Assisted by the momentum it’s seeing with TV makers integrating its operating system, Roku’s streaming platform has held onto its already solid lead in the US over rivals such as Amazon (Fire TV), Apple (tvOS) and Google’s Android TV through the early parts of 2019, according to Strategy Analytics.
The video giant’s recent travails underscore a basic question: How “neutral” should social-media platforms try to be?
Corporate Openings At Graham And Nexstar
Both Graham and Nexstar have openings in their respective corporate headquarters in Chicago and Dallas for a chief technology officer and a senior vice president of local content development.
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The giddy excess of the Peak TV era has culminated in a sort of option paralysis among consumers, many of whom, when presented with a near-infinite number of entertainment choices, make none whatsoever.
For sitcoms, dramas and reality shows, the jump to streaming was easy. But talk shows? It’s tricky.
Its Compulse360 platform will provide local CTV and OTT advertisers with advanced daily campaign reporting powered by third-party measurement from Comscore.
KXRM Adds Digital Reporter Krista Witiak
A Facebook mail facility near company headquarters in the San Francisco Bay area was evacuated Monday after a routine check found mail possibly containing the nerve agent sarin. Authorities put […]
Free streaming service Pluto TV on Monday launched a suite of linear channels aimed at Hispanic Americas. Pluto TV Latino features 11 Spanish- and Portuguese-language channels with programming in a variety of genres including movies, comedy, music, crime reality sports and telenovelas.
As legislation is being proposed to regulate Big Tech, broadcasters should realize that any regulation involving use of the internet by business will eventually affect television stations, particularly any encroachment on the First Amendment. This is a genuine concern because one of the bubbling issues is who can post what information.
Amazon Fire TV is introducing a new enhancement to its platform. The “Live” tab, which is currently rolling out on Fire devices and smart TVs, is next to “Home” in the main navigation menu. It highlights live offerings from free services, subscription bundles and Prime Video Channels outlets including MLB.TV, NBA League Pass, PGA Tour Live, HBO and Showtime. Programs pulled in over the air with an antenna are also included.
In an age of peak TV, the decision about what to watch has become so difficult that 21% of streaming service users decide to do something else before they can […]
Ben Smith, the editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News built his division from scratch into the country’s premiere digital-native newsroom. Now media’s Boy Wonder finds his operation — and his company — at an inflection point.
The broadcast industry is understandably focusing on the infrastructure of the future, which, without a doubt, will be based on IP. New facilities and remote production needs are among the top reasons for this IP boom.
Anchor Finds Younger Consumers With Social
Five mornings a week, Paul Gerke performs typical morning-anchor duties as part of the Today in Arizona team on Tegna’s KPNX Phoenix. But on some Fridays, he steps away at 6 a.m. and delivers a segment of his own — Paul’s Extra Point — that is resonating on social media by breaking away from the standard TV formula.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon is taking the captain’s chair on CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Picard. Chabon, who’s been part of the show’s creative team since Picard was announced, has been named showrunner of the upcoming series.
Locast, the free TV station streaming service, has gotten a big financial boost from AT&T, which said Thursday it was contributing a half a million dollars to the service’s nonprofit parent, the Sports Fans Coalition New York.
Today, ViewLift, a global streaming technology platform, announced its alliance with Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro (LNP) to power the first European basketball league to launch on Amazon Fire TV, IOS TV and […]
FuboTV, one of the players duking it out in the competitive internet pay-TV arena, is dropping into the free streaming-video market with a network it wants to distribute as widely as possible — off its own platform. On Thursday, the company is soft-launching the Fubo Sports Network: a live, free-to-consumer TV network for U.S. sports fans offering event coverage, news, and exclusive programming.
NBCUniversal’s June 25 announcement that it is pulling The Office from Netflix when that deal ends at the start of 2021 is the latest shot across the bow in the streaming wars, a signal that one-time TV hits are the new battlefield as the media giants fight to lure viewers to their direct-to-consumer offerings.
The White House will hold a summit on social media next month amid growing criticism from President Donald Trump and some in Congress. White House spokesman Judd Deere said the July 11 gathering “will bring together digital leaders for a robust conversation on the opportunities and challenges of today’s online environment.” The White House did not say who will take part and major social media firms did not immediately confirm they will take part.
Vimeo CEO Anjali Sud really wants people to know that the online video company is no longer a competitor to YouTube. “Today we do not view YouTube as a competitor. We really think of ourselves as a software-as-a-services company like a Slack, like a Dropbox, like a Zoom,” Sud says.
Acorn TV, a North American streaming service for British and international television, has greatly expanded its distribution channels in the last month, including increased availability on Apple TV channels in […]
Global online piracy costs the U.S. economy at least $29.2 billion in lost revenue each year. That’s according to a new study, Impacts of Digital Piracy on the U.S. Economy, which was jointly conducted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Global Innovation Policy Center and NERA Economic Consulting.
