Tegna Updates Station OTT Streaming Apps on Roku, Plans To Launch On Amazon Fire TV
Tegna today said it has completed an update of its stations’ over-the-top streaming apps on Roku, “enhancing the experience for viewers.” …
VUit Slots Esports-Themed Election Night Special
VUit, the ad-supported streaming service built in partnership with some of the world’s largest local TV station groups, will be presenting a …
YouTube TV Surpasses 3 Million Paid Subscribers
The video platform’s virtual pay TV service, YouTube TV, has surpassed the 3 million paid subscriber mark. This revelation comes just seven …
New Online Channel Offers Fare For Women In LGBTQ Community
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An online channel devoted to women in the LGBTQ community is launching with shows including a pandemic-set romantic …
Netflix To Raise U.S. Prices On Certain Tiers
Netflix is raising the subscription price to its standard and premium plans in the U.S., the first such hikes at the streaming giant since …
Judge Judy’s New Court Show Lands At IMDb TV
Judith Sheindlin is headed to streaming. The Judge Judy star’s untitled new court show (aka Judy Justice) has been greenlighted by Amazon …
Bitmovin Integrates Dolby Atmos, Dolby Vision To Video Encoder
Bitmovin, a provider of online video technology, has integrated Dolby Atmos, the next generation of surround sound technology, to its …
Fox News International Expands Distribution To 12 More Countries
Fox News Media’s international streaming platform Fox News International has expanded its distribution to 27 countries worldwide, enabling …
Locast Opens In 24th Market, Indianapolis
Locast, the nonprofit streaming service focused on local TV stations, said Wednesday that it has debuted in its 24th U.S. market, …
Netflix TV Chief Sets Global Leadership, Restructures US Operations
Following the exit of several top executives, Netflix’s head of global television, Bela Bajaria, has set her new global leadership team and …
Jon Stewart Back In Host’s Chair For Apple TV+
Stewart will host an hour-long, current affairs series that will explore topics of national interest as well as his advocacy work, the …
Red Bee Media Helps Launch TV5MONDEplus Streaming Platform
Red Bee Media and Dotscreen were instrumental in the launch of TV5MONDEplus, a new global video-on-demand platform with free French speaking …
T-Mobile Offers Another Streaming Service
With its TVision service, T-Mobile says it's aiming to offer a simpler and and cheaper service for people dissatisfied with cable. It will …
US Streaming Services Number Nearly 300
Quibi is an anomaly, not the norm, according to new research published by Parks Associates.
The number of over-the-top video services in …
Firstlight Media Beefs Up Sales, BizDev To Support OTT Market
With the number of streaming services continuing to grow to record levels, Firstlight Media today announced expanded support for the …
Analytics to enable consumer-focused approach to broadcasting
Broadcasters competing in an increasingly direct-to-consumer world will need to know more about how consumers are experiencing their …
‘Schitt’s Creek’ Cracks Nielsen Most-Streamed List
It may not be quite as momentous as taking home nine total Emmys, but Schitt’s Creek has another reason to celebrate. The lauded comedy …
Quibi Sets Shutdown Date
Quibi expects to shut down "on or about Dec. 1," according to a new post on the mobile video startup's customer service page. The message …
Hulu Dropping Sinclair Regional Sports Networks
Hulu says its live TV service will no longer carry the Fox regional sports networks now owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, effective Friday. …
Vizio Launches Facebook Watch App On SmartCast TVs
Vizio, the American-based TV and sound bar brand, today announced that SmartCast users in the U.S. and Canada can now access the Facebook …
Synamedia Appoints Paul Segre CEO
Synamedia, a global independent video software provider, today named Paul Segre CEO, effectively immediately. Previously CEO of Genesys, …
Quibi’s End Spurs Hand-Wringing For Partners
The demise of Quibi, the short-form video service led by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, will cause complications for a wide range of TV …
Quibi Shutting Down Just Months After Launch
The company said Wednesday that it would wind down its operations and plans to sell its assets. “Quibi is not succeeding," its top …
Quibi Weighs Shutting Down As Problems Mount
The streaming service is considering shutting itself down, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that points to a possible …
How Will Disney’s Streaming Pivot Work?
As the Hollywood giant hands studio leaders greater control over the content they create and builds out a new distribution division, the …
AT&T Officially Announces In-Car Streaming
AT&T has officially launched its in-car video streaming service WarnerMedia Ride, offering it free to owners of 27 vehicle brands who …
CBS’s Subramanyam: Live Still Thrives In Pandemic
Radha Subramanyam, chief research and analytics officer at CBS Corp., says linear TV isn’t dead yet: “The live experience is very, very …
ViacomCBS Names Tom Ryan CEO Of Streaming
ViacomCBS today named Tom Ryan, currently CEO of Pluto TV, as president and CEO, ViacomCBS Streaming, unveiling a new leadership structure …
AT&T CEO Blasts Amazon, Roku ‘Bottlenecks’
AT&T is nearly five months out from the launch of HBO Max and the service still doesn’t have distribution agreements in place with …
Super Aggregator ScreenHits TV Launches Beta
The debut of the limited software tool comes after the London startup bags another $2 million from its angel investors.
NBCLX Goes Bold For Next-Gen Audiences
NBCLX is NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations’ multiplatform lab for storytelling innovation, iterating across digital, diginets and OTT. …
Marinescu To Lead Allen Media Digital Ad Sales
Veteran ad sales executive Raoul Marinescu will oversee all digital ad sales for Allen’s free streaming platforms Local Now and The Grio.
‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Renewed For Season 4
The Starfleet crew clearly has more work to do. A day after its Season 3 premiere, CBS All Access announced it has renewed Star Trek: …
Netflix Head Of Comedy Jane Wiseman Out
Another high-ranking executive is out at Netflix. Head of comedy Jane Wiseman has left the streamer. Wiseman, who had served as VP originals …
COVID Boosts Streaming, But Broadcast Endures
COVID-19 accelerated long-term viewership changes and channeled ever-higher numbers toward streaming and toward leaner cable packages, but …