| | | | | #1 FuboTV Introduces Three-Day Lookback Feature | | Sports-oriented virtual MVPD, FuboTV, announced that it has added a Lookback feature that lets subscribers watch sporting events and entertainment programming that aired in the previous three days. | | WHY THIS MATTERS: The new feature, offered on most channels on the fuboTV lineup, is accessible via fuboTVs electronic program guide on desktops and mobile web platforms. The company plans to add the feature to other platforms that are still in beta in the coming months. | 2 TAKES: MCN | Fierce Cable
| | | | #2 Nielsen: TV Screen Still Dominates Adult Viewing | | According Nielsens fourth quarter Comparable Metric Report, despite the growing number of ways people can watch video content, 92% of all viewing by U.S. adults is still done on a TV screen. | | WHY THIS MATTERS: The company reported that adults spent 509 billion minutes viewing on TVs in the quarter and another 63.6 billion viewing on TV-connected devices. Viewing video on PCs accounted for 31.7 billion minutes, smart phone video 10.9 billion and 4.4 billion on tablets, for a combined share of viewing of 7.6%. | 2 TAKES: B&C | TV Week
| | | | #3 AccuWeather Debuts Android TV App | | AccuWeather announced the launch of an app for Android TV, Googles online video and services platform for smart TVs and TV-connected streaming devices. | | WHY THIS MATTERS: AccuWeather said the app for Android TV is powered in part by its patented AccuWeather MinuteCast minute-by-minute forecasts showing precipitation type and intensity for the next two hours. It also shows start and end times of weather events, hyper-localized to a user's exact viewing location. | 2 TAKES: MCN | Android Headlines
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| | | | Five or 10 years from now because TV is changing so rapidly I might not have a late-night TV show, but I might have something that you can get on the Internet I think the linear versus digital thing has got to go away and you have to realize that its all one piece. At a certain point, I dont care how people experience me. Its getting to the point where it doesnt matter to me; I just want people to see the stuff.
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| | | | Analysts Have Questions About Viacoms Deal With Altice USA
By Jon Lafayette, B&C
Viacom on Thursday announced a new deal with Altice USA that covered carriage of Viacoms cable networks and the use of Viacoms Vantage advanced advertising technology to increase the value of both companys advertising inventory. More
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