HBO deals a blow to Netflix. Interactive ads on Christmas saw higher engagements than on Cyber Monday. New numbers from Deloitte reaffirm cord cutting is a real phenomenon. All that and more in your weekly rewind.
Roku has taken on a new shape. The popular set-top box has morphed into the form of a stick resembling a USB drive. The Streaming Stick plugs into TVs with MHL-enabled HDMI port and connects to the Internet via WiFi.
Late last year, HBO's head said the network's shows would never be available to non-subscribers online. Now, HBO has made another bold move, saying it will no longer provide its DVDs for Netflix.
New research found interactive video ads that ran on Christmas were six times more engaging than those on Cyber Monday, the biggest online shopping day of the year.
Former NBC marketing head Adam Stotsky has been named general manager at G4, a subsidiary of NBCUniversal.
Cord cutting is real, Deloitte says. The firm found 9 percent have cut cable in 2011, with another 11 percent considering it.
The IFC cult series "Portlandia" will start its second season with a second screen. Through a Web interface accessible via desktops, smartphones and tablets, viewers can connect to their Facebook accounts to chat with friends, answer trivia and unlock additional content.
U.S. online viewers watched 40.9 billion videos in November, on average of 20.5 hours, according to the latest numbers by comScore.
Showtime is leveraging Brightcove's cloud platform to offer free episode samples from the shows "Shameless" and "House of Lies" to Roku devices.
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