- Netflix Gets Eleven-level Powers For 'Stranger Things 2' Boost
The MediaPost Cases, Nina Lentini - Monday, November 19, 2018
When Netflix tasked MediaHub with growing viewership and social conversation for Season 2, they needed Eleven-level powers to make an even greater impact than its initial breakout success. ...
- Discovery's Leever Promoted To President, Digital Products
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 4, 2018
Karen Leever, executive vice president-general manager of digital media at Discovery, will continue to oversee the company's 18 TV Everywhere GO apps. ...
- TV Marketers Must Address Distracted Consumers
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 5, 2018
My father has media distraction, and then some. Does this remind you of anyone? Younger people do get distracted as well. ...
- Verizon Sets 5G Home Internet Launch, With Free YouTube TV, Apple TV 4K
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, August 15, 2018
As phone makers start to look at launching 5G phones, Verizon just announced that it will launch residential 5G in four markets (Houston, Los Angeles, Sacramento and Indianapolis) this year. ...
- MobiTV Preps 'MobiTV Connect' To Boost Streaming Of Pay TV
Digital News Daily, Alex Weprin - Monday, June 18, 2018
MobiTV says it has secured hosted streaming delivery rights for more than 210 channels, including those from NBCUniversal, Viacom, Disney, Fox, AMC Networks, C-SPAN, Weather Channel and others. ...
- Comcast Extends Smart Home Control To Android Wear Watches
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, April 10, 2018
During CES in January, Comcast Xfinity announced an expansion of its home automation across the entire Xfinity portfolio, which includes its voice remote, home security and Xfinity mobile. At the ...
- New Voice Assistants At CES: LG TV Remote, GE Lights, Nuance AI Link
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, January 3, 2018
At CES last year, voice was a big deal. Primarily, companies were introducing ways that their product or service could be activated or interacted with through Amazon's digital assistant Alexa. ...
- Smart TVs Join The In-Home Digital Voice Race
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, December 26, 2017
While voice control of in-home smart devices continues to grow, consumers are going to be faced with even more choices in which devices they talk to for which thing. Consumers ...
- Is Streaming Cord-Sharing Next?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 21, 2017
Pay TV companies are increasingly worried about password sharing when it comes to streaming apps and platforms of TV networks and other services. ...
- NBC Will Stream 1,800+ Hours Of 2018 Winter Olympics
Digital News Daily, Alex Weprin - Thursday, November 16, 2017
The live streaming feeds may especially come in handy for the 2018 games, given the 14-hour time difference between the U.S. East Coast and South Korea. ...
- TV Everywhere Becomes Real
Media Insider, Steven Rosenbaum - Monday, November 6, 2017
Back when I heard about the first Video Everywhere Summit from my friend Barry Frey, the executive director of the Digital-Place-Based Advertising Association, who organized the event -- I couldn't ...
- TV Networks Need To Be On Every Platform
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 24, 2017
TV networks need to be in the digital space, with as many variations as possible. More importantly, they need to be everywhere without knowing what specific platform might command the ...
- Are Viewers Warming To Streaming Sports?
Video Insider, Alex Weprin - Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Live sports, long the linchpin for the traditional television bundle, appear to be finally finding significant viewership online, if early data from this year's Major League Baseball playoffs and Amazon's ...
- Consumers Moving To Watching TV On VR Headsets
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Television viewing is coming to virtual reality. While VR headsets have been most notably used for gaming, many consumers around the world expect to use VR for TV and video ...
- Roku Readying IPO At $1B Valuation
Around The Net In Television, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, July 14, 2017
Roku is reportedly readying its public offering. As such, “The Los Gatos, Calif., company recently hired Morgan Stanley, Citigroup Inc. and Allen & Co. as underwriters on the IPO,” The ...
- TV In 2027: Everywhere, Granularly Focused
Television News Daily, John DeFilippis - Tuesday, July 11, 2017
With consumer behavior changing, new technology, and new entrants in the TV industry, it's more difficult now than ever before to define the term "TV." This shifting definition also makes ...
- Controlling Connected Home Entertainment Devices Still Old School
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Monday, June 26, 2017
It typically takes quite a long time for a specific technological change to be full adopted by the masses. For example, it was some time before most people in the ...
- Tracy Swedlow And The Future Of Television
Television News Daily, Charlene Weisler - Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Here is what's on tap for this year's TV of Tomorrow event, as detailed by conference founder Tracy Swedlow. ...
- The Reinvention Of TV
Online Spin, Maarten Albarda - Monday, May 22, 2017
We are just coming out of the annual ritual that is the TV upfronts. The news seems to be that ratings are down, prices are up and commitments to buy ...
- CW Unveils New 'Dynasty,' Pitches Appeal To Young Viewers
Television News Daily, Adam Buckman - Thursday, May 18, 2017
The network announced it will move a number of its current shows to new time periods, part of a significant revamp of its 10-hour prime-time slate. At the upfront, management ...
- News Roundup: Pay TV Still Thrives, comScore To Measure OTT Viewing
TV Everywhere, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 19, 2017
Here's a round-up of recent news in the TV Everywhere space, culled from previous editions of Television News Daily: ...
- Facebook TV Confirms Data and Content Are Like Peas And Carrots
Online Spin, Cory Treffiletti - Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Some say content is king. Some say data is king. I think it's a duopoly, not a monarchy, and recent moves from Facebook and other Web giants just may be ...
- Do We Still Need An Upfront?
TV Everywhere, Steve Sternberg - Wednesday, May 10, 2017
The broadcast networks are the driving force in maintaining the upfront, and are the main beneficiaries. The upfront system creates an artificial supply and demand, which enables broadcast networks to ...
- 'The Handmaid's Tale': The Fruit of Hulu
Mad Blog, Barbara Lippert - Friday, May 5, 2017
"The Handmaid's Tale," a phenomenal drama now streaming on Hulu.com, looks to be the service's breakout hit, just as "Mad Men" put AMC on the map lo those many years ...
- Pre-Upfront: Things That Matter, Things That Don't
TV Everywhere, Steve Sternberg - Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Live viewing matters -- and so does cross-promotion. Pre-season buzz for a show doesn't. ...
- Bill O'Reilly's Ratings: Not As Strong As You Might Think
TV Everywhere, Steve Sternberg - Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Recent headlines exclaiming "Cable News Ratings Soar," about how there were 72.5 billion minutes of news consumption in 2016, made me cringe. Any time you start talking about billions of ...
- Demographics, Entertainment Choices Push TV Everywhere
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Younger digital media platforms for traditional TV programming have been seen as offering a good trend for TV networks. Still, one should also consider entertainment consumers purchasing power. ...
- TV Everywhere Via OTT Devices Rises
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 24, 2017
While mobile viewing of TVE content is dropping, viewing on TV-connected devices -- set-top-box devices like Apple TV , Roku, and Chromecast -- has climbed among viewers of TV Everywhere ...
- 60% Of U.S. Broadband Homes Have An Internet-Connected TV Device
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Thursday, April 20, 2017
Consumers may be connecting various smart devices and appliances in their homes, but it's nothing compared to the number of Internet-connected TV devices. The majority (60%) of broadband homes now ...
- Will NFL Ratings Rise Again?
TV Everywhere, Steve Sternberg - Wednesday, April 19, 2017
As the NFL draft approaches, I thought I'd add my own two cents to the discussion of football ratings. Despite some ratings declines this past season, NFL football remains by ...
