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The Reasons Why Comcast And Netflix Have Become Friends

Tim Mulligan

6 Jul 2016

Yesterday’s report on Recode about Comcast agreeing to have the Netflix app available in its X1 platform is the latest twist in a complicated relationship. After years of scoring points off each other...

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Has Apple Woken Up To The Power Of Bundled TV?

Tim Mulligan

14 Jun 2016

Yesterday’s announcement at Apple’s WWDC event that it was partnering with Sling TV (the Dish Network’s online pay –TV subscription service) to be the first media streaming device to feature the...

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Mission Selfie And The Redefining Of Video Production

Tim Mulligan

6 Jun 2016

short form video

A London-based start up called the Narrative has just the finished production of a 5 episode short form video series for BBC Worldwide called Mission Selfie. This is the first short form video series commissioned...

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Is A New Pay TV Giant Enough To Save An Industry Under Attack From Online Video?

Tim Mulligan

19 May 2016

Finally, the seventh largest US pay-TV Operator Charter has completed its protracted takeover of rivals Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. This catapults Charter towards the top ranking of the...

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YouTube’s New Instant Messaging Feature

Karol Severin

16 May 2016

consumer behavior

Last week Wired reported that YouTube introduced a messaging feature to a small group of users, allowing them to send instant messages and share videos within YouTube’s mobile app. Though YouTube is...

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Chelsea: The First Global Talk Show & Netflix’s Pivot To The Mainstream

Tim Mulligan

11 May 2016

Media and Marketing

Today, Netflix launches its new thrice-weekly talk show simply entitled “Chelsea” after its host Chelsea Handler. In doing so, Netflix is going after those mainstream broadcast TV viewers who see online...

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Viacom, Dish Networks And The Content Carriage Squeeze

Tim Mulligan

26 Apr 2016

The last minute renewal of the carriage agreement between TV Network giant Viacom and Dish Networks, the third biggest pay TV operator in the US, revealed just how much the balance of power is shifting...

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Why Social Media Needs Video

Tim Mulligan

15 Apr 2016

facebook. twitter

Last week saw headline grabbing announcements from the two big “traditional” players in social media - Facebook and Twitter. Facebook’s announcement that it was going to widen its live broadcasting...

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Why YouTube Is Getting Into Live Streaming

Tim Mulligan

24 Mar 2016

Yesterday the news broke on VentureBeat that YouTube has been secretly building a new app for live streaming video. This places the world’s largest video platform into direct competition with Facebook...

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Sports Content Comes To Basic Sky Subscription Packages

Tim Mulligan

18 Mar 2016

Today Sky announced that it is making a selection of sports content available to basic package subscribers. A new channel called Sky Sports Mix launching this summer will bring a range of sports content...

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Sky Gets Serious About Virtual Reality

Tim Mulligan

17 Mar 2016

0th Century Fox

Today Sky announced that it has created an in-house unit dedicated to Virtual Reality (VR) content production called Sky VR Studio. This underlines the importance with which Europe’s largest pay-TV company...

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The Imminent Launch Of Comic-Con HQ Highlights The Trend Towards Online Video Fragmentation

Tim Mulligan

17 Mar 2016

digital natives

On March 14th, Comic-Con and Lionsgate jointly announced the imminent launch of Comic-Con HQ a new SVOD (Subscription Video On Demand) service. The new platform will allow Beta access on the 7th of May...

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The Chinese Online Video Landscape Is About To Change

Tim Mulligan

15 Mar 2016

Last Friday, Baidu, the Chinese tech group mainly known for its leading search engine in the Chinese market, announced that it was effectively spinning off Qiyi (recently rebranded to the domestic market...

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Vertical Video Will Rule On The Smartphone - Embrace It

Karol Severin

4 Mar 2016

One of the key changes stemming from the evolution of desk/laptop content consumption to smartphones is that the native operational mode of the latter is vertical. The only reason to turn it sideways is...

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Netflix’s Global Learning Curve

Tim Mulligan

29 Feb 2016

Last Wednesday at the MMIX stream of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Scott Mirer, VP of the device partner ecosystem at Netflix gave a keynote speech where he shared newly acquired insights into global...

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Google And The Battle For The TV Set

Tim Mulligan

2 Feb 2016

The Future of TV Coalition , a coalition of US Pay-TV companies whose 47 members include Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications and Dish Network has reacted strongly to Google’s latest attempt...

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Why Netflix and Amazon Are Outbidding The Competition For The Best Of Sundance

Tim Mulligan

27 Jan 2016

manchester by the sea

Amid the cold wintery weather of Utah, something extraordinary is happening, and it is not just the annual Sundance Film Festival currently being held in the scenic location of Park City. For the world’s...

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Why Spotify Is Getting Into Video

Tim Mulligan

26 Jan 2016

short form video

This week looks set to herald the launch of video content on Spotify’s Android app with a video enabling update coming to the service’s iOS app coming later. Initially the video viewing functionality...

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Is Apple Poised To Disrupt The Pay-TV Industry By Buying HBO?

Tim Mulligan

14 Jan 2016

As opportunities go, it doesn’t get much bigger than this: the opportunity to buy the most lucrative content creator in video. Rumours are running around that ( click here to see the Market Watch Article...

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Why Virtual Reality Will Not Break Through To The Mainstream in 2016

Tim Mulligan

13 Jan 2016

The premier of Fox Home Entertainment’s second VR (Virtual Reality) content offering was received with much excitement at CES last week. 21st Century Fox’s blockbuster science fiction smash hit The...

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