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Unbundling The Set-Top Box

Posted onJanuary 29, 2016February 3, 2016AuthorPaul SweetingLeave a comment

The set-top box today is held together by more than its technical components. Read More …

FCC Hitting Pause On Pay-TV Overhaul?

Posted onNovember 18, 2015November 19, 2015AuthorPaul SweetingLeave a comment

Chairman Wheeler walks back a proposal to redefine MVPDs to include over-the-top services. Read More …

The Wrong Debate Over Set-Top Boxes

Posted onNovember 9, 2015November 12, 2015AuthorPaul SweetingLeave a comment

The virtual head-end proposal currently on the table is designed with facilities-based MVPDs in mind. Read More …

The Studios Look For An Island In The Set-Top Storm

Posted onOctober 14, 2015October 15, 2015AuthorPaul SweetingLeave a comment

The MPAA turns the DSTAC volume up to 11. Read More …

Will The FCC Finally ‘Tear Up The Set-Top Box’?

Posted onSeptember 3, 2015September 16, 2015AuthorPaul Sweeting2 Comments

A downloadable security mandate could bring major changes to how pay-TV is delivered. Read More …

One of the more striking aspects of the conversation around Musk’s pursuit of Twitter, including from Musk himself, has been its U.S.-centric focus. Much of the discussion has been framed against the backdrop of the U.S. culture war and the ersatz controversy over so-called cancel culture, such as around whether Musk will invite U.S. figures like Donald Trump, Katie Hopkins and Alex Jones to rejoin the platform after they were banned by the previous management for violating Twitter’s policies on hate speech and disinformation. Yet Twitter is a global platform. Read More …

The peak TV wave has crested and is now breaking. The urgent question facing Netflix and the rest of the SVOD field is whether it can figure out how to keep swimming, or get swamped in the surf. Read More …

It’s only Monday, but the Worst Idea of the Week Award (Early Decision) goes to: the GOP-controlled Kentucky state legislature, for its override of Governor Andy Beshear’s veto of a bill that will allow local politicians to appoint anyone they want to library boards and block major library spending. Read More …

The solons behind the various library e-book bills may harbor a sincere, good-faith belief that they were merely supporting state-supported free public libraries and protecting consumers. But the striking similarity among the bills in multiple smacks of an orchestrated campaign to create new law on digital redistribution of copyrighted works on a state-by-state level without having to confront the federal Copyright Act head-on. Read More …

Peter Jansson, who since 2014 has served as senior manager of international music publishing within Disney Music Group, acknowledged the far-reaching financial effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in a message…

2022 shaping up as banner year for catalog deals Read More …

According to estimates from Insider Intelligence (previously eMarketer), Amazon Music will surpass Pandora this year to become the music streamer with the second most number of users in the U.S….

Back in October of 2021, Spirit Music Group owner Lyric Capital launched a $500 million catalog fund with Northleaf Capital Partners. Now, Spirit Music has acquired the song rights of country…

The Connecticut bill is similar to efforts in other states now underway, in that it would require publishers who offer an e-book to consumers in the state to also offer to…

Spotify’s once-heady stock has now tumbled below its opening price in 2018, with potentially further downward pressure ahead. In Wednesday (February 23rd) trading, Spotify stock (SPOT) dropped below its symbolic…

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U.S. Subscription Streaming Revenue Growth Down Over 10 Points in Q1 https://rightstech.com/2022/05/u-s-subscription-streaming-revenue-growth-down-over-10-points-in-q1/

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Software Downloads Netflix & Disney+ Videos to Make DRM-Free Copies https://rightstech.com/2022/05/software-downloads-netflix-disney-videos-to-make-drm-free-copies/

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French performer and label groups reach voluntary agreement regarding digital remuneration https://rightstech.com/2022/05/french-performer-and-label-groups-reach-voluntary-agreement-regarding-digital-remuneration/

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