nScreenMedia

CandW discuss Facebook $50M investment in live creators

Facebook is putting up $50M to get quality live video on the site. It hopes to buy a year while it figures out the business model, but it won't be nearly enough money.

nScreenNoise - 5 Min Lecture - Let your customers go free

In this 5 minute lecture at the TV of Tomorrow Show Andrew Burke of Paywizard explains why if you love your customers, you have to set them free.

nScreenNoise - Beating geoblocking for effective content protection

With the massive use of anonymizing VPNs these days, it’s getting harder than ever to control where content gets seen. David Briggs of Geocomply explains what geolocation is, why it’s important, and how it can fix the problem.

CandW discuss VRV and the niche rebundling of video

Ellation announced it would launch an SVOD aggregation service called VRV in the fall. We discuss the new service and the general approach of rebundling SVOD services around niche markets. 

nScreenNoise - How push video can 3.5X engagement

In this 5-minute lecture by Mark Adams of Incoming Media at the TV of Tomorrow Show 2016, he defends the following idea: "Streaming Isn't Enough: Push Video for Better Engagement."

CandW discuss drivers and drags on mobile video explosion

In the last week Ericsson and Cisco released new data and forecasts illustrating how much smartphone video is driving the growth in mobile data consumption. We discuss the data, how the wireless network will cope, and why we just can't stop watching video on our phones.

nScreenNoise - the Amazon Video ethos

Jeff Bezos was crystal clear about how video helps Amazon at the Code Conference this week: it helps the company sell shoes! Whatever the company does with Amazon Video, it all comes back to retail in the end.

CandW discuss Apple's failure in video

Tim Cook is still using the same phraseology about Apple’s role in video as he did 4 years ago. We discuss how this illustrates how Apple has failed to make any meaningful impression on the evolution of the video experience online. 

CandW discuss how SVOD is changing the future and past of TV

SVOD is having a major impact on the creation and licensing for television shows. It is causing a boom in the number of scripted shows being created, and causing TV providers to reevaluate the value of their reruns. Will the TV business ever be the same again?

nScreenNoise - turn every show into an app

In this interview with Ex Machina CEO Jeroen Elfferich he discusses how the company's PlayNow platform can instantly turn any show, live and on-demand, into an interactive app.