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Netflix Blames Xmas Eve Outage on Amazon's Cloud

Internet Streaming Service Restored on Tuesday
By: MCN Staff Dec 25 2012 - 11:56pm
Internet Streaming Service Restored on Tuesday

Netflix said its Internet streaming service for subscribers across the Americas region was knocked offline Dec. 24 -- before being restored Christmas morning -- because of problems with Amazon.com’s hosting services, according to reports.

Arris Would Pay Maximum of $50M in TiVo Patent Costs

Arris Must Pay $117.5 Million Breakup Fee to Google if the Deal is Called Off
By: Todd Spangler Dec 21 2012 - 6:06pm
Arris Must Pay $117.5 Million Breakup Fee to Google if the Deal is Called Off

Arris Group, under its agreement with Google to acquire Motorola Mobility’s Home business for $2.35 billion, would be responsible for no more than $50 million in damages and royalties in connection with TiVo’s pending patent litigation, Arris disclosed in a regulatory filing.

DirecTV Aligns With Starz-Branded TV Everywhere Push

Satellite Operator Joins Cox, AT&T in Offering Premium Programmer’s Authenticated Services
By: Todd Spangler Dec 21 2012 - 11:02am
Satellite Operator Joins Cox, AT&T in Offering Premium Programmer’s Authenticated Services

Keeping the ball rolling on TV Everywhere, Starz Entertainment announced that DirecTV customers who subscribe to the premium network’s services now have access to its corresponding Starz Play and Encore Play websites and apps for no extra charge.

TiVo Shuffles Execs After CFO Resigns

DVR Company Names Chopra Chief Financial Officer, Elevates Two Other Execs
By: Todd Spangler Dec 20 2012 - 12:37pm
DVR Company Names Chopra Chief Financial Officer, Elevates Two Other Execs

TiVo reconfigured its senior management team after the resignation of chief financial officer Anna Brunelle, naming Naveen Chopra to replace her as CFO and promoting two other executives.

Brunelle resigned “to pursue other opportunities,” according to TiVo. She will leave the company after a transition period. Chopra previously was senior vice president of corporate development and strategy.

OpenTV Sues Netflix Over Patents

Interactive TV Vendor Claims Netflix Infringes Seven U.S. Patents
By: Todd Spangler Dec 19 2012 - 4:44pm
Interactive TV Vendor Claims Netflix Infringes Seven U.S. Patents

Interactive TV vendor OpenTV, a subsidiary of Switzerland-based Kudelski Group, filed a patent-infringement lawsuit Wednesday against Netflix, alleging that Netflix infringes seven U.S. patents owned by OpenTV that cover Internet video delivery.

Netflix declined to comment on the lawsuit.

DirecTV Brings Shows From 30-Plus Networks Into TV Everywhere Lineup

New Programming Partners Include A+E, Scripps, Showtime and Viacom
By: Todd Spangler Dec 18 2012 - 2:45pm
New Programming Partners Include A+E, Scripps, Showtime and Viacom

Giving the authenticated pay TV model another push forward, DirecTV has added on-demand titles from more than 30 networks to its TV Everywhere website and apps, through deals with media companies including A+E Networks, Scripps Networks Interactive, Showtime Networks, Smithsonian Channel and Viacom Media Networks.

Comcast's ThePlatform Hooks Into Transcoding Systems

Partners Include Elemental, Harmonic, Aspera and Akamai
By: Todd Spangler Dec 18 2012 - 1:05am
Partners Include Elemental, Harmonic, Aspera and Akamai

ThePlatform, Comcast’s video publishing subsidiary, has integrated workflow features of its MPX system with several transcoding and file-management partners with the goal of making it faster and easier to create and distribute video in multiple formats for different devices.

Hulu Tops 3 Million Paying Subscribers

Internet TV Site to Generate $695 Million in Revenue for 2012: Kilar
By: Todd Spangler Dec 17 2012 - 1:59pm
Internet TV Site to Generate $695 Million in Revenue for 2012: Kilar

Representing a growing threat to traditional pay TV services, Hulu will close out the year with more than 3 million paying subscribers for its Hulu Plus service -- more than doubling over the last 12 months -- and will pull in about $695 million in revenue, according to CEO Jason Kilar.

AT&T Adds Starz's TV Everywhere Constellation

Telco First Affiliate to Launch 'MoviePlex Play' Service for Subscribers
By: Todd Spangler Dec 17 2012 - 11:24am
Telco First Affiliate to Launch 'MoviePlex Play' Service for Subscribers

AT&T launched Starz Entertainment’s triple play of authenticated online and mobile content services available to U-verse TV subscribers who take Starz, Encore and MoviePlex premium channels, as Starz pushes to catch up to rival HBO on the TV Everywhere front.

The telco is offering the three services -- Starz Play, Encore Play and MoviePlex Play -- for no additional monthly charge to subscribers. The AT&T U-verse TV launch of MoviePlex Play is Starz Entertainment's first for the authenticated online premium service.

Verizon, Redbox Pick Avail-TVN for VOD Movie Services

Avail-TVN’s ViewNow Provides Access in Multiple Formast for Multiscreen Devices
By: Todd Spangler Dec 17 2012 - 10:01am
Avail-TVN’s ViewNow Provides Access in Multiple Formast for Multiscreen Devices

Avail-TVN has inked two initial customers for its subscription video-on-demand movie service, Verizon Communications’ FiOS and the Redbox Instant by Verizon joint venture between the telco and Coinstar.

The Avail-TVN ViewNow service offers a catalog of thousands of hours of movie content that can be delivered in MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 formats, as well as in a range of adaptive bit-rate (ABR) profiles for such devices as PCs and Apple iOS smartphones and tablets. The service includes download rights on a large number of titles.

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