| Today's Top 10 Stories | | #1 | | Comcast To Add Netflix To X1 | | | | According to reports, Comcast will soon begin offering direct access to Netflix to subscribers on its X1 set-top platform.
Why This Matters: Netflix is eager to secure deals like this with cable operators. Comcast has previously refused to enable access to third-party subscription streaming and over-the-top video services such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video, citing conflict of interest with its own streaming platforms and pay-TV ecosystem.
5 Takes: Re/code | MCN | WSJ | THR | Deadline |
| | #2 | | Netflix Signs Exclusive Deal for CW Content | | | | Netflix has signed a new multi-year output pact with CW, which will give the streaming giant exclusive access to CWs scripted series, eight days after each programs season finale, starting with shows that air in the 2016-17 season.
Why This Matters: In the past, a season of episodes would be made available to the streaming service a year after the season debuted.
5 Takes: B&C | L.A. Times | Engadget | THR | Variety |
| | #3 | | ITU Announces HDR-TV Standard | | | | The ITU announced a new standard for High Dynamic Range television designed to enhance the quality of imaging for HD, 4K, 8K and even virtual reality.
Why This Matters: The ITU said that the new ITU-R HDR-TV Recommendation BT.2100 standard represents a major advance in television broadcasting. HDR brings an incredible feeling of realism.
4 Takes: TVT | CED | Advanced Television | DTVE |
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| | THE CHATTER |  | Ultimately, were not trying to create the same movie that youll see in the theater on a 2D or 3D screen in VR shot-for-shot. What were looking to accomplish is, in the example of where there is an existing or upcoming movie, that movie has a world and that world allows us to create a distinctly unique narrative thats customized for the VR experience.
Jake Zim, SVP of Virtual Reality for Sony Pictures |
| | Blog Post of The Day | Analyst Downgrades Netflix After Brexit
By Jon Lafayette, B&C
In a research note Tuesday, analyst Laura Martin of Needham & Co. lowered her rating for Netflix as well as her earnings estimates for the second half of the year for the streaming video giant, because Brexit adds fundamental risks that decelerating GDP growth in the U.K. and E.U over the next 12-24 months will accelerate churn of Netflix subscribers (cancelable at any time), or slow subscriber growth. More |
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