Hulu has been a great service for viewers, offering the ability to catch up on shows the day after they’ve aired online. But based on reports of deals it’s negotiating with broadcasters, Hulu might make users prove they’re cable subscribers to do so in the future. Read more »
Cable, IPTV and satellite TV providers are working hard to enable new TV Everywhere services that will allow them to serve up authenticated streams on new devices. Alcatel-Lucent and thePlatform have joined forces to provide a unified solution enabling those operators to do so. Read more »
NBC Universal won the bidding war to keep the Olympic Games on its networks through 2020. The good news for Olympics superfans is that it has also agreed to eschew the tape delay and make all events available live on one platform or another. Read more »
Netflix is now at the table pretty much every time Hollywood is selling the syndication rights to one of its new TV shows, but it doesn’t always seal the deal. One show that it would have loved to have but didn’t get is Modern Family. Read more »
Less than two months after it first made live video streams of its cable channels available on mobile devices, the WatchESPN app is now optimized for iPad viewing. The release brings a bigger-screen resolution to sports fans that happen to be subscribers of select cable systems. Read more »
Good news for fans of HBO’s new series Game of Thrones: This weekend, subscribers will be able to watch the show a whole week early. The show will be available on the HBO Go website, as well as mobile apps on iOS and Android devices. Read more »
Cox is the latest provider to join the TV Everywhere party, introducing a new site enabling its subscribers to view tens of thousands of videos online. Cox subscribers can now sign in and watch more than 15,000 pieces of content from cable and broadcast networks. Read more »
With the WatchESPN app, Android users can now watch live streams of ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 on their mobile devices. There’s just one catch: to do so, they’ll have to be Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks or Verizon FiOS subscribers. Read more »
Surprise! HBO has made its on-demand streaming application available on the iPad, a few days ahead of its expected launch date. While not expected until early next week, the HBO Go iPad, iPhone and Android apps are now available for download. Read more »
Time Warner Cable revealed that its iPad app was downloaded 360,000 times during its first month. Cablevision revealed that it saw 50,000 downloads in the first five days of app availability and Comcast’s Xfinity TV app has been downloaded more than 1.5 million times since launch. Read more »
For years, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes has been one of Netflix’s most outspoken critics. But he softened his stance, no longer comparing Netflix to the Albanian Army, but saying the subscription video service had the opportunity to be more like HBO. Read more »
Epix, the premium cable network that launched with an online, on-demand video component, is making that service available through a number of new mobile and otherwise connected devices, including Android tablets, Samsung connected TVs and Blu-ray players, the Blackberry PlayBook and Roku broadband set-top boxes. Read more »
It looks like HBO will soon make its TV Everywhere service available … everywhere. According to a teaser video on HBO’s YouTube channel, it will soon launch mobile apps that bring its HBO Go online video service to the iPad and other mobile devices. Read more »
While Kit Digital has spent the last few years on a shopping spree with seemingly no signs of slowing down, the acquisition of ioko may be the final piece it needs to go after big, Tier 1 service providers and media companies offering online video services. Read more »
Online video distribution firm Ooyala is beefing up its TV Everywhere capabilities, adding new DRM and authentication features, and expanding distribution to new connected device platforms. The new capabilities will give more flexibility to content providers who want to provide authenticated access to their content. Read more »
The cable world is adopting TV Everywhere as a way to provide more content to pay TV subscribers, but until lately the typical sign-on process hasn’t been very user-friendly. Akamai is hoping to change that with a new offering for pay TV providers and cable networks. Read more »
ESPN is extending its live video streams onto mobile devices, releasing a new iPhone app Thursday. There’s just one catch: to watch those live streams, you have to be a subscriber to one of just three participating pay TV providers for the apps to work. Read more »
The cable industry is betting big on TV Everywhere, but there’s been no good way to handle logins from multiple websites and devices. Adobe is hoping to change all that, with a technology called Adobe Pass that collects and stores logins for use across network sites. Read more »
So now we know why Netflix has decided to go-it-alone and license new original programming directly from production companies: It’s soon going to see popular scripted series like Dexter and Californication from cable networks like Showtime begin disappearing from its streaming library. Read more »
CNN is stepping up the coolness factor of its online video service, making it available in HD on a number of mobile devices like the iPhone and iPad, as well as Google TVs. The only problem? The new features will only be available to cable subscribers. Read more »
