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MoffettNathasan gave a very positive review of the diminished losses of pay TV subs in the second quarter of 2014. The company thought this an indication that cord cutting was not a problem, though Craig Moffett sounded a note of caution about “affordability” of the service. Examining the Q2 earnings of Disney, […]
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The San Jose Mercury News says that US families are 6% worse of today than at the end of the recession in 2009. The typical family earns $52,959 a year, down $3303 when corrected for inflation. Where has the typical family trimmed their budget? Certainly not from pay television. At […]
Read MoreMicrosoft announced it would be shuttering Xbox Entertainment Studios, run by Nancy Tellem. This, of course, means the end of Xbox Originals. I discuss why this might not be such a good idea. Aereo seems to be stuck between a rock and hard place at the moment. The Supreme Court […]
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The fortunes of both old and new media delivery are on display in Nielsen’s new Cross-Platform Report for Q1 2014. However, it is not a simple matter of out with the old in with the new. One media format which most assuredly is in decline is physical video disks. Though […]
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The revelation by consulting firm CG42 that over half of cable customers are frustrated with their provider is certainly nothing new. However, the reminder that $76 billion in revenue is at stake is particularly timely given that half of US homes now have another option. CG42 fielded a survey of 3,048 […]
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Executives from Crackle and HuffPost Live displayed very different approaches to the market in their key note presentations at BroadbandTVCon this week. One is looking to capture the interest of those steeped in the traditional television consumption model, while the other seeks out the digital natives. In his presentation TV […]
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nScreenMedia released a new free report – View My Video – which reveals that 84% of cord cutters are happy with their decision to leave the pay-TV fold. I give a lot more color on the cord cutter data, including what people miss about pay-TV. Will and I also discuss […]
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