Vice Media fired three employees on Thursday amid a probe into sexual harassment and improper workplace conduct, according to an internal memo. Vice did not name the employees.
CBS is eyeing another streaming product launch, this time turning its long-running syndicated magazine Entertainment Tonight into a VOD offering. Speaking at Variety’s Innovate Summit, CBS CEO Les Moonves said his company is weighing whether to turn ET into a 24-hour entertainment news service.
The U.S. linear pay TV market will shrink 26% by 2030, reaching only 60% of households compared to 81% today. That’s the conclusion of research firm The Diffusion Group in its latest report, which analyzes the impact of virtual MVPD services including Sling TV, DirecTV Now and Hulu Live on the incumbent pay TV marketplace.
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Ooyala, a provider of software and services designed to simplify the complexity of producing, streaming and monetizing video, has debuted a new set of enhancements to Ooyala Live, its end-to-end […]
WDIV Streams Thanksgiving Parade To The World
Time Warner is the big fish that AT&T is trying to catch, but the telecommunications giant has another investment that could turn into a valuable streaming content and distribution play once all of the pieces are in place.
We need to have a serious talk about Kodi. Whether you know it or not, you’ve heard about Kodi — either from friends in real life who love streaming free stuff and telling you about it, or by way of social network pals who promote the boxes that make it possible. Even so, here’s a refresher.
Verizon Communications is close to a new deal with the National Football League for digital streaming rights that would give the largest U.S. wireless carrier the ability to deliver game broadcasts to internet-connected TVs, tablets and phones, according to people familiar with the matter.
A full 67% of people stream movies and TV shows outside the home. And 12% of Americans who watch in public have done so in public restrooms.
NBC plans to stream more than 1,800 hours of content during its coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics from PyeongChang, South Korea, next year. That’s almost twice what the network streamed in the 2014 Winter games — just over 1,000 hours of footage, which also marked the first time that every event was streamed online.
The freshman syndicated show from the New York Post and Endemol Shine North America will be available the day after broadcast beginning Thursday.
Streaming video services are better at helping TV consumers — 79% of all consumers, including pay-TV subscribers, and 90% of those under 30 agree that streaming services play a huge role in finding new TV programming/video according to a PwC study.
Hulu, the offspring of traditional TV companies, hopes to catch Madison Avenue’s eye with offers of new commercial formats that can be distributed to select cuts of audience based on program choices and other behaviors. Advertisers who sense a couch-potato migration from living-room TV to mobile screen might have interest.
Cox Cable customers can now search and select Netflix titles directly from within its core cable service, following a similar move by larger rival Comcast. Cox says 70% of those with its high-end cable box already subscribe to Netflix. Making the experience of using the two services together could help with both loyalty and retention.
AT&T has filed a trademark application for the logo, Watch TV, which would be used for an app that streams content to a variety of devices, including computers, tablets and televisions.
The power of human suggestions — or what used to be known as the water cooler — might be coming back, thanks to a new streaming service started by an ex-Facebook founder that’s launching today. Philo costs $16 a month and includes more than 35 channels from A+E, AMC Networks, Discovery, Scripps and Viacom — which are also strategic investors in the company. The service is available nationwide and on most major streaming platforms, including iOS, Android (through the Chrome browser, for now), Apple TV and Roku.
Coming off of a stellar first earnings report as a public company, Roku CEO Anthony Wood says the future of Roku is smart TV software, not its connected TV hardware product that it’s most commonly known for. Per eMarketer, more Americans use Roku’s connected TV device than any other similar device, like Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV or Apple TV.
Walt Disney Co.’s shares rose 3% on Friday, as Wall Street shrugged off poor financial results and focused instead on the media giant’s commitment to build a service that will compete aggressively with video streaming pioneer Netflix.
FuboTV today announced a multi-year agreement with NESN (New England Sports Network), the exclusive regional home of the Boston Red Sox and the Boston Bruins. FuboTV will launch NESN in the coming days to […]
Roku, the independent streaming-TV company that recently staged a successful IPO, is seeing a huge rise in its stock price in midday trading, a day after the company’s first quarterly financial report crushed Wall Street revenue estimates. Shares of the maker of streaming boxes and dongles connecting viewers to Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and hundreds of other services were trading at $27.50, up a remarkable 46% on triple normal volume.
Digital streaming technologies — either via a standalone device or a smart television set — are now present in about a third of U.S. TV homes and are beginning to have a pronounced effect on the way people watch the medium.
