VOD

Indie Film Distributor's Transactional Footprint Reaches 90% Of U.S. VOD Audience

Ski Channel Founder Steve Bellamy Says New Net Will Debut In 20 Million TV Homes

New York — Verizon Communications senior programming
executive Tricia Lynch said that FiOS TV has
launched Flex View, a video-on-demand service for the
sale and rental of movies and TV shows on all platforms
— “cell phones, tablets and computers.”

She said the service is “available right now to FiOS customers,
but will soon be available to non-FiOS customers.”

New York — Sending fight fans on a free
trip to Las Vegas before a big bout and offering
the first 10 minutes of a video-ondemand
movie for free to hook the viewer
into buying — those are among the tactics
cable operators are using to pump up the pay
portion of the video-on-demand business.

Operators on a panel at the CTAM in
New York conference last week made clear
they see free and pay VOD as a vital and
growing part of the video mix.

VOD Content Plays a Crucial Role in Luring Hunting, Fishing Aficionados