TDG: A Third of PayTV Subscribers to Use ‘TV Everywhere’ Services by 2016 January 10, 2012 (FRISCO, TEXAS) – To defend against the encroachment of over-the-top (OTT) broadband video services like Netflix and Hulu Plus, incumbent PayTV operators are launching so-called ‘TV Everywhere’...

Colin Dixon, Senior Partner, Advisory December 2, 2011 This week it was reported that several U.S. cable companies were readying new usage-based pricing plans for their broadband customers. These plans may set caps such that virtually anyone using common streaming video services such as Hulu and Netflix...

The debate over usage caps and Internet video raged on in the press this week. Netflix weighed in with an acceptance that high bandwidth caps were justified although low caps with high overage charges were not. Meanwhile, AT&T has introduced a bandwidth cap of 150GBs on its DSL service with an overage...

Has OTT's Growth Prompted Comcast to (Finally) Enable Viable VOD Advertising? Bill Niemeyer, Senior Analyst May 6, 2011 Last week, Comcast launched an expansion of its cable VOD service, adding over 20 primetime TV series from ABC and FOX. This makes Comcast the first Pay TV operator to offer current...

Decoupling the Network from the Service Colin Dixon, Senior Partner, Advisory April 29, 2011 I spent two days this week at a couple of conferences in New York City. The first was Light Reading’s “Cable’s Next-Gen Video Strategies,” the second was Seachange International’s...

Decoupling the Network from the Service Colin Dixon, Senior Partner, Advisory April 29, 2011 I spent two days this week at a couple of conferences in New York City. The first was Light Reading’s “Cable’s Next-Gen Video Strategies,” the second was Seachange International’s...

Hulu has added the acclaimed Criterion Collection , featuring more than 150 classics from the world's greatest filmmakers, with an additional 650 films to be added soon. Directors including Antonioni, Bresson, Bunuel, Cocteau, Godard, Truffaut, Chaplin, and others populate the offering. While each...