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The 500k Combination of Consumers, Channels and Choice
With a myriad of new alternative cable solutions from established entities (e.g. Hulu, AT&T, Sony, etc.) how will traditional video service providers stand out from this onslaught of competition? This is a question that Jonathan Hurd and his team at Altman and Vilandrie sought to answer late last year and in doing so, looked at things such…
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The Season of Hope #TIS16
It was exactly five months before Christmas, but the message of hope and redemption, that Tracy and Darryl Strawberry (yes, the baseball great) gave at the Christians in Communications (CIC) breakfast at The 2016 Independent Show, is fitting for this time of the year. In the above interview filmed at TIS 2016, Jim Dickson and Joe Sloan…
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And the Winner of this Year’s Elections….
Whatever the outcome of the local and national elections, the media business will be a winner, according to David Solomon, Chief Revenue Officer for Viamedia. Viamedia manages advertising for over 60 cable and IPTV operators nationwide. Solomon suggests that the ability to target on a geographic basis will make this a winning year for cable and…
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A Platform for Pokémon Go and More #AWE16
Summer 2016 may be marked in history as the year that Augmented Reality turned the corner in terms of widespread adoption thanks to Pokémon Go. And the experience is somewhat crude, compared to what will soon be possible in the near future. At last month’s Augmented World Expo 2016, Osterhaus Design Group gave a glimpse of the future with smart…
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A Creative Proposal to Reduce the Cost of Content
Video tends to be a driver for broadband, particularly in rural areas. The smaller providers serving rural areas are challenged with higher costs for providing video content than operators with national footprints; costs that are inevitably passed on to consumers. Shirley Bloomfield, Chief Executive Officer of NTCA, explains an idea, that was presented last week…
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The Skinny on a Skinny Bundle #Summit23
Giving consumers greater choice in selecting the content they want, when they want, at prices that are more affordable than traditional packages is what Cincinnati Bell is hoping to achieve with its just introduced MyTV offering. Starting at less than $20/month, MyTV, consists of a “Starter Pack” and multiple “MyTV Genre Packs” that allow consumers to essentially…
