Programmers are adjusting their approach to streaming video
Some programmers that once licensed all seasons of a popular TV series to Netflix have tweaked their strategies by offering content to rival streaming services and/or providing additional episodes to pay TV operators' on-demand services. "You don't want the money that they offer you to replace more money that somebody else used to be able to offer you," said Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes. "We've all been on a journey of trying to figure out what was the right balance to strike."
Ad Age | 09/22/2015
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Survey: More than 4 in 10 pay TV customers know about TV Everywhere
Some 43% of pay TV customers know about TV Everywhere services, with 45% of those who are aware of the offerings using them weekly, Digitalsmiths has found. More than one in four users have added a programmer's application on their tablet or smartphone. Among the most popular apps are those for HBO Go, WatchESPN and A&E.
Jeff Baumgartner | 09/22/2015
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Epix will let users watch movies when not connected to Internet
Subscribers to premium cable network Epix by the end of September will be able to watch movies on mobile devices that are offline. Epix will offer the new function as it ends its licensing agreement with Netflix and starts a new pact with Hulu on Oct. 1. Only a portion of the Epix movie library will be available for download and offline viewing.
Todd Spangler | 09/15/2015
Variety
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Turner Classic Movies plans app for Amazon Fire TV
Turner Classic Movies this fall will become the first Turner Broadcasting network to unveil a TV Everywhere application for Amazon Fire TV. The Watch TCM app will offer a menu of on-demand, ad-free programming that will be shown in its entirety.
Jeff Baumgartner | 09/14/2015
Multichannel News
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Exec: Users of Showtime's streaming service frequently watch live feed
Many subscribers of Showtime's new streaming service watch the live stream of its cable network, rather than view on-demand content, Showtime Networks President David Nevins said. Showtime now has access to daily data on the streaming service's usage but is still mainly geared toward its TV viewers. "I'm very well aware that the vast majority of the people ... watching Showtime are watching through the MVPDs, although their behavior is changing too. They're streaming more and watching more delayed," Nevins said.
Jason Lynch | 09/04/2015
Adweek
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USA used multiplatform distribution to make
USA President Chris McCumber discusses breakout summer hit series "Mr. Robot," a darker series than the network's typical "blue skies" shows. The network made "Mr. Robot" widely available through digital and social platforms, as well as on TV. "[W]e wanted to do shows that you can't find anywhere else because these days, with the amount of television on the air, you've got to be unique to stand out," McCumber said.
Jason Lynch | 09/11/2015
Adweek
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Weather Channel's TV Everywhere offering goes live
The Weather Channel's TV Everywhere offering can be accessed by most pay-TV customers, now that Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Cox Communications and several other top providers have signed on as partners. "Streaming the network live will allow our viewers to get critical, even potentially life-saving information anywhere they are, and perhaps most importantly, even if their power goes out," said Dave Shull, president of The Weather Channel Television Group.
Kent Gibbons | 09/02/2015
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Scripps puts focus on TV Everywhere's ad opportunity
Live streams of the Cooking Channel, DIY Network, Food Network, HGTV and Travel Channel are available on the Web and via mobile applications in a partnership between Scripps Networks Interactive and Anvato, which provides TV Everywhere platforms. Anvato's Matt Smith says Scripps and other network groups are embracing dynamic ad insertion as they begin to look at TV Everywhere "as a profit center, not a cost center."
Jason Lynch | 09/01/2015
Adweek
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Cablevision to offer CBS' OTT services to broadband customers
Cablevision, under a new carriage pact with CBS Corp., will allow its Optimum online customers to purchase subscriptions to over-the-top streaming services for CBS and Showtime. Cablevision is the first cable operator to offer those services to customers who aren't pay-TV customers.
Sarah Perez | 08/25/2015
TechCrunch
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Nielsen: Time-shifted TV viewing is up among teens, children
Time-shifted TV viewing is on the rise among teenagers and children, Nielsen is reporting. Teens 12-to-17 increased their time-shifted watching by 22% from 2011 to 2013, while their traditional TV viewing slipped from 22 hours, 14 minutes a week to 20 hours, 41 minutes. Among children 2-to-11, time-shifting went up by 21%, while traditional watching increased slightly.
