Technology

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...
Jun30

TotalCast and FOX 50 Case Study

What It Is TotalCast’s TV Everywhere solution allows FOX 50 to make more money and control its brand by reaching and monetizing its viewers everywhere, on FOX 50’s own app. TotalCast created the Watch FOX 50 app which allows U-Verse subscribers...
Jan26

Sling TV and The Road to a Complete OTT Sports Bundle

Dish’s recent Sling TV offering is the first stab at offering what many sports fans have wanted for a long time – an affordable streaming TV service that delivers the essentials, and only the essentials. At $20 per month, Sling offers major sports...
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...
Nov20

Video – TotalCast and Local Affiliate TV Everywhere

Watch this video to learn more about how Local Affiliates can affordably create and profit from their own station-specific TV Everywhere experience:
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...
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...
Sep23

How TotalCast Creates Value for MVPDs

Take a look at our first explainer video that shows how TotalCast creates value for our MVPD clients.