Media +Technology Intelligence
In a far-reaching analysis of Netflix’s current and almost certain future success, Futuresource is predicting that the SVOD juggernaut will roll on to a business with 80 million subscribers by the end of 2016. Source: Futuresource: Netflix to rack up 80MN subs by end of 2016 | VOD | News | Rapid TV News
While traditional TV content increasingly migrates away from the TV itself, onto mobile devices and screens, the TV screen is increasingly being commandeered by those same mobile devices for the display of content that originates elsewhere. Read More …
Google may have found a way to combine linear television and VOD. During the first day of the Google I/O keynote on May 28, Android development leads announced the introduction of the Android TV “Channels” feature — a bid to create a hybrid model of online content and traditional TV. Source: Android TV ‘Channels’ will align Read More …
In a note out this morning, Justin Post and his team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch say that YouTube, which is owned by Google, is worth more than $70 billion on its own. Source: A Bank of America Analysis Says YouTube is Worth More than 85 Percent of Companies in the S&P 500 – Bloomberg Business
Chromecast (and Cast-enabled devices, including the Nexus Player and the Nvidia Shield) is about to get more powerful, thanks to a handful of new features announced at I/O this year. These new abilities turn the streamer into a much more robust media device, making it easy to see how Cast could underpin the home theater Read More …