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Weekly Rewind: The TV Wars Heat Up

July 13, 2012
By Adam Sewall

The DirecTV and Viacom feud heats up.

Reacting to Viacom's demand for higher fees, DirecTV instead dropped its channels including Comedy Central, MTV and Nikelodeon. Content for those channels however are licensed to streaming providers Hulu, Netflix and Amazon. The broadcaster has also stopped streaming some full episodes. This fight is getting catty.

Familiar with Viacom's situation, AMC announced it will stream the "Breaking Bad" season five premiere after getting dropped by Dish.
 
Because of these TV wars, ReelSEO's wondering if online video viewers will benefit.
 
Magazine ads are on the decline. Internet ads, however, are way, way up.
 
Canada.com takes us behind the scenes of folks paid to watch Netflix. They get about five new titles each week and takes notes on more than 100 data points to help categorize movies. Netflix has about 40 taggers in the U.S. and Canada.
 
The Consumer Electronics Association has announced two new 3D video standards.
 
Why is Google TV still lagging? In a TechCrunch post, the CEO of BuddyTV Guide thinks it's because the company still hasn't figured out if it wants to create a platform or closed ecosystem.
 
Of course this exists: the Internet Cat Video Film Festival.
 
CNET has a great profile on "Netflix's lost year," and the fallout that occurred after the streaming provider — to the dismay of many customers — raised fees last year.
 
Over in China, the online video site Viki has signed the first video distribution deal behind the Great Firewall with Renren, a Chinese Facebook copycat.
 
The BBC launched localized iOS and Android Olympics apps featuring news updates, commentary and "medal moments."
 
People are speculating that Roku is prepping to launch its media player devices in Germany and Spain because the most recent firmware update provided extended language support.
 
 

 

Posted in Online Video News
Tags online video, directv, viacom, amc, cat videos, netflix
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