‘PAY TV & OTT’ Archive

How about a sneak preview?

BLOGGER: JEFF BARAK Are you fed up of friends spoiling your favorite TV show by letting you know how the series ends before you’ve managed to see the final episode? Well, help might be at hand if a solution currently in the Amdocs incubation lab actually makes it to market. Under a scenario demonstrated at [...]

(Digital) Hollywood goes a little over the top

BLOGGER: KEN ROULIER Next time you sit down to enjoy the latest episode of “Modern Family”, you’re probably blissfully unaware of the fierce battle going on right now over how you watch TV.  And since there’s a $200+ billion market up for grabs, the stakes are high. The contenders are “traditional” Pay TV providers (cable, [...]

Viewers, stay tuned for the prepaid episode

BLOGGER: JEFF BARAK  In the past, television was seen as recession proof. People would cut back on entertainment outside the home, but would continue taking their TV package as they hunkered down to see out the downturn.  That’s why it’s surprising that the news on the Pay TV front in North America isn’t better than [...]

Is Netflix Dreaming?

BLOGGER: ERIC DANIS  While some analysts are praising Netflix for aggressively outbidding HBO for the rights to DreamWorks Animation movies, others are already saying that Netflix executives must be dreaming if they think the new deal is going to provide significant damage control after the company alienated its customer base so spectacularly. For one thing, [...]