Oct30
How Geofencing Helps Stream Local Channels
More and more, Local Broadcast Channels will be delivered over the internet, and geofencing will play a major role in this shift. TotalCast is excited about offering our Geofencing SDK and Stream Management Portal to MVPDs and OTT providers to allow the...
Dec17
Localism & Internet TV: Can it coexist?
Does Localism Still Matter? This is the big question much of the broadcast media has been asking recently. With the rise of Internet-based TV, many are decrying the end of local television. Their theory? That as more of the market consumes VOD content...
Dec10
Mark Cuban is Right: Netflix is Good for Pay TV
Mark Cuban knows a thing or two about the internet. So when the owner of the Dallas Mavericks declared that Netflix and cable TV need each other, people listened. He’s right, but Local Channels still aren’t available for Live Streaming. Broadcasters...
Nov13
TotalCast Control Lets Affiliates Customize Streams
Broadcasters are finding they may not have permission to stream certain shows over the internet, even with multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) authentication and a geofence solution. TotalCast offers a solution. Some stations have studio...
Nov06
MVPD Authentication in TV Everywhere
Photo from fiercecable. Broadcasters wanting to carry their livestream in their own application will quickly find that in order to view the network programming, the networks are requiring multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) authentication....
Oct16
TotalCast: Creating Solutions for Our Own Problems
TV Everywhere is the way of the future. Actually, that future is already here. Today, viewers want to be able to watch television where they want, when they want, and on whatever device they elect. We have already discussed why this can be problematic...
Oct02
TV Everywhere: Broadcasters Can Stop Experimenting Now
In July 2014, Forbes.com published an article stating that TV Everywhere “wasn’t quite there yet.” Dorothy Pomerantz came out and bluntly wrote: Right now, the problem is that networks don’t know the best way to manage shows live, on VOD and streaming...
Feb20
TotalCast enables Local Broadcast TV Everywhere
Originally published at http://wraltechwire.com/ by RICK SMITH RALEIGH, N.C. — A new company being launched by Capitol Broadcasting has developed technology that broadcasters and other content providers can use to deliver live video and audio content...