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One of the most interesting announcements at CES 2020 was the April 6 launch date for Quibi . Intended to target Millennials, Quibi – short for Quick Bites – is a smartphone-only OTT service, featuring only video content of 10 minutes or less. Although there are plenty of apps which emphasize short-form video, an exclusive feature to Quibi is that all content is viewable in both horizontal and vertical screen orientations. Quibi is a hybrid AVOD/SVOD model, with an ad-supported...

Christopher Rae , SVP of Global Operations,   Verimatrix , gave his insights on video services prior to the 2019  Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media . Christopher participated on the research workshop session  Piracy: A Billion-Dollar Challenge  with  Steve Epstein , Head of Innovation and Distinguished Engineer,  Synamedia . What is the greatest disruption to the entertainment...

Kim Hurwitz , Chief Marketing Officer, FITE.tv  gave her insights on the entertainment industry prior to the Parks Associates’  Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media . Kim will participate on the expert panel  Engaging the Consumer: Sales, Marketing, and Social Media for Video Services  on Wednesday, December 11 at 11 :15 am . Panelists who will join her on this session include: Jake Katz, SVP Strategy, Trailer Park...

Over-the-Top (OTT) video streaming services compete based on content. User experience, price, brand and marketing are all important, but consumers pay for services in order to have something to watch. Increasingly, services are relying on exclusive or original content as a key success factor. Escalating investment in original content continues as services seek sustainable differentiation. At the same time, TV networks are launching their own OTT services, often with content that they...

During AT&T’s WarnerMedia Day on October 29, the company announced details of its upcoming streaming service, HBO Max. Previously, sparse information existed regarding the SVOD, with only an idea of its name, a general launch date, and limited knowledge of its content library. However, event presenters uncovered highly anticipated details that have remained speculative until now. HBO Max joins others in an attempt to steal some of the thunder from the “big three”...

In an eventful week for streaming news, an already fragmented market for content splintered further with major announcements from NBCUniversal and WarnerMedia about the future of their content on major OTT services. Following the sale of 21st Century Fox, Disney now owns the majority of Hulu, and officially flexed its muscles on Tuesday, May 14, taking full control of Hulu from Comcast and allowing the minority owner to sell their stake in the streaming service in 2024. In...

On April 23, people across the globe acknowledged World Book Day by sharing photos and sentiments about their favorite books across various social media platforms. Perhaps what they should have done is share screenshots from their favorite audiobook or e-reader apps—the increasingly popular ways people consume what was traditionally print media. The prevalence of audiobooks in particular continues to rise—the Audio Publishers Association (APA) reported double digit growth in...

At the investor day presentation on April 11, Disney announced a number of details of its new streaming service, Disney+, slated for release in November of this year.  This play by Disney is to enter the rarified air occupied by the “big three” OTT services – Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu. Ninety-one percent of US broadband households who subscribe to at least one OTT service subscribe to at least one of the big three services, representing 64% of all...