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Netflix Needs Cable, But the Feeling Isn't Always Mutual | Variety - 0 views

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  • Netflix is banking on getting on cable set-top boxes to hit aggressive growth targets in the next few years — but not every U.S. operator is eager to play ball with a company they view as a rival.
  • John Malone, whose Liberty Media owns a stake in Charter, has dismissed the notion that MSOs should pair up Netflix. At the company’s annual investor day this month, he said cable operators should team up to create a Netflix-like subscription VOD service, criticizing the industry for being slow to respond to over-the-top competitors.
  • Longer term, Netflix projects that it can be two or three times larger than HBO’s current linear base — with 60 million to 90 million subs in the U.S. Hitting those numbers would likely require pay TV deals, to reach consumers who don’t want a separate box for streaming Internet video.
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  • The thinking goes like this: Cable customers are watching Netflix anyway on other devices, so why not plug the service so they don’t have to switch over to an Apple TV or Roku?
Carri Bugbee

Inside the Asylum, One of the Most Successful Low-Budget Movie Studios - 0 views

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shared by Carri Bugbee on 02 Aug 13 - No Cached
  • Today, the dynamic between low-budget producer and content-hungry distributor has flipped. Netflix doesn’t just stream films—it wills them into existence. The composition of contemporary B movies is dictated by middlemen like Netflix and Redbox, international direct-to-DVD distributors, and cable networks like Syfy, all of which pad their offerings with Asylum originals tailored to their needs.
  • The nimble creative process is “cashing in on this shifting moment in film consumption between the demise of the video store and the rise of streaming,” says Davis.
  • Filtering in low-budget films with the high-budget versions “fuels this perception that there’s a wealth of new content.”
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  • When Latt runs down the list of the Asylum films slated for production in the first half of this year, it sounds like a list of hot-button search terms: zombies, sharks, haunted houses, talking dogs
  • We don’t really know the consumer. The consumer is too big and too fractionalized. All we know is we’re making a film for Netflix, and they tell us what they want.”
  • “This isn’t about trying to get you to watch our movie,” they wrote. “This is about gaming the system. This is about taking a stand. Against math.”
  • Carri Bugbee on 02 Aug 13
     
    The consumer is too big and too fractionalized. All we know is we're making a film for Netflix, and they tell us what they want."
Carri Bugbee

The Future of TV? No More Commercials, Netflix Exec Says | Media - Advertising Age - 0 views

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  • traditional scheduled TV is limited by what he called the "tyranny of the grid," or the 21 hours of prime-time programming that get the most viewers. Anything that doesn't fit into that grid gets thrown out
  • In contrast, internet TV allows audiences to aggregate over time and space, and can afford to curate content that has smaller audiences at any one time.
  • Netflix originals don't need to be 48 minutes long to fit into a prime-time schedule, and don't need to force cliffhangers that keep viewers in suspense for the next episode, because viewers can "binge" into the next episode right away.
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  • Netflix is using its massive collection of consumer data to learn what users want to see and generate personalized recommendations for everyone.
  • In a more personalized, unbundled world, advertising would also need to evolve. "Internet TV is divorced of the need of advertising revenue because we can develop direct relationships with the consumer," Mr. Hunt said, calling the subscription, ad-free model is very popular with consumers.
  • Marketers will "need to find a different place to advertise,"
  • he same technology that lets Netflix personalize recommendations could also allow streaming services to select the right commercial for the right consumer. This would mean viewers see fewer, but more relevant ads, and marketers would be better able to target very specific consumers.
Carri Bugbee

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Predicts the Future of Streaming Video - Peter Kafka - Media ... - 0 views

