MIPCOM 2012: Is OTT just another video window, or a real game-changer?

CANNES - As Kevin Spacey descended on MIPCOM this week to promote Netflix's ballyhooed original series The House of Cards, onlookers were asking whether the video streaming giant and other so-called over-the-top digital platforms were just dipping their toes in the water to create original content, or ushering in the future of TV. The verdict: Don’t expect Netflix, Hulu, Google/YouTube to grab the first-run window from traditional broadcasters anytime soon. Spacey, talking to the assembled media in Cannes, stressed the artistic freedom that he, as an executive producer, and his team received from Netflix. “Because this is the first time...