Diego Vasquez | 08/24/2015
Media Life
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Comcast will remove Xfinity TV app from Xbox 360s on Sept. 1
Comcast will be removing its Xfinity TV app from Microsoft's Xbox 360 consoles on Sept. 1. The application is being deactivated "to make way for new updates and improvements to our online experience for customers," Comcast says.
Jeff Baumgartner | 08/18/2015
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Starz is using Patrick Stewart's and LeBron James' Facebook pages to offer previews of their respective comedy series: Stewart's "Blunt Talk," which is debuting, and James' "Survivor's Remorse," which is launching Season 2. The first two episodes of each show's season are being screened ahead of their initial TV airings Saturday. Starz is also previewing the shows via some pay-TV partners' on-demand channels and its online platforms.
Jon Lafayette | 08/17/2015
Broadcasting & Cable
Rapid TV News
Roku devices now support Fusion's TV Everywhere app Rapid TV News (U.K.) (8/13) Roku's streaming media players and TV models now support Fusion's TV Everywhere application. The Watch Fusion app features a live stream of programming, as well as video on demand content.
Michelle Clancy | 08/13/2015
Roku devices now support Fusion's TV Everywhere app
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Showtime, by offering a premium cable network and an over-the-top streaming service, is well-positioned for the shift to smaller pay-TV bundles, said David Nevins, the network's president. Showtime also continues to expand its roster of original programming with a goal of "great, meaningful television," Nevins said. "There may be too much good TV, but I can't imagine anyone saying there is too much great TV."
Stephanie Robbins | 08/11/2015
Showtime president: TV, streaming strategy is paying off
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Disney Channel's "Descendants" scores big with delayed viewing
Thanks to extensive DVR viewings, Disney Channel's "Descendants" has become the fourth-most-popular cable TV movie of the past eight years. In the three days after it debuted, "Descendants" boosted its average audience by 61% from its same-night average to 10.54 million viewers. The movie also has tallied 1.8 million views on the Watch Disney Channel application since July 24.
Rick Kissell | 08/05/2015
Variety
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NHL names MLB division to take over TV, streaming duties
The NHL, in a six-year deal valued at $600 million, has tapped MLB Advanced Media to handle TV and streaming duties. The agreement calls for MLBAM to handle distribution for the NHL's out-of-market telecasts in the U.S. and some global markets and for the NHL to be granted a shared in MLBAM that's worth 7% to 10%. MLBAM has set a January launch for the NHL's online holdings as a "fully integrated global hub of digital content."
Todd Spangler | 08/04/2015
Variety
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Amazon's Fire TV now supports Encore app
Amazon's Fire TV box and Fire TV stick are the latest platforms for Encore Play, the TV Everywhere application for Starz's Encore service. The app, which features more than 1,300 titles each month, is also supported by Amazon's Fire TV platform, Xbox One and 360, Google Chromecast, Fire HD, Nook tablets and Web browsers.
Jeff Baumgartner | 07/24/2015
Multichannel News
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CEO: Starz is focusing on TV Everywhere over OTT service
Starz is mulling whether to create an over-the-top streaming service, but for the time being, the network is focusing its video efforts on its TV Everywhere application, CEO Chris Albrecht said. Also, Starz will continue to emphasize original content as a way to drive distribution. "We are absolutely positive that originals have had an impact on talks with distributors. Unequivocally," Albrecht said.
Mike Farrell | 07/29/2015
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Canoe continues to grow its VOD ad impressions, campaigns
Advanced advertising joint venture Canoe processed 2.77 billion video-on-demand advertising impressions in the second quarter across 1,241 campaigns, up from 2.56 billion impressions across 912 campaigns in Q1.
Jeff Baumgartner | 07/21/2015
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U.S. cable industry campaign aims to boost mobile views
Comcast, Cox Communications, Mediacom, A+E Networks, Turner Broadcasting, HBO and Univision are among the networks and TV providers joining together for a summer marketing campaign to encourage customers to use TV Everywhere options while on vacation or on the go. "We need to become much more consumer-centric and be where consumers want to be. TV Everywhere is that product for our industry," said CTAM President and CEO John Lansing.
