by Michael Grotticelli February 8th, 2012
More than 60 percent of the 2 billion-plus hours of video content streamed by Netflix in the last quarter of 2011 was originally made for television.
Netflix was launched in 1997 with a single purpose: to replace the home video store. Now with almost 25 million subscribers in the United States and a revenue of $3.2 billion last year, the service is moving beyond feature films.
The “Los Angeles Times” reported this week that when Netflix began more than 80 percent of the discs shipped were feature films. Now, the newspaper reports, more than 60 percent of the 2 billion-plus hours of video content streamed by Netflix in the last quarter of 2011 was originally made for television. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: content, Netflix, Programming, television, VOD
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by Michael Grotticelli January 5th, 2012
Looking to circumvent television networks that refuse to license their content, embattled content provider FilmOn
FilmOn AIR is an ATSC-compatible digital antenna dongle that plugs into mobile devices and displays “over-the-air” digital signals from the major networks and local broadcasters.
(http://www.filmon.com/) has announced an ATSC-compatible digital antenna dongle that plugs into mobile devices and displays “over-the-air” digital signals from the major networks and local broadcasters. The receiving device, called FilmOn AIR, will be available in February.
The plug-in device is free with every $150 annual U.S.-based subscription to FilmOn’s Internet service. Sold separately for $95.95, it enables watching and recording of free-to-air shows on Apple’s iOS for iPad and iPhone, Google’s Android, Macs and PCs. A built-in five-hour battery with pass-through charging is included.
Looking to circumvent television networks that refuse to license their content, embattled content provider FilmOn (http://www.filmon.com/) has announced an ATSC-compatible digital antenna dongle that plugs into mobile devices and displays “over-the-air” digital signals from the major networks and local broadcasters. The receiving device, called FilmOn AIR, will be available in February.
The plug-in device is free with every $150 annual U.S.-based subscription to FilmOn’s Internet service. Sold separately for $95.95, it enables watching and recording of free-to-air shows on Apple’s iOS for iPad and iPhone, Google’s Android, Macs and PCs. A built-in five-hour battery with pass-through charging is included.
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Tags: dongle, FilmOn, FilmOn AIR, licensed content, mobile TV, networks, reception, streaming, television
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by Michael Grotticelli January 2nd, 2012
Interestingly, the study found that people age 55 and older represented the fastest-growing age segment in global social networking usage.
Social networking is the most popular online activity worldwide, now accounting for nearly one in every five minutes spent online globally in October 2011, comScore, the digital research firm, reported.
Social networking sites now reach 82 percent of the world’s Internet population age 15 and older that accessed the Internet from a home or work computer, representing 1.2 billion users around the globe. Broadcasters have moved to social media web sites quickly because they are known to shape the desire of which programs users watch and talk about.
The data showed that the influence of Facebook cannot be overstated. In October alone, Facebook reached more than half (55 percent) of the world’s global audience and accounted for one in every seven minutes spent online around the world and three in every four social networking minutes. Read the rest of this entry »
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by Michael Grotticelli January 2nd, 2012
Television sets can now be purchased for a fraction of what one cost just a few years ago, which has become a nightmare for TV set manufacturers and the retailers that sell them.
In retail showrooms across the country, television sets this holiday season have never been cheaper, but not everyone is happy about it.
“We are making less money because the company is forcing us to slash prices,” Ram Lall, a television set salesman at J&R, a major electronics store in Lower Manhattan, told the “New York Times.”
Indeed, profit margins are down, even as set sales are up. This is due to a huge increase in manufacturing capacity that has led to an oversupply and continued downward pressure on prices from low-cost manufacturers and online retailers. Read the rest of this entry »
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