Looking For Presenters For How-To Sessions At Streaming Media East Show

At the end of this month I will publish the advance program for the Streaming Media East show, taking place May 15-16 in NYC. One of the changes I am making this year is that 50% of all the sessions will be stand-alone instructional how-to presentations. I've also added a fourth track this year so we will have a total..

Cable outscores telcos in broadband download speed tests

Pssst! Want some fast broadband speeds? A new study shows you may want to pass on telcos in favor of cable operators. Ookla’s Net Index shows six cable companies, Comcast, Charter Communications,

OTT demand driving growing in-home Wi-Fi deployment

New research shows that the increasing demand for over-the-top video is creating a boon for Wi-Fi equipment manufacturers, increasing the number of in-home video WLAN-enabled video devices to approach 600 million in 2015. NPD Group today said home video entertainment devices like digital TVs, Blu-ray players, game consoles and set top boxes are coming to the market Wi-Fi-connected, so the devices can connect to the web and to each other. And, Wi-Fi is growing from being simply about getting content from a network to devices, to sharing content between devices, as Wi-Fi evolves from being a network-centric connectivity standard to one that enables peer-to-peer connectivity, NPD said.

ComScore: Online video viewing time up 59% in December Y-o-Y

More than 182 million Americans watched online video in December, consuming a whopping 43.5 million videos, about 23.2 hours of viewing each. The numbers are significantly above those from a year ago, when 172 million Americans watched 5.2 billion videos for an average 14.6 hours each. Click here to zoom in on this and other charts. As usual, YouTube was at the head of the class

Hulu revenue tops $420M; plans $500M content spend in ‘12

Hulu saw revenues grow to $420 million in 2011, a 60 percent bump from 2010, said CEO Jason Kilar, in a blog post. He also said the content aggregator currently has more than 1.5 million customers for its premium service, Hulu Plus. Hulu Plus offers current season content from 5 of the 6 largest U.S. broadcast networks. Kilar said the dual revenue stream for Hulu Plus has enabled it to pay content owners approximately 50 percent more in content licensing fees per subscriber when compared to other similarly priced online subscription services

Condensed News From CES: The Stuff That Matters

Last week I read through over 3,000 posts in my RSS feeds covering news from the CES show. I've sorted through all the noise, stripped out all the releases about WiFi washing machines (seriously), and condensed it down to bring you the most important topics pertaining directly to the streaming and online video industry.

Class action suit filed over Netflix stock nosedive

Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) is facing a class action suit from a group of shareholders that say the company concealed negative subscription trends and put out false and misleading statements about its negotiations and contracts with content providers. The investors, from the City of Royal Oak Retirement System, filed the suit in California federal court. It claims unnamed Netflix executives made “materially false and misleading” statements, withheld information about negotiations with content owners, and didn’t disclose that some of its deals were short term ones that left the company with a “Hobbesian choice to renegotiate the contracts in 2011 at much higher rates or not renew them at all.” The suit also alleges that Netflix didn’t acknowledge that content providers were demanding much higher rates to renew contracts. Netflix, which at one point last summer was trading above $300, currently is in the $90 range.

Akamai Now Has A VP/GM For Their Licensed CDN Initiative

Over the past few weeks, I've been getting many questions from Wall Street analysts as to when Akamai will hire a VP/GM for their licensed CDN (LCDN) initiatives. Normally I don't highlight when vendors fill job openings unless they are at the C level, but in this case, since I'm being asked so often I'll share what I know. While…

Hulu expected to grow by a ‘multiple’ in 2012

Hulu, which currently has 1.2 million subscribers to its Hulu Plus service, “will have a multiple of that this year,” said Jonathan Miller, chairman and CEO of News Digital Media and chief digital officer of News Corp. (Nasdaq: NWSA), during a discussion at CES.

More Fox content coming to Xbox Live subscribers

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and News Corp. (Nasdaq: NWSA) are planning to launch a series of apps for the Xbox that will bring content from FOX, Fox News, IGN and The Wall Street Journal to the Xbox LIVE service. The caveat, as has been the norm recently, is that the over-the-top content will only be available to authenticated subscribers of participating cable and satellite television distributors. “As we continue to find new ways to deliver content to consumers, this partnership with Xbox LIVE enables our viewers to experience News Corp.’s leading media brands in an entirely new and innovative environment,” said Jon Miller, chief digital officer, News Corp. “We look forward to working closely with Microsoft to continue evolving the media experiences on Xbox LIVE and to enable consumers to take advantage of this incredibly popular and fast-growing platform.” The companies said the FOX app will give users access to primetime shows, short- and long-form programming and on-demand availability of shows like Glee, House, New Girl, Bones, Fringe

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