Lisa Richwine | 07/24/2015
Reuters
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Tennis Channel signs long-term video services pact with NeuLion
Tennis Channel has reached a long-term agreement with NeuLion to provide live and on-demand video. NeuLion coordinated Tennis Channel's video services for this year's French Open, including its TV Everywhere application and its direct-to-consumer Tennis Channel Plus service.
Jeff Baumgartner | 06/22/2015
Multichannel News
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EPIX, Starz expand TV Everywhere apps
EPIX and Starz have each expanded their TV Everywhere applications. EPIX unveiled an app for Google's Android TV system that features live streams from four networks, a wide selection of video-on-demand titles and movie trailers. The Starz app, which includes about 300 movies and more than 150 episodes from original series, is now available on the Amazon Fire TV box and Fire TV Stick.
Jeff Baumgartner | 06/19/2015
Multichannel News
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Study: Video-on-demand ads are engaging viewers
Ads delivered through set-top video-on-demand are proving to be more effective that linear TV ads when it comes to retention, likability and other factors, states a study from pay-TV-backed firm Canoe
Broadcasting & Cable | 06/19/2015
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Mediacom expands relationship with Synacor for TV Everywhere, ad tech
Mediacom has extended and expanded its partnership with Synacor, with the new agreement calling for a next-generation customer interface,
Jeff Baumgartner | 06/19/2015
Multichannel News
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Travel Channel plans binge release for Big Crazy Family Adventure
Travel Channel on Sunday will release all nine episodes of new series "Big Crazy Family Adventure" via video on demand.
Brian Steinberg | 06/12/2015
Variety
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Panel: TV Everywhere, VOD are works in progress
TV Everywhere and video on demand have established themselves with pay-TV audiences, but they still face technology and programming challenges, panelists said at an industry event.
R. Thomas Umstead | 06/12/2015
Multichannel News
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Roku CEO offers take on future of streaming, TV Everywhere
In this interview, Roku CEO Anthony Wood talks about the challenges faced by TV Everywhere, his belief that all TV will eventually be streamed, the rise of virtual multichannel video programming distributors and why his company would rather distribute programming than create it.
Broadcasting & Cable | 06/09/2015
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Oxygen will preview "Sisterhood of Hip Hop" online
Starting today, Oxygen is offering an online preview of the second season of unscripted series "Sisterhood of Hip Hop," ahead of the episode's TV airing Tuesday. The show will be available on Oxygen.com and through TV Everywhere, video on demand, Hulu and Bossip.com. "We're really trying for a wide sampling opportunity for the millennials," said Ellen Stone, executive vice president of marketing at Oxygen and Bravo.
Jeff Baumgartner | 06/09/2015
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Comcast Opens Access to Fire TV, Fire TV Stick
Subs Can Stream HBO Go, Showtime Anytime on Amazon Platform
Jeff Baumgartner | 05/22/2015
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TV Everywhere: The Thundering Herd
Cable Is Well-Positioned in Online Video Race. The horse race known as over-the-top video is dominated today by three entries: Netflix, Hulu Plus and Amazon Prime (with a couple of young colts in the stable).
John Lansing | 05/22/2015
Multichannel News Blog
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How Industry Consortiums CTAM and OATC are Working to Boost TV Everywhere Success
Attracting more pay-TV subscribers to TV Everywhere (TVE) has always been an exciting challenge, which involves continually improving the user experience and the way it is marketed. We're big fans and contributors to the work of two industry consortiums, Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) and Open Authentication Technology Committee (OATC), that are bringing industry players together to help increase TV Everywhere usage.
Horia Galatanu | 05/21/2015
Adobe Primetime Blog
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Fox Streams to Chromecast
Users of Google's Chromecast device can now access live content from the Fox Now application. The latter is now available for more than eight in 10 pay-TV customers through a dozen platforms. CBS also has gone live on Chromecast.
George Winslow | 05/14/2015
Broadcasting & Cable
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Cable is still trying to find right ad mix for TV Everywhere
The TV Everywhere service is moving toward widespread adoption by cable customers, but it has yet to find the "right mix" for advertising, says Marty Roberts, co-CEO of thePlatform. Unlike with traditional linear programming, cable providers have control over the majority of ads shown during TV Everywhere viewing, with the type of ads determined by the individual operator's agreements with programmers, Roberts says.
Mike Dano | 05/06/2015
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