Executive Views

Cisco Boxes Clever With New STB Technology

LAS VEGAS — Cisco used its visit to the Consumer Electronics Show to talk about new s...

By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Multi-Platform App Enablers Will Be IPTV Winners: Analyst Jackson
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Mindshare’s Johnston: IPTV Heralds Video Opportunity
By Robert Andrews  
Market indicators
Why France leads the IPTV world — but isn’t winning the race
By Robert Andrews  
Analyst Views
Analysts: Apple may have better shot at Apple TV outside the US
By Robert Andrews  
One Dart on Bull’s Eye While Three Darts are Off Target
Company strategy
Coming in 2013 – targeted TV ads
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Second-screen hopefuls hard-pressed to disrupt Hollywood ‘cabal’
By Robert Andrews  
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Funding analysis
After Flipboard and Tumblr, Chernin bets on YouTube video boom
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Most YouTube commissions won’t get a second season
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
In China video wars, giants battle, upstart rides Android to homes
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Russian ‘social TV network’ Videomore expanding as JV like Hulu
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Now China’s big online video beast has all of Hollywood
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Magine aims to be a cloud pay TV service without the box
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

Domino’s aims to eat in to Netflix with its own VOD offering

When is a fast-food company also a streaming film outlet? When it offers customers bo...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
ITV slowly rolling toward paid VOD launch
By Robert Andrews  
Funding analysis
Tvinci raises $4.5 million to pitch its mobile TV platform worldwide
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Can finger-biting Charlie profit from spin-off series?
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
YouTube adds more channels in original content expansion
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Video portal LeTV going to Chinese living rooms through its own TVs
By Robert Andrews  
Sky to create 1,000 jobs
Company strategy
BBC downsizing Red Button broadcast service to move multi-stream online
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
YouTube goes legit in Turkey, bringing more sales and more censorship
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
A tale of two Skys: ‘second screen’ split for News Corp in Europe
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
TV sees itself in a ‘second screen’ primed for popularity
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
New BBC chief vows to re-invent content, not just re-purpose it
By Robert Andrews  
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Industry moves
FT tech chief will re-build BBC’s digital content shop
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Spotify for TV – could it finally be true?
By Robert Andrews  
Funding analysis

Ivi.ru is Hollywood’s route to Russian VOD

Confirmation that Russian video service ivi.ru is taking a $40 million investment sho...

By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Arqiva buys Connect TV to inject IPTV in to Freeview
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Grocers’ digital dreams: Sainsbury’s launching VOD, Tesco ending MP3
By Robert Andrews  
Market indicators
Research: TV’s second screen is for talking, not browsing
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Chinese video leaders Youku and Tudou merge to cut costs
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
UK’s internet video regulator is here to stay
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Netflix chasing down Amazon’s Lovefilm to Scandinavia
By Robert Andrews  
Sky to create 1,000 jobs
Company strategy
VOD liability in flux as UK regulators disagree
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Company strategy
Sony-Disney’s FilmFlex plans new launch amid Netflix challenge
By Robert Andrews  
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Market indicators
BBC’s ‘multi-platform Games’ reveals new appetite for live video, mobile browsing
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
YouTube’s sports plans: Scottish soccer highlights, English next?
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
BBC’s super-served Olympics shows how narrowcast can go large
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
NBC: Nearly half of Olympics streams are from mobile, tablet
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

#NBCFail: spoilers feed prime time, ‘silent majority’ happy, NBC says

Record-breaking Olympics audiences across all NBC platforms suggests “the silent majo...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
BSkyB will spend £30 million cutting its own cord through Now TV
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
YouView is finally on sale: 7 reasons why it may fail
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Netflix is already a huge threat to Amazon’s Lovefilm
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Amazon’s new London development house points to global content roll-out
By Robert Andrews  
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Interviews
Interview: Now TV boss goes ‘lean’ to re-package Sky online
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
‘Now TV’ could be BSkyB’s low-risk revolution in IPTV
By Robert Andrews  
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Funding analysis
Network Ten takes a stake in Zeebox Down Under
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Eric’s Google TV target – on the blink
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
WhoView? UK’s big IPTV project finally nears, facing challenges
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
BBC may redefine commercial online efforts
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Netflix gives itself a year to out-bid Sky for top UK movies
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Cable networks blocking BBC’s U.S. iPlayer aims
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

Mobile cloud DVR app BooxTV snapped up by Finnish telco

The idea of third-party services that allow online TV recording may have proved contr...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
YouView racing to be in homes for Olympics
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Premier League’s technology-neutral soccer auction: how online rights shake out
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Pinterest investor Rakuten buys its way in to European VOD
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Dailymotion buy-out could boost Orange’s IPTV efforts
By Robert Andrews  
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Market indicators
Research: Olympics online viewing may be low
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
BSkyB can thank internet TV rivals for escaping anti-trust charge
By Robert Andrews  
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Interviews
Interview: BBC’s Olympics will deliver an ‘online legacy’
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Company strategy
Video reveal: BBC super-sizing “the first truly digital Olympics”
By Robert Andrews  
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M&A analysis
Apple TV rumor mill makes millions as iTV ‘confirmed’
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
BBC’s Rivera wants to make 2012 digital’s Coronation
By Robert Andrews  
Sky to create 1,000 jobs
M&A analysis
BSkyB buys Acetrax to be its connected TV Trojan Horse
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
China video wars: rivals unite to gobble growth
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

