Anvato adds instant TV everywhere syndication with live-to-VOD 

The new feature is designed to allow content owners and programmers to create video-on-demand files from their live linear streams and then syndicate these files in near real time to multiple online destinations such as Netflix and Hulu, as well as MVPDs including cable operators and telcos. Source: Anvato adds instant TV everywhere syndication with Read More …

OTT & the Net New Effect 

For premium programmers, over-the-top video is very much a double-edged sword. On the one hand, OTT video is creating new competitors and threatening the dearly held dual-stream revenue model that includes income both from advertising and from licensing deals with pay-TV operators. On the other hand, OTT also gives programmers a new distribution channel and Read More …

OTT: the next stage

We are now living the second generation of OTT, with the next being one of future disruptors. This second generation, said Andrea Ruberta, pre-sales manager Accenture Digital, is dominated by Netflix 2.0, broadcasters’ standalone OTT (such as Sky’s Now TV) and MCN, with the number of IP devices now standing at over 12 billion (2014). Read More …