On Tuesday, the New York Times Co. announced key appointments to product and design and the formation of a new products and ventures group, further defining the structure it announced in June. […]
FuboTV announced today the launch of a new, national marketing endeavor that includes the company’s first TV commercials, premiering at the start of the new NFL season and introducing viewers to “Fubo […]
Netflix Chief Financial Officer David Wells says $7 billion a year on content might just be a starting point — as long as the company can continue to add to its more than 100 million subscribers around the world.
The Wall Street Journal reports that people who are tired of paying for TV sports channels they don’t watch will soon have a new option. Cable channels owned by Discovery Communications, Viacom, AMC Networks, A+E Networks and Scripps Networks Interactive will be part of a new streaming service expected to have a “soft launch” in coming weeks, people familiar with the situation say. Subscriptions will cost less than $20 a month. Journal subscribers can read the full story here.
The San Francisco Chronicle has been profitable for four straight years, and is adding editorial and business staff. Revenue is growing at a rate of about 4% per year, says Publisher Jeff Johnson. That’s at a time when revenue at most of the major publicly traded newspaper companies has continued to drop. CJR recently visited the Chronicle to learn how the newspaper righted its ship and what lessons its comeback might have for other news organizations.
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Social networks have steadily and inexorably taken control of the broader internet, so it’s not surprising to see social begin to influence the programming agendas of conferences like IBC, which are steeped in internet video. Indeed, IBC 2017 attendees will be able to feel Facebook’s gravity right when they walk in this year, with Daniel Danker, product director for the social networking giant, tentpoling the keynote opening panel event, “Fans, Friends and the Future of Broadcasting.”
More than two-thirds of American adults — 67%, to be exact — “get at least some of their news on social media,” according to new data released by Pew Research Center. That’s up from 62% of American adults in 2016. Surprisingly, many of those new social media news consumers are not millennials. Pew found that 55% of Americans 50 or older reported getting news on social media sites, up from 45% in 2016.
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Two social media influencers reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which claimed they endorsed a website without telling their fans they also owned the company.
DirecTV Now has started adding local CBS affiliates, just in time for the first slate of National Football League games on Sunday. AT&T, which owns the live streaming service, announced last month that it had struck a deal with CBS to offer its local affiliates in 25 markets as well as the CBS-owned Showtime, CBS Sports Network, Pop and the CW. However, the telco did not reveal a launch date at the time of the announcement.
Netflix has shifted the balance of power in the television universe, pouring money into original programming and handing out generous straight-to-series orders. But Kevin Reilly, president of TNT and TBS, believes that there is an upside to Netflix’s tactics for linear and digital competitors.
Plex Live TV and DVR is now available on Amazon Fire TV, along with support for live TV on Plex for Web. Plex says that Amazon users will also get a new user experience since Amazon Fire TV is powerful enough to run the new Plex Android TV interface.
Rise of Streaming Won’t End Our Addiction To TV
Disney’s Star Wars and Marvel comic-book movies will be included in the upcoming service, making it the only way to stream those movies on demand in the U.S. as part of a monthly subscription. (So, not on Netflix.) A price hasn’t been announced yet. The service is expected in late 2019 after Disney’s current deal with Netflix expires.
Live streaming TV service Fubo.TV is adding more NFL programming in time for the kick-off of the 2017-18 season. Through a new carriage agreement with NFL Media, NFL Network and NFL […]
Rev’n, Luken Communications’ automotive multicast network, has further expanded its over-the-top availability by launching its channel on the Roku streaming platform. The new channel, available for free in the Roku channel […]
Diehards.com is designed for fans of the ACC, Big 10, Big 12, PAC-12 and the Southeastern Conference. Texas Pete Hot Sauce and Zaxby’s are ad partners.
The sports universe is heavily Balkanized online, meaning your best bet at comprehensive streaming of pro football will involve that old standby — a cable or satellite TV subscription — or cellphone service through Verizon. Otherwise, you’ll be limited to a few unrestricted games online, including Thursday’s night season opener between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New England Patriots. Here’s a stream-by-stream guide.
Russian disinformation groups spent about $100,000 for about 3,000 issue ads on Facebook connected to hundreds of false accounts over the past two years, according to findings of an investigation released Wednesday afternoon by the social network.
Apple has recruited four TV veterans to join its burgeoning video content team. Kim Rozenfeld, formerly head of current programming at Sony Pictures Television, is joining the tech giant as its future head of current and the lead executive on documentary series development. Two more Sony veterans, Max Aronson and Ali Woodruff, are joining Apple as development executives. And former WGN America head of publicity Rita Cooper Lee has joined Apple to lead communications for the new video content unit.
Mike Walters left TMZ after clashing with Harvey Levin. Now he is running The Blast, a well-financed entrant on the sharp-elbowed celebrity news scene.
NAB’s Pilot innovation initiative will sponsor the Mobile News Lab project at the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication during fall 2017. The sponsorship will provide the lab with […]
Newsy, the next-generation national news network, and the Scripps Washington Bureau have launched Getting a Fix, a new series focused on their joint investigation into the opioid crisis. The series […]
Amazon today announced the launch of Brown Sugar — the new subscription-video-on-demand service featuring baddest African-American action movies — on Amazon Channels. Amazon Prime members can now watch Brown Sugar’s library of iconic black movies, all un-edited and commercial-free […]
Once per hour, the free Social Rankings mobile app from SND updates to offer a leaderboard-style display of local TV reporters and anchors by market. The talent is ranked by how much engagement their Facebook posts received in the past 24 hours. The app also shows the total engagement, total number of posts and average per-post engagement stats for each reporter and anchor by market.
