Internet Video Industry News
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Cable Show 2012: Adobe Adds Live TV To 'Primetime' Multiscreen SuiteBy Todd Spangler, May 22, 2012Adobe Systems is enhancing its platform for delivering ad-supported TV content across connected devices with "Primetime Simulcast," which will let media companies simultaneously broadcast their channels online and dynamically insert different ads. More
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Cable Show 2012: Brands Will Survive in 'TV Everywhere' EnvironmentAndrea Morabito, May 21, 2012Even as programming moves toward a "TV Everywhere" model where users can self-select content to watch at any time on any platform, that doesn't mean traditional TV brands are going away, according to the panelists at a Cable Show 2012 session. More
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MPAA Names Miller Content Protection ExecJohn Eggerton, May 21, 2012The Motion Picture Association of America has named Marc Miller SVP, content protection and the Internet. He replaces Kevin Suh, who exited a couple of months ago to join MPAA member Paramount. More
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Cable Show 2012: Epix Eyes Subscriber Conversion from Freeview DownloadsMike Reynolds, May 21, 2012Epix, the multiplatform, premium entertainment service, rang up some impressive streaming numbers during its free weekend preview last month and is now looking to convert those downloads into subscribers. More
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Cable Show 2012: This Tech Adds 'TV Everywhere,' Blackouts To Ad-Insertion SystemBy Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012This Technology's SpotLink platform is adding the ability to dynamically insert ads across TV Everywhere and other IP-based video services, as well as support blackout scheduling and implementation. More
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Cable Show 2012: Elemental Pushes Multiscreen Video To The EdgeBy Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012Video-processing solutions vendor Elemental Technologies is debuting a server aimed at cutting bandwidth and storage needed for multiscreen-video distribution, by packaging streams closer to end users. More
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Time Warner Cable, Viacom Settle Multiscreen Spat
By Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012Time Warner Cable and Viacom announced a deal last Wednesday (May 16) that will provide Nick, MTV and other networks to the MSO’s TWC TV service for watching live TV on tablets, smartphones and PCs in the home, ending the companies’ yearlong legal fight. More
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Google TV’s Second Act By Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012Google still believes it can wrap its massive Internet arms around TV — even after consumers spurned its freshman effort as clunky and not very useful. More
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Quick Hits By MCN Staff, May 21, 2012Dish Network released a revamped app iPad app for “TV Everywhere” access that improves video performance — particularly for the new iPad’s higher-resolution screen — as well as enhances the onscreen guide and allows access to the operator’s Blockbuster on-demand titles. More
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Game On: Xbox Tops for Non-PC Video By Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012In the small-but-fast-growing multiscreenvideo universe, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 game console has become a rising star to watch. More
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Facebook IPO Poses Questions for Media CompaniesGeorge Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable), May 18, 2012
In a development that could have an important long-term impact on the online video, mobile and TV landscape, Facebook wrapped up the third biggest IPO in history Friday, with its share price opening with an 11% pop from the $38 IPO price and then settling back to $38.37 at close. That would value the company at over $100 billion.
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Time Warner Cable Picks Motorola To Lock Down Multiscreen TVBy Todd Spangler, May 18, 2012Time Warner Cable has selected Motorola Mobility's SecureMedia digital rights management system to encrypt linear and on-demand TV programming for delivery across a slew of devices. More
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Comcast Pricing Critics Undeterred By Data-Use AnnouncementJohn Eggerton, May 17, 2012Comcast executive vice president David Cohen told reporters that the headline on its announcement Thursday that it was changing its Xfinity data-use threshholds should be that there was no longer a cap, but critics of usage-based pricing saw it differently. More
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Time Warner Cable OKs HBO Go For Xbox, Roku And Samsung TVsBy Todd Spangler, May 17, 2012
In a change of heart, Time Warner Cable has decided to let its HBO subscribers access the premium network's apps for Xbox 360, Roku and Samsung Smart TVs to watch an array of movies and original shows on their big-screen TVs.
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Al Jazeera to Kick Off Pair of Soccer Channels in U.S. this AugustMike Reynolds, May 17, 2012There will be a new pair of soccer networks kicking it around for Stateside distribution and viewers this summer. More
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Comcast To Shift From Broadband Caps To Usage-Based PricingBy Todd Spangler, May 17, 2012
Comcast will eliminate the 250-Gigabyte monthly broadband-usage limit on Xfinity Internet, moving over time instead to a usage-based pricing model that will provide at least 300 GB of data usage before customers incur additional charges, the operator said Thursday.
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Social TV Twice As Popular For Live Vs. Time-Shifted Viewing: StudyBy Todd Spangler, May 17, 2012Social TV features are twice as likely to be used during live broadcasts than time-shifted viewing, according to a study by Viacom Media Networks -- highlighting the opportunity for TV networks to use social media drive live tune-in. More
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Time Warner Cable, Viacom Reach Deal For Tablet, Smartphone TVBy Todd Spangler, May 16, 2012
Time Warner Cable and Viacom announced a deal Wednesday that will provide Nick, MTV and other networks to the MSO's TWC TV service for watching live TV on tablets, smartphones and PCs in the home, ending the companies' yearlong legal fight.
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Time Warner Cable Adds In Demand's Vutopia 'TV Everywhere' To MoviePassBy Todd Spangler, May 16, 2012Time Warner Cable's MoviePass subscribers can now access about 300 catalog titles on In Demand Networks' Vutopia movie service on the Web anywhere in the U.S. with a broadband-connected PC or Mac. More
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Unity Telecom To Float Hybrid Antenna/Broadband TV ServiceBy Todd Spangler, May 16, 2012
Unity Telecom, a private-equity backed startup venture, this summer plans to launch a TV service that combines free, over-the-air TV broadcast channels with Internet-delivered content including Walmart's Vudu VOD service -- which it claims doesn't raise any legal or regulatory issues with broadcasters.
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