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nScreenNoise – Ad-free All Access won’t boost subs

CBS All Access has just added an ad-free tier of service. It costs $4 more and doesn't remove all ads. Though it won't boost subs this year, it might help out next when Star Trek: Discovery is released.

nScreenNoise – where did $3B in disc sales go?

US consumers are spending $3B less today on DVDs than four years ago. Why did Hollywood allow this money to escape, and where did it go?

CandW discuss why TV Everywhere usage plummeted in Q2 2016

New Adobe data says that TV Everywhere users in Q2 2016 crashed 64% from the previous quarter. Q2 is usually a down quarter for TV, but this decline was exceptional. Why did this happen?

CandW discuss the streaming Olympics and its impact on the industry

Olympics streaming through the NBC Sports App seems to be hit. In some respects, the experience is better than traditional television. And that is having impacts, both good and bad, throughout the industry.

nScreenNoise - SVOD & VPN usage in the Nordic Market

SVOD services are deeply entrenched in the Nordic market, as is the use of VPNs to access out-of-market services. In this interview with Claus Bülow Christensen, organizer of the Copenhagen Future TV Conference, we discuss the latest data on SVOD VPN usage in the region, and the future of out-of-market access.

nScreenNoise - delivering movies on 2G helps defeat pirates

Fastfilmz is using V-Nova technology to enable 2G video streaming. This approach triples service reach and helps defeat the video pirates.

CandW discuss Disney BAMTech and Hulu free content

Disney announced it has taken a third ownership share in BAMTech and will launch a new ESPN branded subscription service on it. We discuss why the investment was a good move for the company. Hulu announced it would no longer provide free content. This was not such a good idea.

nScreenNoise - Crunchyroll all about community 8/4/16

In this interview with incoming COO ofCrunchyroll, Colin Decker, he talks about the essence of the streaming sitessuccess: community. We also discuss how Crunchyroll is holding subscriberattention for 40 minutes a day.

You can find more data on Crunchyroll here. 

CandW discuss Time Warner and the Hulu skinny bundle

Time Warner took a 10% stake in Hulu and says all its premium TV properties will be available live and on-demand in the impending Hulu skinny bundle. Why would TWI sign up with Hulu and compete with its best customers, the pay TV operators?

nScreenNoise - SVOD is as important as pay TV 7/28/16

Three-quarters of users of both SVOD and pay TV use their streaming service as much as or more than regular TV. What else do we know about SVOD viewer behavior?