Netflix plans further Euro expansion in Q4

Netflix has vowed to re-animate its on-hold global ambitions by launching further int...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Can delayed sport boost BBC’s premium VOD ambitions?
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
BBC bows sport TV app ahead of Olympics
By Robert Andrews  
Conference reports
BSkyB’s Internet TV Service Will Have A New Brand – ‘Now TV’
By Robert Andrews  
Insights
Video: The Future Of The Remote Control In The Age Of Internet TV
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
BBC Overcomes Xbox Hurdles To Launch iPlayer With Kinect Control
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
All3Media Bypassing Broadcasters, Aggregators On Connected TV Screens
By Robert Andrews  
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M&A analysis
Cisco Wants To Buy News Corp’s TV Software Maker NDS For $5 Billion
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
How Netflix’s Hastings Could Get BSkyB Off An Anti-Trust Charge
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
For Connected TV, The New Last Mile Is Dining Room To Living Room
By Robert Andrews  
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Funding analysis
Roku Needs To Raise $50 Million To Go Global
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Second Screen Must Find Its Own Voice To Redefine TV
By Robert Andrews  
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Conference reports
Sky’s Internet TV Service Could Offer Pay-As-You-Go Shows
By Robert Andrews  
Earnings analysis

ITV Has Turned Around Online Fortunes With VOD, Next Comes New News Site

UK commercial TV leader ITV (LSE: ITV) will launch a bold new news website this sprin...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Social TV Startup Zeebox Seeks Impact With TV Campaign
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Virgin Media Slow To Build A Revolution On TiVo
By Robert Andrews  
Earnings analysis
BT Overhauling Vision As It Maintains Summer YouView Launch Forecast
By Robert Andrews  
Earnings analysis
As Sky Growth Slows, Can Internet Defend It From Downturn And New Rivals?
By Robert Andrews  
Sky to create 1,000 jobs
Company strategy
Sky Will De-Couple Pay-TV Content From Satellite For IPTV Era
By Robert Andrews  
Sky to create 1,000 jobs
Company strategy
Sky Adding Broadcaster-Branded VOD Services From BBC And ITV
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Netflix Sees Overseas Losses Doubling To $118 Million This Quarter
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Administrators Seeking Buyers For IP Vision
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Lovefilm Adding ABC TV Show Archive In UK Netflix Fight
By Robert Andrews  
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Interviews
Interview Part 2: Netflix’s Hastings Hurt By Criticism But Over Transition
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Netflix Has Launched In UK, Price War With Amazon’s Lovefilm
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Company strategy
Connected TV: BBC News On Sony, Absolute On Samsung, PlayJam Adds Games
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

Connected TV: BBC News On Sony, Absolute On Samsung, PlayJam Adds Games

Content owners are upping their roll-out on to connected TVs, which represent a great...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Premier League Rights: Google And Apple Unlikely To Bid
By Robert Andrews  
Analyst Views
Apple Wants To Offer Subscription TV Packages, Analyst Says
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
What’s Coming In 2012: Internet TVs Out-Box The Boxes
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
TV Traction: BBC Gets Comcast Leap, Al Jazeera Relies On Online
By Robert Andrews  
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Conference reports
Schmidt Reckons Most TVs Will Have Google TV By Mid-2012
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
BSkyB Could Be Forced To Host On-Demand Movie Rivals
By Robert Andrews  
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Conference reports
Forget Smart TV, Is ‘Dumb TV’ The Next Big Thing?
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Fetch TV Appifies Its Box To Take Premium VOD OTT
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Slideshow: The Future Of Movies According To Blinkbox And Tesco
By Robert Andrews  
Tesco, Blinkbox Marry DVD, Online Movies Ahead Of Ultraviolet
Company strategy
Tesco, Blinkbox Marry DVD, Online Movies Ahead Of Ultraviolet
By Robert Andrews  
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Interviews
Interview: FilmFlex CEO To Netflix: Bring It On!
By Robert Andrews  
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Funding analysis
Netflix’s Global Funding Makes Sense — If It Can Rescue Domestic
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

TV Catchup Gets Court Victories, But Europe Will Have Final Say

In the copyright case brought by UK broadcasters against the TV Catchup restreaming s...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Netflix Will Rely On Rival Amazon’s Cloud For Years To Come
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Roku Aims To Launch In UK And Canada In 2012
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
BBC Forced To Syndicate Some VOD; Opportunity For Aggregators
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Video Ads Landgrab: Adconion, Blinkx Buy Smartclip, PVMG
By Robert Andrews  
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Earnings analysis
Perform Group Eyes More Acquisitions With On-Track Business Growth
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Anthony Rose’s Social TV Startup Zeebox Is Now Live
By Robert Andrews  
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