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Sony's Crackle sees mobile users 'snacking' on video content
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Philip Lynch, who oversees content for Sony's Crackle online video site, said users visiting the service through TVs typically consume more than two hours of content in an average session. He also said users accessing the site from a mobile device typically spend 18 to 25 minutes watching videos, and users on a PC typically watch videos for around 1.5 hours.
Net2TV: We'll be on 20M smart TVs by early next year
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Startup Net2TV is in discussions with "several" consumer electronics companies to install its service onto their smart TVs, and expects the actions to result in its online video service being fitted into around 20 million smart TVs in the United States by early next year.
With Mortal Kombat and H+, Warner Bros. continues testing online video waters
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Warner Bros., one of the world's largest movie studios, remains committed to the online video space and plans to continue to create content for the sector, according to the head of Warner Bros.' digital business.
Brightcove retreats from HTML5, pushes refreshed SDKs for native Android, iOS apps
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Streaming video platform provider Brightcove said it has shuttered its "App Cloud" mobile application development product and is instead pushing refreshed SDKs for Android and iOS. Brightcove's Albert Lai explained that the company is refocusing on native apps, rather than HTML5 solutions, due to customer demand.
Roku planning second-screen tablet app
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Streaming video provider Roku is currently testing a second-screen application for tablets that the company hopes to release in the "near term," according to a company executive.
OTTCon--and over-the-top delivery--come of age
SANTA CLARA--This is the third year for OTTCon, X-Media Research's homage to all things related to over-the-top video. Things have changed greatly over those years. For one, the location. OTTCon
Encoding company Elemental ready for Olympian test this summer
SANTA CLARA--This summer's Olympic Games in London will be a huge test for encoding company Elemental Technologies, a primary vendor for Comcast. NBCUniversal, a Comcast subsidary, has broadcast
Ooyala CTO: An IPO is likely…at some point
SANTA CLARA--An IPO for online video platform Ooyala? "Yes... at some point I'm sure we will," said CTO Sean Knapp. "But there's no need at the moment, we have access to plenty of cash." Knapp, one
Roku CEO: OTT is changing the content delivery game
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Anthony Wood, CEO of Roku, opened the third-annual OTTCon by saying over-the-top delivery of content is changing the playing field of how content is delivered and consumed. Wood,
Operators are starting to define a role for OTT, but is it aggressive enough?
OTTCon, San Jose, Calif.-- The news media--both popular and trade--likes to write about the impact of over-the-top content and delivery in the sexiest terms possible and, for the past two years,
