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CandW discuss predictions for the online video market in 2016

Colin Dixon, Founder nScreenMedia, and Will Richmond, Founder of VideoNuze, discuss their top predictions for the year ahead in online video. Topics include data, Amazon, connect TV, and new linear.

nScreenNoise - TV OEMs embrace HDR, shun smart TV

At CES 2016, TV OEMs were rushing to embrace high dynamic range. In particular, many announced TVs certified as Ultra HD Premium, which includes HDR as a requirement. HDR will make a TV of any size look much better, whereas ultra HD on its own only improves the picture of large screen TVs. 

Smart TVs were mostly ignored by manufacturers during their press conferences, with the exception of Samsung. Many OEMs are turning to third parties, like Roku and Google, to shoulder the burden of building and maintaining the smart TV software and portal. Is allowing a third party to handle smart TV the right course for manufacturers, or should they redouble their efforts as Samsung is doing?

CandW discuss global Netflix market implications

Netflix announced it is now available in virtually every country in the world. It is also demanding that TV providers license their shows on a worldwide basis. This is a huge change for the industry. Will Richmond, head of VideoNuze, and Colin Dixon, head of nScreenMedia, discuss the implications of a global Netflix and look at some of the shortcomings of global Netflix that might slow market adoption.

nScreenNoise – Top 3 drivers of change in digital video 2015

There have been many changes in the world of digital video 2015, but what are the forces underlying these changes  and driving them? Here are my top 3 trends driving change.

CandW discuss SVOD on Pay TV and the decline in live TV

New data on combining SVOD with pay TV in bundles and on the decline in live viewing allows Will and I to reflect on the changes in the year passed, and speculate on the year ahead in OTT video.