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Web streaming is upending the neat arrangement long enjoyed between TV channels and cable providers such as Verizon and Comcast. Verizon pays ESPN and other channels a certain amount to carry their programming, a cost that gets factored into customers’ monthly bills. But with consumers complaining about paying for too many channels and switching to Read More …
According to a study done by Strategy Analytics Consumer Metrics, most Americans think of Amazon as a good way to shop and use Netflix for video. via Amazon Prime Subscribers Aren’t Watching Much Video | LostRemote.
The group, devoted to the adoption of DASH as the new standard for over-the-top (OTT) adaptive bit rate (ABR) delivery of media, said that the guidelines include interoperability points for enhanced live, on-demand and time-shifted video streaming using AVC/H.264 and HEVC/H.265 codecs. The guidelines support default HE-AAC and optional multichannel audio codecs, SMPTE-TT and CEA-608/708 Read More …
For all the disruptive innovation Apple has unleashed on the markets for devices and software it has not been particularly disruptive to the content markets it has entered. Often just the opposite. By the time Apple introduced the iTunes Music Store the record business was already reeling from the impact of Napster and its progeny. Read More …
CBS has expanded the availability of CBS All Access with the launch the over-the-top subscription service on Roku streaming media devices. The service had previously launched on Android and iOS devices via the CBS App and online at CBS.com via CBS All Access Lands on Roku | Broadcasting & Cable.