-to-toe with traditional cable and satellite distributors, securing rights to show movies in a new, premium VOD window being created by the studios alongside… Read more »