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With wafer-thin margins and intense competition, making money in connected-TV device sales has never been tougher. One European device maker has come up with a way to differentiate its product and possibly create a new service revenue stream in the process. European connected-TV device maker Netgem announced Monday a new […]
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The outstanding performance of Roku in Q3 2018 is the subject of our discussion this week. We discuss the numbers, the pivot away from hardware sales, the consumer proposition, ad revenue opportunity, and future challenges. Chapter 1: Roku Q3 2018 results (1:00) Roku performed very well in the third quarter […]
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Pay TV operators lost 900K subscribers in Q3 2018. It looks like pay TV’s loss is Roku gain. The company added another 1.8 active users, with ARPU and minutes streaming increasing too. Another good quarter for Roku Roku added 1.8 million active users in Q3 2018, to reach 23.8 million. […]
Read MoreAn asset swap could help simplify the complicated and somewhat adversarial relationship between Disney and Comcast. Comcast may want out of Disney’s Hulu and Disney may dump its position in Sky acquired through Fox. Would the swap be good or bad for both companies? Chapter 1: Comcast, Sky, Hulu, and […]
Read MoreFreewheel’s new Video Monetization Report shows connected TV is driving growth in premium video consumption, at the expense of PCs and TV VOD. Google cast a long shadow at IBC 2018, but original solutions from Make.TV and Wicket Labs still shone through. Chapter 1: Connected TV usage (1:00) Connected TV […]
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More consumers are adopting smart speakers, smart TVs, and streaming sticks. As penetrations rise, broadcasters and pay TV operators are becoming increasingly comfortable embracing the devices. Here are some of the ways they are beginning to exploit them to improve their services. [You can read a condensed version of this […]
Read MoreMore consumers are adopting smart speakers, smart TVs, and streaming sticks. As penetrations rise, broadcasters and pay TV operators are becoming increasingly comfortable embracing the devices. Here are some of the ways they are beginning to exploit them to improve their services. [This is the condensed version of a longer […]
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It’s been five years since the last major update of the Roku interface. The company has changed radically since then, and the experience hasn’t kept pace. It must change, and soon. Last major interface update supported key challenge The last major update to the Roku interface was five years ago. […]
Read MoreAmazon’s rumored move into free, ad-supported video sounds like a good one. However, getting good content and executing well could be a challenge. Hulu’s ad and subscription revenue is growing strongly but won’t lead to profitability by 2020. Chapter 1: Amazon aiming for TV ad revenue (0:30) The Information reported […]
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The Roku Channel has emerged as the most important product in the company’s arsenal. Roku is expanding the ad-supported channel’s distribution beyond its products and beyond the borders of the US. The Q2 2018 results Q2 2018 saw another strong performance from Roku, with big increases in all the key […]
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