Tag Archives: iTunes
Novel idea: Stopping Piracy and Giving Viewers what they want
The European market is a long way from the US but moves over there are causing concern. You play with fire and you’ll get burned. Fox, which recently delayed new episodes of TV shows from streaming on Hulu until 8 days after they’ve aired, has already seen a spike in piracy for those shows. via [...]
Competition in Digital Content
It seems that iTunes has seen a very successful 2010 but there are people who believe that 2011 could be a much tougher year. While much of the news lately has surrounded subscription internet movie and TV services the video on-demand market was up nearly 40% last year and is expected to keep growing. via [...]
Paying for Online Content
Research is a wonderful thing, and now it seems that we are more used to the idea of paying for content online than some thought. Research from ecommerce platform and strategic ecommerce consulting firm Elastic Path Software has revealed that a surprisingly large portion of online video viewers (75 per cent) are willing to pay [...]
Apple TV and Fairplay Blockage
Well Apple has given us that one more thing, the new improved Apple TV, However this has caused me to think about one of the less understood aspects of the Apple ecosystem… Fairplay – Apple’s DRM system. Well what caused me to think about this ‘almost’ hidden DRM? Well what Fairplay gives you is the [...]