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• Is Best Buy Finally Getting Serious about CinemaNow?

  CinemaNow could easily be considered the hot potato of OTT. Starting as a standalone company running a movie streaming service, then acquired by Sonic in 2008 who eventually separated the platform – renamed to RoxioNow – from the service - CinemaNow. That CinemaNow brand name was acquired by Best Buy in May 2010, while RoxioNow was picked up by Rovi as part of the Sonic acquisition. And if you are confused by that brief history, just give it a couple weeks - we’ll see if the name changes yet again. ... Posted Aug 19 2011, 02:23 PM by Andy Tarczon with | with no comments Filed under: OTT, Andy Tarczon, Best Buy, Vudu, CinemaNow, Rovi

• When It Comes to Sharing in New Entertainment Revenue, Glass is Last

  TDG’s newly released report, OTT TV Platforms, 2011 – Forecasts & Analysis, predicts that net-ready or “smart” TVs will rapidly become a primary platform for over-the-top (OTT) TV delivery. This forecast is seemingly great news for TV manufacturers who have long been living on razor thin margins. The idea that they their new platforms can enable new video services and applications means potentially lucrative recurring revenue sources. Sadly, much of that is an illusion. When it comes to sharing in new entertainment revenue, unfortunately glass is last.... Posted May 26 2011, 12:05 PM by Andy Tarczon with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: OTT, CE devices, Netflix, Andy Tarczon, applications, smart TVs, connected TVs, acTVila, iSTBs, TV OEMs

• Musings from Light Reading Conference

  Yesterday, I talked about some of the interesting things I learned at the Seachange Multi-Screen conference in New York. Today, I’ll summarize a few of things I heard at the Light Reading “Cable Next-Gen Strategies” the day before at the Westin, Time Square.... Posted May 04 2011, 12:02 PM by Colin Dixon with | with no comments Filed under: OTT, Colin Dixon, Roku, Comcast, cable operators, a la carte, Boxee, ABR, Light Reading

• "Adversarial" Fox Affiliates Meeting at NAB Illustrates the Accelerating Change in the Business of TV

  I attended NAB in Las Vegas this week - the big annual conference of the National Association of Broadcasters. OTT had a large amount of mindshare at NAB, reflected in meetings, colleague conversations, panel sessions and vendor booths. "Connected TV" and "OTT" was featured on booth signage and product demos for many vendors across the video production and distribution spectrum. Those vendors are eager to provide services and solutions to help OTT change the business of TV. Behind the scenes, there was more indication of how the business of TV is changing. As reported by tvnewscheck.com, Fox and their TV station affiliates held a closed door meeting that was an "adversarial afternoon." Much of the meeting was taken up by a "tense" discussion of Fox's plans to charge stations a flat fee to cover the network's share of retransmission revenue paid by multichannel operators. ... Posted Apr 15 2011, 12:05 PM by Bill Niemeyer with | with no comments Filed under: OTT, NAB, Bill Niemeyer, Connected TV, Fox

• Question of the Week: What is OTT?

  Q: What is the definition of OTT? This week’s question is one we are often asked. In 2009, we defined Over-the-Top Video (OTT) as “delivering online video directly to the living room TV, bypassing or going ‘Over-the-Top’ of incumbent... Posted Apr 08 2011, 05:54 AM by The Diffusion Group with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: OTT, Over-The-Top, Question of the week

• Question of the Week: What would you list as the top trends in the OTT space?

  “What would you list as the top trends in the OTT space?” ... Posted Mar 18 2011, 05:24 AM by The Diffusion Group with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: OTT, Blockbuster, Netflix, Question of the week, cable, top trends

• Facebook as a Movie Distributor? Fools Gold or Golden Opportunity?

  The most talked-about story in OTT this week was a deceivingly simple announcement by Warner Bros. Entertainment—a division of Time Warner Inc.—that it will offer movie rentals through Facebook for 30 credits each ($3, of which Facebook keeps... Posted Mar 10 2011, 10:36 PM by The Diffusion Group with | with no comments Filed under: OTT, Netflix, Facebook, Warner Bros.