The RICA/RTG Fall Forum, hosted by the Rural Independent Competitive Alliance and the Rural Telecommunications Group, had a panel that analyzed OTT opportunities. “As pressures on traditional revenue sources increase, companies are actively looking for new customer growth and revenue opportunities.” Skitter.TV was a solution discussed by the panel which included Hill Country Telephone and [...]
If you are someone who doesn’t have an iPad but know someone who does, then you probably know they love it even if you haven’t justified its cost or aren’t yet an Apple convert. Now RIM will be unleashing its PlayBook which can be paired with the BlackBerry phone (very impressive) and Samsung is set [...]
iPhone apps were a giant leap forward in how we use our mobile phones. While smart phones were always meant to be more than just mobile phones it wasn’t until the iPhone came out that we really began using our phones for more than just email reading and talking. Now we can track our daily [...]
According to ABI Research, online video adoption has doubled in the past year and those that watch it are watching more on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Even HBO, which has historically shunned mediums outside of cable or satellite, has unveiled their HBO Go Website. HBO says the site will offer up to four [...]
My last post referenced eMarketer survey data on what kinds of sites Internet users visit to get information to help them make purchasing decisions. Of course, Web surfers look for more than product or service information. Increasingly, consumers are turning to the Web for entertainment and for “how-to” information—often in the form of short videos. [...]
Economic conditions, the DTV transition and rising TV services costs are causing many consumers to install new antennas in a return to over-the-air TV viewing. Skitter sees to factors that make over-the-air TV viewing an inadequate choice for many Americans. With the digital transition, changes in transmission power and frequencies used for broadcasting results in TV screens going blank for many people– especially in rural markets. And over-the-air TV does not give Americans what the majority say they want–the ability to connect their TV to the Internet.
For cable TV providers, IPTV is a four-letter word. We at Skitter would agree. For the cable industry, being labeled as transitioning to “IPTV” puts them too close to the solutions offered by their competitors in the telco TV and over-the-top video worlds. For Skitter, the IPTV label sells us way short.
CBS is expanding revenue beyond the traditional TV advertising model with broadcast retransmission fees and Internet TV monetization. With Skitter.TV, networks and their affiliates see new retrans revenue from multiscreen TV services offered by Skitter’s telecom service provider partners.
New research shows video-on-demand (VOD) delivery via the Internet will grow to one-fourth of all VOD revenue in five years. As more and more consumers switch to Internet-based TV and video as a major source of entertainment, the telecom service provider has an opportunity to take advantage of this new revenue stream by offering converged TV services.
On last night’s Emmy Awards broadcast, host Neil Patrick Harris was among several entertainers who weighed in on the impact of Internet TV on traditional broadcast television. There is clearly much anxiety in Hollywood as Web/TV convergence gathers momentum. Luckily for Harris, Skitter.TV is here to save the day. With our video platform, video-over-IP performance [...]
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