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Nielsen to Include Net-Connected TVs in TV Household Definition

Research Firm to Begin Counting Broadband-Delivered Viewing Starting in September
By: Todd Spangler Feb 21 2013 - 4:51pm
Research Firm to Begin Counting Broadband-Delivered Viewing Starting in September

In what Nielsen called a “foundational change” in how it measures TV viewing -- but initially is not likely to have much effect in practice -- the research company announced Thursday that it will expand its definition of a TV household for ratings purposes to include homes with broadband-connected televisions.

Suddenlink Thinks Small With TiVo's IP Set-Top

MSO Now Offers DVR Client Box in More Than 100 Communities
By: Todd Spangler Feb 21 2013 - 3:04pm
MSO Now Offers DVR Client Box in More Than 100 Communities

Do good things come in small packages? Suddenlink Communications now has launched the TiVo Mini DVR client set-top -- less than one-fourth the size of TiVo’s full HD digital video recorder -- in more than 100 communities.

The 6.1-inch-square TiVo Mini provides a smaller and less-expensive option for Suddenlink subs who want multiroom DVR features. The device uses the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) spec to deliver Internet Protocol-based video from a customer’s main Premiere DVR. It provides access to live and recorded TV, as well as video-on-demand programming.

Cord-Cutting Will Be Minimal Over Five-Plus Years: PwC

Consulting Firm Expects Second-Screen Apps to Generate Incremental Ad Revenue
By: Todd Spangler Feb 20 2013 - 6:43pm
Consulting Firm Expects Second-Screen Apps to Generate Incremental Ad Revenue

While some industry observers predict the TV industry is on the cusp of a massive, Internet-fueled disruption, business-consulting firm PwC does not expect consumers to abandon pay TV services en masse for at least the next five years, according to a new report.

Not only is the sky not falling, PwC says, but the rise of smartphones and tablets will generate incremental advertising revenue and boost engagement for the TV industry rather than drive so-called “cord cutting.”

Extra Points: Super Bowl Spikes LCD TV Sales in January

Price Drops Drive Shipments Up 15% Ahead of NFL's Super Sunday, According to IHS
By: Todd Spangler Feb 20 2013 - 5:37pm
Price Drops Drive Shipments Up 15% Ahead of NFL's Super Sunday, According to IHS

U.S. consumers blitzed on liquid-crystal display HDTVs sales in January ahead of this year’s Super Bowl, with sales jumping 15% last month over January 2012, according to research firm IHS.

Participant Names Park Programming Exec for New Cable Channel

Joining from IFC, He Will Head Digital, Branded Content, Multiplatform Efforts
By: John Eggerton Feb 19 2013 - 4:43pm
Joining from IFC, He Will Head Digital, Branded Content, Multiplatform Efforts

 

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DirecTV to Expand 'TV Everywhere' Push in 2013

Satellite Operator Cites Higher Capex This Year in Part Related to Multiscreen-Video Initiative
By: Todd Spangler Feb 19 2013 - 4:27pm
Satellite Operator Cites Higher Capex This Year in Part Related to Multiscreen-Video Initiative

DirecTV plans to build out its “TV Everywhere” services this year as it looks to compete with multiscreen-video offerings from cable competitors, according to president and CEO Mike White.

Asked on DirecTV’s Feb. 14 earnings call about Comcast and Time Warner Cable’s marketing of their TV Everywhere services, White said, “We've got our own TV Everywhere app, which we are aggressively expanding, and you'll see more on that this year.”

Time-Shifted Viewing Can Be Bulk of Audience Within 28 Days: Study

Rentrak Finds Several Top TV Shows Get More Than Half of Viewers on DVR and VOD
By: Todd Spangler Feb 19 2013 - 3:07pm
Rentrak Finds Several Top TV Shows Get More Than Half of Viewers on DVR and VOD

Several of the 50 top shows on cable and broadcast networks receive more DVR and video-on-demand viewers in the 28 days after air than they do live, according to audience-measurement firm Rentrak.

Rentrak’s initial Total Audience Viewing Report, which combines live TV audience with DVR and VOD viewership data, found that TNT’s Rizzoli and Isles and FX’s Sons of Anarchy have DVR and VOD playback viewership that comprises more than 60% of the audience for the 28-day total.

Cisco Keeps NDS Sales and Services Teams Intact

De Beer: NDS Integration Proceeding 'At the Speed of Light' Following $5 Billion Deal
By: Todd Spangler Feb 15 2013 - 5:28pm
De Beer: NDS Integration Proceeding 'At the Speed of Light' Following $5 Billion Deal

Cisco Systems may be trying to steer its service provider video business down a software road, but for now it’s leaving the sales and services teams from NDS -- which it acquired last year for $5 billion -- largely on their own, according to Marthin De Beer, senior vice president of Cisco’s Video and Collaboration Group.

TiVo Brings Flingo App to Premiere DVRs

DVR Users Can Access 70-Plus On-Demand Apps from A&E, Showtime and Others
By: Todd Spangler Feb 14 2013 - 3:10pm
DVR Users Can Access 70-Plus On-Demand Apps from A&E, Showtime and Others

TiVo has integrated startup Flingo’s Launchpad video service into its Premiere digital video recorders, to provide more than 70 on-demand video applications including those for A&E, History, Showtime Networks, TV Guide and TMZ.

The “Launchpad for TiVo” app became available to customers with retail Premiere DVRs as of Thursday. Currently it is not available to Premiere DVRs provided through TiVo's cable operator customers.

Elemental Claims to Double Up Encoding Power

Video-Processing Software Upgrade Supports Next-Gen Hardware, Codecs, Delivery Formats and DRMs
By: Todd Spangler Feb 14 2013 - 1:07pm
Video-Processing Software Upgrade Supports Next-Gen Hardware, Codecs, Delivery Formats and DRMs

Elemental Technologies last month released the second major version of its video-processing software, which among other improvements provides twice the processing performance when running on next-generation processor architectures from Nvidia and Intel, the company said.

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