Welcome to News Views, CASBAA’s news round-up culled from sources across the industry for the week ending Mar 28th. Curated by CASBAA, News Views keeps you in the loop. We always value your feedback, so tell us what you think!
Jill GrindaExecutive Vice President |
So, while I think we always knew, it seems that TV viewers in Australia take the lead from online friends according to a recent research from Nielsen. More than one in three consumers aged 16-24 read other peoples’ comments about TV or movie content on a weekly basis, or more often. Content that people ‘feel strongly about’ has emerged as an important driver of online social behavior.The North American market may have cord-cutting, cord-shaving and a growing number of ‘cord-nevers’, but the pay-TV arena is set to add five million subscribers by the end of 2020, says Digital TV Research. The report calculates that the market will reverse a decline reported in 2013 and grow solidly to 116.6 million by 2020, even though pay-TV penetration will drop from 87% in 2010 to 83.8% by 2020.
And I take this opportunity to bid you a farewell and a heartfelt thank you to all of our CASBAA supporters. It’s been great working with you over the past three years. |
John MedeirosChief Policy Officer |
Some good news out of Europe: the Court of Justice of the European Union has upheld the legality of judicial orders to block pirate websites. The European courts continue to advance the jurisprudence on this issue, allowing rights owners to take action against some of the most egregious pirate websites. |
Sara MaderaDirector, Member Relations & Marketing |
Say it isn’t so! Finally, a script writer is talking about her experiences behind the scenes in the word of reality TV. I’d watch her shows just for her educated feminist point of view – but isn’t it a relief to acknowledge that reality shows aren’t well…really real? |
Desmond ChungAssociate Director, PR & Communications |
Aereo kidding me? Aereo Founder and CEO Chet Kanojia says he has “hope and confidence” that the US Supreme Court will find in its favour when the copyright action brought against it by a group of broadcasters is heard April 22nd. At stake is how the industry will view legitimate content and what is considered “theft”. Stay tuned for further developments! |
Godfrey ChanMarketing & Member Relations Executive |
An inevitable trend throughout the global broadcasting industry, Thailand will begin digital TV broadcast trials on April 1 to officially kick-off its TV digitalization dream. Click here to learn how digital TV will affect TV viewing habits. |
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