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Disney, Comcast and Why TV Everywhere Alone Is Not Enough
Yesterday's press release from Disney and Comcast, announcing a comprehensive new ten-year distribution agreement covering over 70 different services is a testament to the idea that improved access to programming is key to maintaining the appeal of the traditional multichannel pay-TV business model. The deal grants Comcast sought-after multi-platform streaming and on-demand rights for 70 different Disney, ABC and ESPN programming services. This is the essential vision of "TV Everywhere" - anywhere/anytime/any device access to the full range of cable and broadcast programming, with the caveat that you have to be an authenticated subscriber to pay-TV services.
Categories: Cable Networks, Cable TV Operators, TV Everywhere
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Netflix's 2 Billion Streaming Hours in Q4 Blows Away Competitors
Netflix subscribers appear to be spending far more time viewing the service's streaming content than do users of any other online video destination.
According to new data Netflix released today, its 20 million subscribers consumed 2 billion hours of streaming TV shows and movies in Q4 '11. Using simple averages, that would mean each subscriber streamed 100 hours during the quarter, or approximately 2,000 minutes per month (about 33 hours). That's roughly 4 1/2 times the level of YouTube's time spent/viewer. According to comScore, YouTube, which dominates total monthly volume of online video, had approximately 151 million U.S. users in November, 2011, who viewed 444.5 minutes each, on average.
Categories: Aggregators
Topics: comScore, Hulu, Netflix, YouTube
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Summarizing the 2012 Video Predictions Series
Welcome to 2012, a year that promises lots of continued growth and change for online video. Over the past few weeks, I've been posting a series of industry executives' top 3 predictions for online video. These 21 executives and their companies are on the front lines of online video's disruptive impact, and so their thoughts on what's ahead are both insightful and credible. Below I've summarized 3 key themes that I believe emerged, and have also provided links to the individual posts with each executive's predictions. Enjoy.
Theme #1 - Online video advertising matures
There is a lot of optimism about online video advertising continuing to grow and mature in 2012. Specific points included increasing sophistication of agencies and brands with respect to ad buying and cross-platform campaigns, improvements in analytics, transparency and performance metrics, greater viewer choice and need for relevance, and the important role video ad networks are playing in the industry.
Theme #2 - Connected and mobile devices dominate
Not surprisingly, many predictions focused on how connected and mobile devices are fundamentally changing the video business including influencing ad spending, the battle for the living room, on-the-go viewing, the role of the traditional set-top box and helping dual-purpose devices like game consoles (in particular the Xbox 360) gain significant traction.
Theme #3 - Content evolves
Given executives' optimism about monetization, devices and viewing trends, content also seems set to evolve in 2012. Numerous executives pointed to how social and interactivity will drive more engagement. Some also see content gaining more intelligence/context and discoverability which helps producers and aggregators deliver more compelling experiences. Others highlighted the importance of new independent content initiatives such as YouTube's 100 channels and the increased availability of premium content online.
Taken together, the big winner in 2012 will continue to be viewers, who will enjoy more choice, better access and more flexibility due to online video's rise. Whether it's entertainment, news, sports, how-to or any other category of interest, online video will further empower viewers in 2012, driving more excitement and enthusiasm for this new medium, and putting pressure on existing players to take part.
Click the links below to read each executive's top 3 video predictions for 2012.
Categories: Predictions
Topics: Predictions
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3 Video Predictions for 2012: Digitalsmiths' Ben Weinberger
Following are 3 video predictions for 2012 from Ben Weinberger, CEO and co-founder of Digitalsmiths, a technology leader in the rapidly growing segment of video search and recommendations.
Categories: Predictions
Topics: Digitalsmiths, Predictions
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3 Video Predictions for 2012: CineSport's Gregg Winik
Following are 3 video predictions for 2012 from Gregg Winik, CEO of CineSport, a web video syndication company that offers sports highlights online and on-demand.
Categories: Predictions
Topics: CineSport, Predictions
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More Video Predictions for 2012
Continuing our year-end series of industry executives sharing their top 3 video predictions for 2012, today's are from Thought Equity Motion's Kevin Schaff, LongTail Video's Dave Otten and Metacafe's Erick Hachenburg.
Read on for all of them.
Categories: Predictions
Topics: Predictions
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3 Video Predictions for 2012: Thought Equity Motion's Kevin Schaff
Following are 3 video predictions for 2012 from Kevin Schaff, CEO and founder of Thought Equity Motion which offers cloud-based storage, access and licensing services for master-quality video.
Categories: Predictions
Topics: Predictions, Thought Equity Motion
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3 Video Predictions for 2012: LongTail Video's Dave Otten
Following are 3 video predictions for 2012 from Dave Otten, CEO of LongTail Video, whose products include the JW Player, Bits on the Run, AddOns and the AdSolution.
Categories: Predictions
Topics: LongTail Video, Predictions
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