With kids channel Nickelodeon suddenly experiencing double-digit ratings drops in the fourth quarter last year, a debate began swirling as to whether streaming of the Viacom-owned channel’s shows on Netflix was dispersing its audience.
Future of TV
Up for an 11-year-old R-rated indie thriller starring the late Dennis Hopper? How about a 2006 romantic comedy featuring an ensemble cast that includesSeinfeld‘s Jason Alexander andSons of Anarchy‘s Ron Perlman? New York-based independent film distributor Screen Media, operator of the fledgling streaming movie site Popcornflix.com, is making an ad-supported bet that there are plenty of consumers just like you.
Should Hollywood studios cut out the theaters and bring their product straight to consumers?
Like the older sibling who seems to be blamed for everything, cable, satellite and telco TV providers caught scrutiny Tuesday after research firm the NPD Group released a report forecasting that the average multi-channel subscription bill will spiral to around $200 by the end of the decade. Aren’t these guys smart enough to know that they’re forcing [...]
Cable and satellite TV subscription growth slowed down more than had been previously reported, and cord-cutting was a primary factor. But don’t worry about it — a revolution that will re-create the current multi-channel access paradigm is still a long way away. Those are the conclusions of research released Monday by Canadian research firm the [...]
The consumer electronics trend that had us shuffling out our perfectly good but perfectly bulky CRT televisions in favor of fancy-new flat screens appears to be ebbing. According to research firm IHS iSuppli, U.S. shipments of flat-panel TVs will actually decline for the first time since Fujitsu introduced the first 42-inch plasma display in 1997. [...]
For more than three decades, cable TV programmers enjoyed steady ratings gains—mostly at the expense of broadcasters. But many top cable channels have recently experienced their worst ratings declines ever.
For years, Netflix has been portrayed as a threat to traditional cable TV service. Its growth has fueled a growing discussion about “cord-cutting,” the idea that the consumers would ditch their pricey cable service from the likes of Comcast, Cablevision and Time Warner Cable, and rely on Netflix’s vastly cheaper service to get movies and [...]
Over the course of his career, Steve Jobs revolutionized three industries: personal computing, digital music and mobile communication. Before his death last fall, he had turned his attention to a fourth — television — according to Walter Isaacson’s biography of the Apple co-founder. Jobs’ vision was an integrated device that would combine Apple’s famously intuitive [...]
There are certain retailers and service providers that everyone knows are doing well in terms of sales. For other companies, it comes as something of a shock that they’re not losing money, let alone that they’re posting strong sales growth.