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  • The one new nugget here is a Hastings prediction, held by many other people, that we’re moving to a world where “apps replace channels.”
  • “Existing networks, such as ESPN and HBO, that offer amazing apps will get more viewing than in the past, and be more valuable. Existing networks that fail to develop first-class apps will lose viewing and revenue.”
  • there’s room for lots of streaming video services, just like there are lots of cable channels today.
  • Carri Bugbee on 27 Apr 13
     
    we're moving to a world where "apps replace channels."
Carri Bugbee

MediaPost Publications Study: Consumers Prefer Netflix, Hulu, Redbox to TV Everywhere 0... - 0 views

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shared by Carri Bugbee on 06 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • More than two-thirds of smartphone and tablet users haven’t downloaded their pay-TV provider’s app, and nearly three-quarters never buy movies to watch from the VOD service.
Carri Bugbee

Twitter Spoiler Block: Netflix Has Spoiler Foiler for 'Breaking Bad' | Variety - 0 views

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shared by Carri Bugbee on 24 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • The app takes an aggressive approach, blocking any tweet with the words “breaking” or “bad,” even if they may have nothing to do with the show, or are merely innocent comments on the show’s Emmy win. However, for those who have to wait to watch the finale, it may be better to be safe than sorry.
  • “Bad” fans can log into the website through Twitter and view a relatively normal version of their timeline, the only change being that tweets that could contain spoilers are blacked out with a spoiler warning. They have the option of clicking on the tweet to view it, if they so dare.
Carri Bugbee

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    This puts paid to the intellectual's favorite idea that TV creates "anomie" and "alienation," that it isolates Americans from one another. Wrong. Americans may watch TV alone, but they do so to access a set of shared topics. And not just shared topics but shared languages. We talked to a mother and teenage daughter, people who have a contested relationship of the kind common to adolescence, people who sometimes have difficulty finding one another in conversation. (There are several identity issues at issue, especially "you're not the boss of me.") But when watching the new TV, and characters you can conjure with, certain conversations become possible. Topics once impossible now flourish. Shows were increasing cognition in viewers. In the place of single story line, TV narratives were taking on new complexity. Some shows were even engaging in virtually secret messaging. Only the most dedicated viewers could discover the intricate plotlines. Producers were actually making running gags more complicated and dramatic subtleties more embedded with the kno
Carri Bugbee

Viewers Will Control TV in Future | Disciplines content from Chief Marketer - 0 views

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    § On-demand Netflix and Amazon movies
Carri Bugbee

Chromecast Is What Google TV Should Have Been - 1 views

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  • Chromecast lets your stream online content to your TV and control it via your new Nexus 7 (also introduced today, along with Android 4.3) or any Android device running version 2.3 or later
  • Unlike Apple's AirPlay, which can stream content directly from mobile devices to Apple TV, Chromecast pulls content from the cloud. The benefit: If the person initiating the Chromecast leaves the house, someone else can continue controlling the viewing experience with a different Cast-enabled device. It also won't drain the battery of your device.
  • Like most Google TV devices, it comes with a separate and overly complex remote control. The remote control for Chromecast will be your favorite mobile device (yes, it even beats your iPhone). It's very un-remote like: No special interface or buttons. Since Chromecast revolves around apps, the app remains the interface. If you know Netflix, you know how to work Chromecast.
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  • By the way, I wasn't certain that Chromecast marked the end of Google TV until I saw its still-in-beta ability to project Chrome web tabs onto any HDTV. Simply open a tab and choose the Cast icon. Even better, you only see the tab — not your whole desktop or mobile device home screen. This is smart and vastly simpler than trying to navigate the Web on Google TV
  • The clear hurdle, though, is whether or not TV manufacturers "burned" by Google TV can trust Google again with living room tech.
Carri Bugbee

