Netflix has gotten a big boost from Richard Greenfield, an analyst at BTIG Research, who has stamped a BUY rating on the content aggregator and reset its price target to $250… a big journey from its current range, but still shy of the $300 heights it hit before its bubble burst. Why now? Greenfield says […]
Call it baby steps, but they’re big baby steps nonetheless. Cablevision has updated its Optimum for iPad app to allow users access to live liner content–albeit a very limited menu of content at the moment—outside their home WiFi network. The Long Island-based company said users of the app will be able to access news, weather […]
The first app, literally the first app, that I played with the morning I received my original Apple iPad (the weekend before NAB, by the way) was the ABC Player. And that was all it took, I was hooked. Simple, clean, easy to navigate. It was—and in many ways still is, the epitome of what […]
Have you got “the best idea ever†for a streaming media service? You might just be nearing the catbird seat. (Psst! Intel, Google Fiber listen up!) A poll from Harris Interactive suggests that nearly 40% of U.S. adults in that prime 18-34 age group would be willing to leave their pay-TV service provider for a […]
Ericsson (ERIC), which already made news last week for rumored talks about acquiring Microsoft’s MediaRoom, is back Wednesday with more: the company said it would be debuting new support services at NAB 2013 aimed at helping broadcasters and content owners manage the evolving TV market environment. In a release announcing the new service, Ericsson said […]
Canadian media technology company Digital Rapids has scored a win with Internet and digital media service provider Terra, announcing Wednesday that the company will use DR’s Transcode Manager to prepare media assets for multiscreen VOD distribution for the company’s branded online news portal. Terra—which reaches about 100 million people monthly with entertainment, sports and news […]
