Thursday, July 25, 2013

Web TV grows with Netflix and YouTube projects - latercera

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Internet TV is an area that is increasingly far from being an experiment and closer to consolidation. The Emmy nominations achieved by Netflix is a signal, and the movements of people like YouTube to sophisticate its contents, other. And to further clarify generated content on the web in a format identical to the TV is increasingly far from being the exception, the creator of House of cards has just announced that its original series production, documentary filmmaking added and stand-up comedy specials.

We want to become faster HBO HBO what we can become,” he said, sincere, Ted Sarandos , Netflix chief content about their aspirations . And almost did not need to make explicit the: a mix of series, documentaries and comedy specials featuring people like Chris Rock or Jerry Seinfeld , was precisely what the chain rose Soprano to a powerhouse in the industry.

So far, the strategy has worked well for Netflix. As reported on Monday, the fourth quarter earnings totaled U.S. $ 1.07 billion. In addition, they said they, the premiere of the fourth season of the revived comedy Arrested Development (pictured) helped to ument of 630,000 registered subscribers.

But for all the good wishes, there are still uncertainties regarding Netflix’s recipe, and who refuse to give their audience figures reveal original content nor the people who closed their subscription. In fact, after the announcement of its figures, its shares declined, due in part to that, although the numbers were within expectations, this is the first time the company has less than one million users.

Netflix But advances are not the only ones still showing signs that Internet TV is an increasingly important platform. Recently, Google invested millions to open YouTube Space LA , a study that different producers can use to make content for the site, in a way much more professional by giving them access, for example, to record more than one camera or workshops to improve their skills.

explained an article in the Financial Times , the idea of ??Google, which owns YouTube since 2006, is to improve the products site to increase the number of users and advertisers. “The goal is to innovate and help as many artists as possible,” explained Liam Collins , director of YouTube Space LA.

They are not the only ones. A group of investors that includes Robert Downey JR . and Time Warner invested $ 36 million recently Maker Online Studios , focused on this type of content.

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