Recently, I commented how most video on demand (VOD) service offerings still fall short of the Netflix value proposition. Some people did not like that comparison, thinking netflix had already seen...
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If you understand the new media landscape of today, you also understand that "it's all about me." In other words, the viewer responds more favorably when they get to watch what they...
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meteorologists detect a dramatic change in wind patterns One good thing about VOD is that video content does not ever have had to appear on regular television in order to be available. While political...
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network executive: 'live on NBC, yet another final season of ER' viewers: 'great, we will waste no time in watching it, then' Beth Comstock is NBC Universal's President of digital...
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in this murder mystery, it is Hollywood that is the villain Call in Hercule Periot to solve this mystery. TiVo users are among the most fanatic, brand-loyal of consumers rivaling even the...
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Years ago while working with cable television folks BEFORE their video-on-demand (VOD) services became common place, I had proposed to a Comcast'er the idea that any new offering would have to...
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Good news for all you Comcast VOD users out there -- CBS prime time content will now be free and more widely available! CBS and Comcast have been laboring under a 10-month old agreement whereby the...
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Advertisers have long complained about constraints that prevent them from dynamically inserting ads in VOD. Typically, they have had to embed unalterable ads into programming for several months at a...
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Movie studios are masters of "release windows" which means that they try to milk the most money from their movies in one venue before allowing it to move on to the next. For example, a...
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Many people do not realize that it is possible to provide digital video recorder (DVR) services without the DVR. This is done by recording shows on the servers at the cable company and not on a...
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New consumer research from the Leichtman Research Group, finds that nearly three quarters of VOD users who have a DVR from their cable company strongly agree that their cable service is better because...
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I've made the observation numerous times that people will ultimately opt for an ad-supported VOD model over a pay-per-view scheme. Broadcast networks are selling some of their most popular shows...
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Cingular will announce an on-demand mobile TV service that runs over its new 3G wireless network. The service is called Cingular Video; allowing viewers to select short three- to five-minute clips...
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It is inevitable that video on demand (VOD) will be ad supported. When it does, will the advertisements be targeted to who is watching? Perhaps not in the first generation of that future ad market,...
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You would think that the programmers and the cable companies should stop fighting each other and build a mutually advantageous VOD platform for everyone. That thought got another boost today. The...
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