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Your biweekly dose of OTT industry news, trends and research.
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Another half-million Americans cut the cord last quarter

Another half-million Americans cut the cord last quarter | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
A historically horrible Q1.
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May 4, 2017 10:15 PM
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Disney Sets More Family-Friendly Path for Maker Studios

Disney Sets More Family-Friendly Path for Maker Studios | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
Maker Studios was once a sprawling agglomeration of some 60,000 YouTube channels. Now Disney, which has owned Maker since 2014, has dramatically pared back the unit's focus — aiming to better align a roster of under 1,000 Maker creators with Disney's family-safe brand and corporate objectives.
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April 19, 2017 11:39 PM
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In Indonesia, YouTube Viewers Seek Educational Tutorials Above Entertainment (Study) - Tubefilter

In Indonesia, YouTube Viewers Seek Educational Tutorials Above Entertainment (Study) - Tubefilter | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
Tutorial channels are the most popular video category in Indonesia -- topping those helmed by popular YouTube personalities or other entertainment outfits.
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April 19, 2017 11:36 PM
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LeEco Kills Plans for EcoPass Subscription Service

LeEco Kills Plans for EcoPass Subscription Service | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
More bad news for the struggling Chinese consumer electronics upstart.
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April 19, 2017 11:35 PM
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A potential fight is brewing in TV land over an under-20-dollar TV bundle without sports - Business Insider

A potential fight is brewing in TV land over an under-20-dollar TV bundle without sports - Business Insider | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
A potential fight is brewing in TV land over an under-20-dollar TV bundle without sports
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April 19, 2017 11:32 PM
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TV May Actually Die Soon – Stay Tuned - Shelly Palmer

TV May Actually Die Soon – Stay Tuned - Shelly Palmer | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
FANG (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google/YouTube) is about to take a huge bite out of traditional network TV, and the media business will never be the same.
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April 18, 2017 8:49 PM
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Time To Kill The "eSports Beats Sports Viewers" Stat

Time To Kill The "eSports Beats Sports Viewers" Stat | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
TIME TO KILL THE "ESPORTS BEATS SPORTS VIEWERS" STAT

No eSports Isn't Beating The NBA In Viewers (Graphic: Riot)

TNL Take: If you read any Mainstream Media article on eSports, it pretty
much starts like this:

Part 1: What’s eSports? It’s kids playing video games and getting paid
AVIA's insight:

This is the same problem with how most of digital viewers are now measured. Very tough to get apples to apples comparisons.

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April 18, 2017 8:41 PM
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Keynote: Roy Price, Vice President of Amazon Studios - MIPTV 2017

Roy Price, Vice President of Amazon Studios - the studio that brought viewers Emmy and Golden Globe winning ‘Transparent’ and international sensation ‘Th
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April 16, 2017 6:16 AM
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Amazon Studios Makes First Multi-Season Series Order In Its History - Tubefilter

Amazon Studios Makes First Multi-Season Series Order In Its History - Tubefilter | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel', about a 1958 housewife, marks the first time that Amazon has greenlit a multi-season order on any new series.
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April 16, 2017 6:14 AM
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Amazon India Inks Licensing Deal With Paramount

Amazon India Inks Licensing Deal With Paramount | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
Amazon signs licensing deal with Paramount Pictures to supply content to the Indian version of Amazon's Prime Video streaming service.
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April 16, 2017 6:11 AM
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Infographic: The Billion-Dollar Race for Streaming Supremacy

Infographic: The Billion-Dollar Race for Streaming Supremacy | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
This chart shows how much Amazon and Netflix spend on video content.
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April 16, 2017 3:54 AM
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After Netflix: Where the Best Television Online is Hiding

After Netflix: Where the Best Television Online is Hiding | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
Niche streaming services like AMC’s ‘Shudder’ celebrate the genres mainstream providers neglect.
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April 16, 2017 3:14 AM
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As The Digital Streams Become A Gushing River, Who Stays Afloat?

