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Sharper screens, multicast, and phablets set the stage for the year ahead. As consumers watch more on mobile devices, how many subscriptions will they pay for? From new delivery technology to higher-resolution screens, the world of mobile video delivery changed forever in 2014. In the process, companies such as Apple and Samsung have left us […]

Apple Inc. is in talks with U.S. media companies to offer a slimmed-down bundle of channels this fall as part of an online streaming TV service, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The service would have about 25 channels, anchored by broadcasters such as ABC, CBS and Fox, and be […]

Nearly one in 10 anglophone Canadians say they no longer watch any TV shows the old-fashioned way and only stream or download content online, according to a new study. In a telephone poll with 4,002 Canadians conducted late last year on behalf of the Media Technology Monitor, nine per cent of the respondents said they […]

U.S. television viewership declined by 12 per cent in January compared to the same month a year earlier, the eighth consecutive double-digit drop, according to new data from ratings firm Nielsen. The main reason for the drop-off is that viewers are switching to streaming video services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Video, say analysts Anthony […]

To encourage innovative ways of presenting content and the creation of compelling content for digital media, including Internet and mobile video services, the CRTC allows companies to provide exclusive content to their subscribers, as long as it is not created mainly for traditional television. On March 16, 2015 the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) […]

In its latest quarterly report on the pay TV industry and online viewing, Digitalsmiths finds that large channel lineups can be a liability. The pay TV industry still faces serious hurdles in serving and satisfying online viewers, video metadata specialist Digitalsmiths finds in its just-released Q4 2014 Video Trends Report. Looking primarily at the online […]

Canada’s public broadcaster says it can no longer afford to offer its television programming for free over the air as its advertising revenue deteriorates, and it wants cable and satellite companies to start paying for its signals. Source: The Globe and Mail, originally published Friday, Sep. 12 2014

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Vancouver digital film distributor Reelhouse has just unveiled a suite of new features for its platform, including flexible payment systems, improved product bundling, greater content control, and discount offers to special audience groups. In conversation with Cantech Letter, Reelhouse founder and CEO William Mainguy said, “We’re building our features to appeal to the majority of […]

In 2011, the Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) undertook a study entitled Content Everywhere: Mapping the Digital Future for the Canadian Production Industry. The study focused on the US digital content industry and specifically, on changing and alternative outlets and models for financing and distributing content. In just under four years, the digital media environment […]

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Previously published on January 15, 2014 There is growing evidence that online SVOD (subscription video-on-demand) services are not eroding Pay TV subscriptions and may in fact be complementary to Pay TV in many homes (read story). Now Deloitte, the consulting firm, has predicted that between 1 million and 1.5 million homes in the UK will […]

As network and device requirements become more complicated, we cannot continue to build video services the way we did in the past. Instead virtualization, using shared processing and memory capability with orchestration, will enable operators to manage capacity more efficiently and make it easier to launch new services and applications. That is the view of […]

The term, “ultraviolet authorized reseller” returns zero relevant search results on yahoo and three on google: http://www.uvdemystified.com/uvfaq.html https://www.uvvu.com/en/fr/where-to-get http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UltraViolet_%28system%29 The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem,[2] an alliance of 85 companies that includes film studios, retailers, consumer electronics manufacturers, cable TV companies, ISPs, network hosting vendors, and other Internet systems and security vendors, with the notable exceptions […]

Sept-Oct 2011 By Adrian Pennington Hollywood majors are embracing digital to a greater degree than ever before, moving towards an on-demand world to allow streaming, day and date released with a DVD release across a host of devices from PC, tablets and smart TVs, to game consoles. Unfortunately for studios, the revenue from VoD has […]

March 2, 2015 The television industry should learn the lessons of the ‘digital’ advertising industry and make sure that it applies programmatic technology to the execution of campaigns, like which advertisement is served where and to whom, and not to the trading process, meaning the media transactions that determine who gets the right to advertise […]