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Viewers of OTT video streaming services are now more concerned about the quality of experience (QoE) they receive than how much content they can access.That’s according to Conviva, which runs a real-time ‘big data’ processing platform that diagnoses and optimises video quality for media companies and online service providers in 180 countries around the world. Read More …
The chairman of Liberty Media, which is Charter Communication’s biggest shareholder, said Tuesday that TV Everywhere — the cable industry’s answer to Netflix — is a flop. “TV Everywhere is TV Nowhere,” he said at Liberty’s shareholder meeting. Source: John Malone blasts cable’s answer to Netflix | New York Post
Here’s some data that contradicts conventional wisdom: in a new survey from Clearleap, 67% of pay-TV subscribers said sports are not the reason they maintain a subscription, citing viewership of programs on other TV networks instead. Even sports fans didn’t express a lot of enthusiasm for sports as justifying the multichannel bundle, with almost half Read More …
Apple won’t be announcing its much-anticipated subscription TV service next week at its Worldwide Developer Conference, according to several people with knowledge of the situation. The Cupertino technology company has told network executives the planned unveiling will be postponed because Apple has yet to finalize the licensing deals. Source: Apple Subscription TV Service Won’t Be Read More …
People are spending more time consuming media but despite a rise in multitasking, usage of traditional media, including television, is falling, according to a new report from media buyer ZenithOptimedia. Source: TV Viewing Dropping As Digital Use Rises | Broadcasting & Cable