Amazon Readies Set-Top Box for Holidays - WSJ.com - 0 views

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  • A key motivation for Amazon is boosting its Prime membership rolls, which may be bolstered by a set-top box.
  • Streaming video has been an increasing focus for Amazon, which has been racing to distinguish itself from rivals Netflix, Hulu LLC and others with exclusive content deals and a slate of television pilots that are set to become available starting later this year.
  • Based on the dizzying array of free and paid apps available on Roku devices--from the Yachting Channel to YogaGlo to Trigger Talk TV for gun enthusiasts—it is easy to imagine potential e-commerce tie-ins on an Amazon device.
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  • two most-watched Roku apps are Netflix and Amazon Instant Video, according to Roku's website.
  • The set-top box, which would pit the online retailer against a host of established rivals, is a small device that resembles a Roku Inc. player and is similarly styled as a platform to run apps and content from a variety of sources, these people said. It would also serve as a delivery vehicle for Amazon's existing streaming video service—available as part of its Prime membership
Carri Bugbee

Why Facebook and Twitter Are Fighting Over Your Television - Claire Peracchio - The Atl... - 0 views

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  • TV is still the biggest, commanding roughly $70 billion in annual advertising.
  • Nielsen reports that online video accounts for a small portion of time spent watching TV, just over 2%, even after including YouTube, Netflix, and Hulu.  
  • Facebook and Twitter have the same grand strategy to cut a slice of that $70 billion. Unike Netflix and Hulu, their plan isn’t to take attention away from TV, but rather to attract more attention to TV advertising.
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  • In the lead-up to its IPO this fall, Twitter launched Amplify, which partners with TV channels to pump promoted tweets and short video clips (co-branded by an advertiser and network) into feeds where users are likely to be tuned into the channel. Nielsen has reported that these doubled-up ads translated to a 58-percent-higher purchase intent for consumers.
  • In 29 percent of episodes surveyed, Twitter activity boosted live television viewership in a “statistically significant” way, and 48 percent of the time, higher TV viewership led to a higher tweet volume.
Carri Bugbee

Boxee Cozies Up to Broadcasters With Rebranded DVR | Variety - 0 views

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  • Boxee rebranded its box from Boxee TV to Boxee Cloud DVR and changed the services it offers.
  • “Our pitch to them is if we move the DVR to the cloud, we can do dynamic ad insertion, so instead of losing the ability to monetize that audience if they’re watching a week later or binge viewing if they’ve recorded the entire season, if you could serve fresh ads whenever somebody is watching it … that is a better way to monetize DVR.”
  • ed us to believe the future of TV is not apps, it’s the experience and the content.”
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  • just five apps, including Netflix, YouTube and Pandora, get the majority of use on all connected devices.
  • There are going to be more audiences watching more video on more screens, a lot of new business models, a lot more people watching more stuff and being able to pay for it
  • right now content providers may be too concerned with content protection, at the expense of viewer engagement.
Carri Bugbee

Nielsen Agrees to Expand Definition of TV Viewing - 1 views

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  • networks for years have complained that total viewing of their shows isn't being captured by traditional ratings measurements. This is a move to correct that.
  • decision to expand beyond traditional TV ratings measurement came out of a meeting in New York on Tuesday of the What Nielsen Measures Committee, a group that has been meeting for nearly a year.
  • By September 2013, when the next TV season begins, Nielsen expects to have in place new hardware and software tools in the nearly 23,000 TV homes it samples. Those measurement systems will capture viewership not just from the 75 percent of homes that rely on cable, satellite and over the air broadcasts but also viewing via devices that deliver video from streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon, from so-called over-the-top services and from TV enabled game systems like the X-Box and PlayStation.
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MediaPost Publications Research On iPad's TV Usage Needs New Direction 04/20/2012 - 0 views

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  • The iPad may soon join the remote control and DVR in the pantheon of transformative TV devices, if it hasn’t already. Thanks to that prospect, its influence has stretched deeply into media research.  
  • Consumers would welcome more apps, such as WatchESPN, allowing them to view live content on their iPads anywhere, anytime. Consumers also appreciate opportunities to view content via HBO Go and Netflix platforms.
  • -Consumers appreciate the opportunity to view content on iPads, but also engage in social media activities at the same time. Networks can capitalize on this.
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  • -Consumers turn to iPads to watch TV shows when someone else is using the TV, and watching something they are not interested in.
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