TV Everywhere

Cox TV Connect Reaches PCs and Macs

MSO Extends In-Home Streaming of 90-Plus Live TV Channels To Browsers
By: Jeff Baumgartner Jun 19 2013 - 8:41pm
MSO Extends In-Home Streaming of 90-Plus Live TV Channels To Browsers

Cox Communications has extended Cox TV Connect to Macs and PCs, the latest group of devices to gain access to an app that provides in-home streaming of more than 90 linear TV channels to connected devices that are within reach of the customer’s home network.

Sports Summit: Lazarus -- TV Everywhere Protects Pay TV Ecosystem

NBCSN Is 'Two Years Into a Five-Year Process,' Says NBC Sports Chief
By: Tim Baysinger Jun 19 2013 - 11:12am
NBCSN Is 'Two Years Into a Five-Year Process,' Says NBC Sports Chief
NBC Sports Group chairman Mark Lazarus

NEW YORK — With the rise of online and mobile video, TV Everywhere is seen as a way for pay TV programmers to protect their property from being completely usurped.

"The TV Everywhere aspect of our business, specifically around sports and live events, is an important part of protecting the pay TV ecosystem," NBC Sports Group chairman Mark Lazarus said during a keynote conversation with Multichannel News news editor Mike Reynolds during NewBay Media's Sports Business & Technology Summit on Wednesday.

Apple TV Tunes in HBO GO, WatchESPN

Comcast, TWC Among MSOs that Will Let Subs Authenticate Both Apps on the Apple Device
By: Jeff Baumgartner Jun 19 2013 - 10:45am
Comcast, TWC Among MSOs that Will Let Subs Authenticate Both Apps on the Apple Device

Apple announced Wednesday that  the HBO GO and WatchESPN authenticated TV Everywhere applications are now offered directly on Apple TV, the company's broadband-connected video streaming device.

The HBO GO app offers full seasons of original series as well as movies and behind-the-scenes extras, while WatchESPN delivers live streams of ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 and ESPN Buzzer Beater/Goal Line, as well as segments from programs such as E:60 and Outside The Lines.

Comcast Xfinity TV Player is On Fire HD

TV Everywhere App Also Runs on Other Android- and iOS-Powered Devices
By: Jeff Baumgartner Jun 18 2013 - 6:23pm
TV Everywhere App Also Runs on Other Android- and iOS-Powered Devices

The Xfinity TV Player has reached the Kindle Fire HD, marking the latest connected device to support Comcast’s authenticated video app.

“We continue to work with our partners to launch more content on more devices than ever before. Tablet devices in particular have become a popular platform to watch TV shows and movies while on-the-go,” Comcast VP of product development and planning wrote on the MSO’s corporate blog.

CNBC Joins Cablevision’s ‘TV to GO’ Lineup

MSO's TV Everywhere Portal for Web Browsers Features Fare From 50-Plus Networks
By: Jeff Baumgartner Jun 17 2013 - 5:45pm
MSO's TV Everywhere Portal for Web Browsers Features Fare From 50-Plus Networks

Cablevision Systems has added CNBC to Optimum TV to GO, the MSO’s authenticated TV Everywhere for Internet-connected PCs and laptops. 

CNBC shows currently offered on Optimum TV to GO include Squawk Box, Squawk on the Street, Closing Bell, Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer, and American Greed.

Cable Show 2013: RSNs Look to Enhance Local Control

Panelists Want To Maintain Game Packages, Add TVE Rights
By: Mike Reynolds Jun 12 2013 - 9:33am
Panelists Want To Maintain Game Packages, Add TVE Rights

Washington -- Playing a major role in the sports-team revenue ecosystem, regional sports networks want to maintain and expand their in-market rights.

RSN executives speaking on the panel entitled “Home Field Advantage: The Changing Environment for Regional Sports Networks at The Cable Show” here Tuesday afternoon said it’s imperative that they retain a robust schedule of games as the primary programming assets in their negotiations with distributors.

Bright House, NeuLion Team on High School Sports Network

Digital Service Set for August Kickoff
By: Mike Reynolds Jun 12 2013 - 8:32am
Digital Service Set for August Kickoff

NeuLion, Inc. and Bright House Networks have signed a multiyear deal to launch a digital sports network covering high school sports in Florida.

Cable Show 2013: TV Everywhere Must Become More Flexible: Panelists

Exec Says Ease of Authentication, Availability of Product Key for Platform Growth
By: R. Thomas Umstead Jun 12 2013 - 8:13am
Exec Says Ease of Authentication, Availability of Product Key for Platform Growth

Washington -- Operators need to make the TV Everywhere experience for consumers easy and flexible if it’s going to be successful, industry executives said Tuesday at the 2013 Cable Show.

Cable Show 2013: Analysts Say Malone, Price Power Drive Optimism

But Programming Costs Drag Sector
By: Mike Farrell Jun 11 2013 - 9:17am
But Programming Costs Drag Sector

Washington, D.C. – John Malone and broadband pricing power are some of the biggest positives in the cable industry today, while rising programming costs and regulatory uncertainty continue to be the biggest drags on stocks, according to an analyst panel at the Cable Show Monday.  

Cable Show 2013: Industry Still Needs to Simplify TVE Authentication Process

Panelists Also Say Measurement, Messaging Need Upgrading to Boost Platform
By: Mike Reynolds Jun 10 2013 - 5:09pm
Panelists Also Say Measurement, Messaging Need Upgrading to Boost Platform
 

Washington -- While the industry’s TV Everywhere push has yielded programming advances, work remains on the authentication, measurement and messaging fronts.

Executives speaking on panel here at The Cable Show here Monday afternoon all spoke about the continuing need to simplify the verification process as a means to bring more consumers to TV Everywhere. Todd Spangler, New York digital editor for Variety, moderated the panel, entitled: "Authenticate Me, Baby: Consumer Behavior in The TV Everywhere Era."

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