by Pivot
Tag: Hulu
TIS: All Paths Lead to OTT, IP Video
Independent cable operators met this week in Boston at NCTC’s annual The Independent Show (TIS), and a growing sense of urgency was on display. That urgency involves correctly positioning a small cable company in a…
Roku Looks to Expand Service Provider Partnerships for Streaming and OTT
Roku may well be the most familiar streaming OTT device to consumers, thanks in large part to an aggressive retail strategy. But Roku is also now turning their attention to service provider partnerships to help…
Parks Outlines Successful OTT Video Strategies
As over-the-top video offerings from a broadening array of players continue to expand, few pundits have ventured to predict how things will shake out. But one industry consultant – Parks Associates – has outlined four…
Survey Finds 66 Percent of Netflix Subscribers Using Pay TV
Greater numbers of Netflix subscribers are “cutting the cord” on pay-TV providers. Surveying 829 Netflix subscribers, Cut Cable Today found that two-thirds maintain pay-TV service subscriptions – cable or satellite. But nearly one in 10…
Hulu Showtime Bundle Illustrates Rapidly Evolving OTT Competitive Environment
Hulu and Showtime are partnering together to bundle their two services for a new OTT bundle. Subscribers will be able to add Showtime to their Hulu subscription for an additional $9 per month. Both Hulu…
Report: Netflix Network Traffic Dominates, More Than YouTube, Hulu, and Amazon Combined
Surveying a selected portion of its customer base of 250-plus communications service providers (CSPs), Toronto-based Sandvine reports that Netflix continues to gradually increase its dominance when it comes to traffic flowing across North American fixed…
LRG Finds More Than Half of U.S. Households Pay for OTT Video Service
More American households are connecting to the Internet via smart TV sets, video game controllers, Blu-ray disc players or stand-alone devices, such as Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast or Roku, according to new market…
The Dawn of Broadband TV is Here
We are witnessing some profound changes in the video business these days. Broadband has now enabled some very distinct shifts in the delivery of video. It’s led to the emergence of a new model for…
AT&T-Hulu Deal Brings OTT Video to Mobile and Broadband
It seems like every week lately there has been an announcement of a multi-play service provider adding an OTT video subscription service to its offerings. The latest such news comes today from AT&T, which said…
Cablevision Offers Hulu Plus, Courts Cord Cutters Again
Cablevision is wasting no time in addressing the cord cutting trend. They recently launched a cord cutter targeted bundle of broadband and Wi-Fi, packaged with a digital antenna for off-air broadcast channels. They were the…
Ritter/Fidelity Regional Fiber Network Eliminates Internet Middlemen
A new regional fiber network built by two small local telcos not only will bring higher-speed connectivity to communities in six states. It also should enhance users’ Internet experience in another way: It will minimize…
Parks: Over Half of Broadband Consumers Already Pay for OTT, Average $9/month
While the implications of OTT on pay-TV and broadcast TV continue to be debated, more than half of consumers (57 percent) in U.S. broadband households pay for OTT (over-the-top) video services, such as Netflix or…