Local Broadcast Stations on DirecTV Now AT&T’s semi-independent streaming video service is ready to offer local broadcast affiliate stations in 70% of U.S. homes. Last week, the telecom announced that its DirecTV Now division has signed licensing contracts with a…Continue Reading →
“ALEXA, PLAY MY HOPPER” Machine Learning in the Home You may have heard of Alexa, Amazon’s artificial intelligence app. Amazon markets it as an “intelligent personal assistant”. Built into the Amazon Echo device, it brings machine learning into the home….Continue Reading →
LG SMART TV STREAMS SLING TV Dish Network’s semi-independent internet video streaming platform isn’t slowing down in in its efforts to extend its market footprint. Sling TV said last Wednesday that its video service now streams directly to LG’s web-enabled TV sets….Continue Reading →
IS OTT THE FUTURE OF TV? Charlie Ergen has never been afraid to gamble. From his youth, when he tried to build a career in playing blackjack and poker, to his founding of Dish Network, his bitter feud with Rupert Murdoch,…Continue Reading →
COMCAST REGIONAL SPORTS ON SLING TV To fend off a competitive threat from YouTube’s move into live TV, Sling TV saw the need to add value to its own video service. Last Thursday, Dish Network’s semi-independent streaming video platform announced…Continue Reading →
CONTENT IS KEY TO OUR FUTURE SUCCESS: AT&T Does a TV system need its own programming to compete successfully? AT&T evidently thinks so. John Stankey, the CEO of the AT&T Entertainment Group, says it’s not enough to own the infrastructure…Continue Reading →
RATINGS FOR TV OVERHAULED AT&T believes current measures of TV viewership are inadequate. Two weeks ago, it announced a plan to overhaul the ratings system. It will work with Nielsen Media Research, the giants of TV and radio audience research….Continue Reading →
ZERO RATING BY AT&T Getting the Most from Your Data Allotment AT&T says it wants to “go hard” with its broadband ‘zero rating’ policy. The practice is controversial. ‘Zero rating’ is an internet industry term for refusing to count data…Continue Reading →
REAL REALITY TV We Americans, having invented reality TV, like to think we’re the masters of the concept. Hah! We have nothing on the Russians. Do you think Americans have produced the most demanding ‘survivor’ reality shows? Wait until you…Continue Reading →
CLOUD DVR COMING TO SLING TV Sling TV, Dish Network’s semi-independent internet video streaming platform, took the TV industry by storm when it debuted last year. For the first time, a major player in the pay TV industry was offering…Continue Reading →