As The Digital Streams Become A Gushing River, Who Stays Afloat? | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
If you missed some of these latest news in the gusher of digital-media/skinny bundle announcements flooding your feed, don’t feel bad. There are a ton.
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May 4, 2017 10:24 PM
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Twitter Pacts With Bloomberg for 24-Hour News Channel

Twitter Pacts With Bloomberg for 24-Hour News Channel | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
Twitter is treading into territory staked out by the likes of CNN and Fox News: The social player has teamed with Bloomberg Media to launch a 24-hour news channel in the fall of 2017.
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April 19, 2017 11:46 PM
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Those Netflix binges are bad news for DVRs

Those Netflix binges are bad news for DVRs | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
More U.S. homes have a streaming service such as Netflix than have a DVR.
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April 19, 2017 11:36 PM
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Why Brands Like HBO and WWE Are Flocking to Streaming Subscription Services

Why Brands Like HBO and WWE Are Flocking to Streaming Subscription Services | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
Why Brands Like HBO and WWE Are Flocking to Streaming Subscription Services
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April 19, 2017 11:35 PM
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Amazon? HBO? Netflix thinks its real competitor is... sleep

Amazon? HBO? Netflix thinks its real competitor is... sleep | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
Amazon? HBO? Netflix thinks its real competitor is... sleep
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April 19, 2017 11:33 PM
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Why the YouTube ad boycott is pointless

Why the YouTube ad boycott is pointless | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
The YouTube ad boycott could reportedly cost Google up to $750m. And while this is chump change for the digital giant, if the movement was to pick up speed, it could arguably put a real dent in Google’s coffers – if not transform the digital marketing industry entirely.
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April 19, 2017 9:50 PM
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Pay TV’s Pain Point Gets Worse: Cord-Cutting Sped Up in 2016

Pay TV’s Pain Point Gets Worse: Cord-Cutting Sped Up in 2016 | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
The cord-cutting storm continues to gather momentum, and the forecast is bad news for traditional cable, satellite and telco TV operators — and their programming suppliers. U.S. pay-TV providers lost around 1.
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April 18, 2017 8:43 PM
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How CNN is getting TV viewers to use its apps - Digiday

How CNN is getting TV viewers to use its apps - Digiday | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
CNN wants to "future-proof" its business, which means getting its existing TV subscribers to spend time on its mobile and TV apps.
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April 18, 2017 8:13 PM
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Dailymotion Plans Major Relaunch, Focused on Premium Content and Sidelining User Videos

Dailymotion Plans Major Relaunch, Focused on Premium Content and Sidelining User Videos | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
Dailymotion is about to largely abandon its roots in user-generated content. The video site, now majority owned by French media conglom Vivendi, plans a significant relaunch of the service in June that will be geared toward serving up a curated feed of professionally produced content -- not th
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April 16, 2017 6:15 AM
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Amazon Estimated To Spend $4.5 Billion On Video In 2017 - Tubefilter

Amazon Estimated To Spend $4.5 Billion On Video In 2017 - Tubefilter | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
According to analysts at J.P. Morgan, Amazon's spend on video content will reach about $4.5 billion in 2017, close to Netflix's $6 billion.
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April 16, 2017 6:12 AM
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How CNN is getting TV viewers to use its apps - Digiday

How CNN is getting TV viewers to use its apps - Digiday | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
CNN wants to "future-proof" its business, which means getting its existing TV subscribers to spend time on its mobile and TV apps.
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April 16, 2017 4:15 AM
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Airtel Internet Tv Powered by Android TV Platform Launched in India Prices Start at Rs. 4999

Airtel Internet Tv Powered by Android TV Platform Launched in India Prices Start at Rs. 4999 | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
A few months back, we reported that India’s leading telecom operator will come with hybrid STB offering both online and satellite channels. Today, Airtel h
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April 16, 2017 3:51 AM
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How many subscription services can we handle? – Reverie Report

How many subscription services can we handle? – Reverie Report | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
Digital media business models continue to come under scrutiny. Advertising has fallen foul of ad blockers and commoditised programmatic buying that has pushed yields through the floor. What’s the…
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