Tag: TV Everywhere

As Pay-Per-View orders started to fail last night — nearly every operator from Time Warner Cable and Charter to DirecTV saw significant outages — the illegal Periscope and Meerkat streams started popping up. At any one moment, thousands were tuned in each separate stream, whether it was from someone’s apartment in Barcelona or a house Read More …

YouTube used its NewFront event on Wednesday night in New York to take some direct shots at the TV ad business, and some subtle digs at Facebook’s emerging Web video prowess.The basic message during the Web video giant’s presentation—which doubled as a 10th birthday party for the service—was, essentially: our stars are influential, our viewers Read More …

Evaluating the Network’s success, Ed Wells, SVP & MD of International for WWE, declared that the company was reaching the “light at the end of the long dark hallway.” He shared some key lessons that will provide food for thought for other content providers moving towards a more millennials-focused digital distribution strategy. Notably, Wells explained Read More …

The veteran defender of the traditional pay-TV ecosystem talked up the prospect of digital dollars pouring in from around the globe as broadband-delivered TV opens new doors for the cable programmer. Speaking on the firm’s first-quarter call, Bewkes touted online video tie-ups with Apple, Dish’s Sling, Sony’s View, China’s Tencent and Amazon and a new Read More …

Huggers is the new CEO and president of Vevo, the music video joint venture started by Universal Music Group and Sony Music. The service, which generates 11 billion video views a month, is one of the biggest media assets on the Web. But it’s also in a perennially precarious position, in large part because it is dependent on Read More …