TV Everywhere: Authentication and Online Video

The new "Brightcove TV Everywhere Solution Pack" combines the enterprise edition of the Brightcove 4 video platform with a number of new features aimed at bringing more licensed and subscriber-entitled video content online. More

The On Demand Online trial, which Comcast is pursuing with various basic and premium cable networks, is based on using authentication technology to make sure that viewers can only see TV programs online that they are already paying for through their cable-TV subscriptions. More

Commentary and analysis on the business of television advertising—from the upfront and scatter markets to TV events like the Super Bowl, the Oscars and the Olympics—courtesy of Broadcasting & Cable Business Editor Claire Atkinson. More

Cox programming exec Bob Wilson says cable operator would be 'fast-follower' to TV Everywhere. More

This is the first major move into long-form online video for the non-fiction programming giant behind hit shows like Deadliest Catch (pictured). More

Brightcove is jumping into the TV Everywhere arena with a new suite of offerings, hoping to win new business from programmers that want to serve up high-value content to cable subscribers on the Web. The Brightcove TV Everywhere Solution Pack, to be announced this week, extends the Brightcove 4 More

Out with the analog: Cable operators this year advanced their digital agendas to make room for more DOCSIS 3.0 and HD. More

It’s cable’s plan to avoid getting ravaged the way newspapers and the music industry have in trying to adapt to the Internet. TV Everywhere, the argument goes, ensures video programming on the Web continues to be supported by a paid subscription base. More

Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt waded into the perennial skirmishes between cable operators and programmers over carriage negotiations, saying that both parties need to be more mindful of consumers when wrestling over the rising cost of content. More

Comcast appears ready to launch its authentication-based online video initiative under the new moniker of Fancast Xfinity TV. The new service may also go by Xfinity, for short. More

Cable networks and MSOs still disagree on who should distribute content beyond the set-top box. More

Comcast and NBC Universal executives tell a congressional panel that their proposed merger won’t harm video competition, but opponents lay out the case against permitting the joint venture to move forward. More

Keep an eye on how the growth in online video will shift this year into the mobile world via smartphones like Google's Android and Apple's iPhone, said Will Richmond, the publisher of daily news site VideoNuze. Will and I host... More

Time Warner Inc (TWX)Q4 2009 Earnings CallFebruary 03, 2010 10:30 am ET More

Comcast-owned white label video service ThePlatform is launching what it is describing as the biggest overhaul of its video management system since the company was started More