| | | | | #1 Comcast To Expand Streaming Service | | Comcast is planning to roll out an IPTV streaming video service across its footprint targeting broadband subscribers who do not want to pay for a traditional cable package. Xfinity Instant TV is expected to be available in the third quarter to more than 50 million homes within Comcast's footprint. | | WHY THIS MATTERS: The app-based service will be priced from $15-40 a month. It will include major broadcast networks as well as sports channels like ESPN and Spanish language channels such as Telemundo and Univision. | 5 TAKES: MCN | Reuters | Variety | CNBC | Fierce Cable
| | | | #2 Dreams Debuts TV Platform for Smartphones | | Dreams, a Brooklyn-based startup, has launched a TV network/app tailored for for Android and iOS smartphones that features a swipe-based interface along with content that has been converted or developed natively to fit the vertical viewing format. | | WHY THIS MATTERS: The idea is to offer a free, ad-supported service that starts to feed video once the app is open, without logins or any added friction, and to deliver an experience that’s as simple as turning on a traditional TV. | THE TAKE: MCN
| | | | #3 Imax and Warner Bros. Form VR Production Pact | | Warner Bros. and Imax have signed a co-financing and production agreement that will create three interactive VR experiences based on upcoming Warner Bros. releases, including Justice League and Aquaman, and a third, yet-to-be announced, project. | | WHY THIS MATTERS: For Imax, the push into virtual reality represents a chance to diversify its business. As studios look for fresh revenue streams, virtual reality may prove to be an easier means of making money with exhibition than any controversial premium VOD window. | 3 TAKES: Variety | THR | Deadline
|
|
|
| | | | “We (use) all of the information we have: what people watch, when they watch, how much do they watch, what time of day, on what device, what they watch (before or after) and on what profile. Some of that data is junk, some of it is gold and we figure out how to leverage that data to put the right content in front of the right people at the right time.”
– Todd Yellin, Netflix VP of Product Innovation
|
|
|
|
| | | | Broadband ISPs’ Big Data Privacy Grab
By Jeff Chester, MCN (Guest Blog)
Congress and President Donald Trump are poised to kill the first real protections for commercial privacy that Americans have online. On March 23, phone and cable giants allied with the GOP Senate majority to overturn the historic consumer-data safeguards adopted last fall by the Federal Communications Commission. More»
|
|
|
|
| |
| Technology Leadership Awards
April 24, 2017 | Westgate Resort & Casino | Las Vegas, NV
Learn More
VIDWeek
June 12-16, 2017
Learn More
The Programmatic Summit
June 12-13 | The Stewart Hotel, NYC
Learn More
Next TV Summit
June 14, 2017 | The Stewart Hotel, NYC
Learn More
Emerging Video Technologies
June 15, 2017 | Convene Conference Center, NYC
Learn More
Next Wave Of Leaders
June 16, 2017 | The Stewart Hotel, NYC
Learn More
The Digital Media Tech Leadership Summit
June 20-21, 2017 | Tampa Airport Marriott, FL
Learn More
| | more events » |
|
|
|
|
|
|
