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Pay-TV providers flunk consumer satisfaction test
If you are a parent, you know the reaction a "D" on one of your children's report cards elicits. Stern look, stern words, vows of increased supervision, workload etc. Or, perhaps, you're a softy, Read more >>
Limelight adds new value, features to its video platform
Limelight Networks (Nasdaq: LLNW) has rolled out some new features for it Limelight Video Platform, extending its analytics capabilities to Internet-connected mobile devices, including tablets, Read more >>
LG unveils its G2 Series Google TVs in US
LG Electronics this week gave a sneak preview of its new G2 Series LED HDTVs that arrive on store shelves later this month and include the "G2" version of Google TV.
G2 Series LED HDTV Google Read more >>
blinkx app to launch on Sony connected TVs, devices
Video search engine blinkx, which scored a big content deal last week with AnyClip, is back this week with news that a blinkx app is now available on Sony Internet-enabled home entertainment devices. Read more >>
CBS kills 'CSI: Miami,' but reruns will live on through Netflix
For CSI: Miami fans--those who remain, anyway--all is not lost after CBS this week announced it wasn't bringing the one-time ratings behemoth back for an 11th season... the show will soon be Read more >>
Sorenson debuts faster, more efficient Squeeze 8.5
Encoding solutions provider Sorenson Media has rolled out the latest iteration of its Sorenson Squeeze encoding and transcoding software. Version 8.5, the company said, is the fastest version yet of Read more >>
Avail-TVN's DAI service targets burgeoning VoD business
With nearly 9 million video-on-demand transactions performed in 2011, the potential to monetize that content is huge. But a paucity of working dynamic ad insertion (DAI) products has left that Read more >>
NBC Sports, Avail-TVN team to deliver Olympics on demand
Digital media services company Avail-TVN will support NBC Sports Group video-on-demand delivery of this summer's Olympic Games from London to pay-TV operators in North America. Avail-TVN will provide Read more >>
Netflix presses case against 'discriminatory' data caps
The months-long war of words between Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX), the world's largest online video subscription service, and Comcast (Nasdaq:CMCSA), the nation's largest cable operator, rages on in Read more >>
Encoding.com lands Revision3's encoding business
Cloud-based video encoding service Encoding.com scored a big customer win this week, announcing it had landed Internet TV network Revision3's encoding work. Revision3, which last week entered into an Read more >>
Report: YouTube seeking content for premium pay tier
The New York Post is reporting that Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) YouTube is talking with content providers about possibly adding a tier to the popular website that would put premium content behind a Read more >>
Broadcasters ask judge to block Aereo subscription-service launch
Major U.S. television broadcasters have asked a federal judge to block Aereo TV, a startup company that wants to deliver local broadcast channels to viewers on the web and mobile devices, from Read more >>
Netflix lands multiyear content deal with 20th Century Fox for Latin America
Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) has signed a multiyear licensing deal with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution that will expand its nascent streaming offering in Latin America. The company today Read more >>
Online video's expanding impact on the bottom line
One more time around the block, since it's earnings season, on whether online video, Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) and its ilk, are the kryptonite to pay-TV and broadcaster's Superman, or whether they Read more >>
Harmonic transcoder solution powers Zon multiscreen OTT play
Portuguese cable and satellite provider Zon has tapped Harmonic's (Nasdaq: HLIT) ProMedia transcoders and ProStream 4000 real time transcoders to help it deliver live streaming and VoD services to Read more >>