TV Everywhere services are finally taking off, and some cable networks — like HBO — are fully invested in pursuing that strategy to increase revenues. But is TV Everywhere by itself a safe bet, when Netflix and others offering the possibility of additional revenues to cable networks? Read more »
Comcast had some good news for investors this morning, with news that the number of subscribers lost to pay TV competitors and online-only services had slowed dramatically in the fourth quarter. But could slower subscriber losses be evidence that TV Everywhere might actually be working? Read more »
Comcast added on-demand video content to its iPad app today, enabling users to watch shows from HBO and other networks on the tablet device. But while the video quality is good, the content selection is only so-so — meaning it’s not something I’d subscribe to use. Read more »
2011 will be a make-or-break year for Hulu, which is in the midst of negotiating new deals with its content partners. But if Hulu is going to remain a viable business, it might have to pitch itself as an authentication channel for broadcast TV Everywhere services. Read more »
Today on the Internet: Ad Age says the technology behind Time Warner’s TV Everywhere still doesn’t exist yet; Boxee’s CPO is leaving to found another start-up; and Verizon’s not just getting into the iPhone business — it’s also planning to offer an iPad. Read more »
It’s important to dispel potential myths and market misunderstandings when it comes to consumer electronic devices and trends. For 2011, that includes paid video chat, Apple dominating the living room and the misinformed belief that Google will rule the e-book space. ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Dish Network unveiled new mobile Remote Access apps that allow its subscribers to watch live and pre-recorded video from their iPhone, Android and BlackBerry mobile phones. The catch is that customers need a SlingLoaded DVR or purchase a Sling Adaptor for the apps to work. Read more »
TV apps will soon be “everywhere,” according to attendees of a recent GigaOM Bunker event examining the future of the TV market. But how that market will develop, and which TV platforms will win out, is yet to be ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
ESPN recently rolled out its TV Everywhere service to Time Warner Cable subscribers, making live and on-demand video from its broadcasts available online. But consumers may be pleasantly surprised to find that there’s something missing from the online version of the video service — ads. Read more »
Comcast took the beta tag off its Xfinity TV service and made it available to all pay TV susbcribers, regardless of their ISP. That could be a game-changer, if Comcast ever decided to offer the online service to customers who don’t live in its service area. Read more »
Time Warner Cable announced today that ESPN’s TV Everywhere offering will go live next Monday, just in time for Monday Night Football. But the vast majority of cable subs won’t be watching MNF online, but on the big-screen TV — and Time Warner Cable knows that. Read more »
It took a while, but ESPN is ramping up its TV Everywhere efforts across multiple service providers. With today’s announcement that ESPN extended its carriage agreement with Verizon, FiOS subscribers will soon be able to watch ESPN live on their PCs and other connected devices. Read more »
Despite some early enthusiasm for TV Everywhere from select networks, it has been slow to catch on in the last 18 months. One reason for that, according to some execs, is that there’s no real business model for distributing content online through an authenticated service. Read more »
Comcast says it has no plans to change NBC’s relationship with Hulu, making all the same content that available now also available in the future. It also said it would not withhold NBC content from other distributors or push it behind a TV Everywhere-type pay wall. Read more »
Today on the Net: Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes defends his TV Everywhere strategy, Digg’s Kevin Rose says Apple’s upcoming iTV will change everything and Sony continues to invest in online video sites Crackle and is planning integration into the PS3. Read more »
The $100 cable bill is dead. The cable industry just doesn’t know it yet. What killed it was not just ad-supported online video sites and cheap subscription video services, but the fundamental inability of TV programmers and cable companies to reach the next generation of consumers. Read more »
Satellite TV provider Dish Network is building a destination website that subscribers can log into and view on-demand content from cable networks that they already pay for. The new site, DishOnline.com, follows similar efforts from Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon in putting that content online. Read more »
Today on the Net: Critics come out against the proposed Comcast-NBC Universal joint venture, Time Warner Expands its TV Everywhere offerings with Verizon and Teevox launched an app to turn your mobile phone into a remote for watching Hulu and Netflix on a computer. Read more »
Today on the Net: Will Ferrell stars in an exclusive Wired iPad app video, Howcast is clocking 25 million video views per month, network execs want more ad dollars for TV Everywhere content and 3G iPhone users can now install Facetime by voiding their warranty. Read more »
