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28 Jan

Posted at 16:04h in Blog, D2C News

Dissecting Disney’s closed, and AT&T’s more open, OTT content strategies  [caption id="attachment_6348" align="alignleft" width="200"] Michael Nathanson | Moffett Nathanson[/caption] January 28, 2019 | 2018 will go down as the year in which some of the largest traditional media companies started to show their cards vis-a-vis their over-the-top (OTT) distribution strategies. With three large-scale mergers (AT&T-TWX, Disney-Fox, and Comcast-Sky) either complete or nearing completion,...

28 Jan

Posted at 11:11h in Blog, D2C News

Above: Even with a steep drop in new platform launches since 2015, relatively few have shut down.   Specialty players continue to grow in a landscape of fewer launches, more major media company activity January 28, 2019 | The “Big Three” U.S. SVOD players – Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video – receive a lot of media attention for their original runaway hits (The...

03 Dec

Posted at 10:18h in Blog

Chart Source: NPD Connected Intelligence, TV Ownership Trends Report   4K ULTRA HD Is Shortening Consumers' TV Replacement Cycle December 3, 2018 | Consumers are increasingly migrating to the biggest and best when buying a new TV, especially when it’s for the primary viewing room – the living room. It all comes down to the factors that drive the decision to replace an existing...

18 Nov

Posted at 11:56h in Blog

Falling device prices, wider availability of phyiscal and digital content pushes 4K UHD adoption solidly into 'early majority'   By Marcy Magiera | Editor, DEG Long before the Thanksgiving turkeys are hauled home, its seems Americans' minds turn to holiday shopping. For weeks, winter holiday decorations have been popping up in malls and headlines have been written about retailers' plans surrounding Black Friday...

09 Nov

Posted at 07:16h in Blog

Photo: Charlie Chang   "It’s fantastic for the filmmaker to have a physical media that eliminates the variabilities, the compression and so forth. That’s sort of the gold standard that streaming is going to have to reach." Warner Bros.' Ron Sanders on November 6 presented Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Christopher Nolan with the inaugural DEG Vanguard Award during the 4K Ultra HD Summit at...

05 Sep

Posted at 19:36h in Blog

A Look at What Motivates Consumers to Spend Money on Video Content September 5, 2018 | While broadcast television and the internet offer a wealth of free-to-watch movies, shows and video clips, U.S. consumers aren’t ready to settle if they don’t find something they’re truly interested in. And that means they’re freely opening their wallets for streaming and downloadable content, to subscribe...

13 Aug

Posted at 07:00h in Blog

THREE PREDICTIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF CONTENT PAYMENTS August 13, 2018 | For five years, I’ve been a sort of “honeybee” in the world of payments for content owners and rights holders in television, film, video games, sports and elsewhere. It’s been fun and illuminating to flit from company to company to work on payment terms and related issues with more...

06 Aug

Posted at 07:15h in Blog

Early Adopters Customize IoT to Suit their Needs August 6, 2018 | Technology is playing a crucial role in how consumers are evolving. As technology advances, consumers are continuing to change how they integrate and adopt the resulting advancements. Staying relevant requires being informed and responsive to consumers' behavior, preferences, expectations and aspirations. [caption id="attachment_5042" align="alignleft" width="200"] Vicki Lins | CTAM[/caption] With that in...

30 Jul

Posted at 06:31h in Blog

  July 30, 2018 |  Change is inevitable, and nowhere is that more so than in video games, where transformation can happen in the blink of an eye, thanks to the velocity inherent in digital media. For the ninth year in a row, Nielsen has conducted extensive research into how Americans feel about—and consume—gaming. According to the 2018 Nielsen Games 360 Report, the...

23 Jul

Posted at 08:00h in Blog

    July 23, 2018 | comScore's new State of OTT report paints a picture of OTT Streaming as a longtail situation, with a few high-reach apps and many low-reach services.  Of the roughly 70 OTT services tracked by comScore, more than 1/3 reach less than 1% of OTT Streaming Households – in absolute numbers, fewer than 600K households using the service....