It doesn’t take an Einstein to know that in this age of streaming and on-demand viewing, linear TV notions of time and space don’t apply. But it did take a Breland — Sandy Breland, group vice president at Raycom Media — to apply that new reality to investigative reporting.
KCCI Wins A TVNewsCheck Social Media Excellence Award
YouTube plans to make all future original programing available to users for free with advertising, as the video streaming unit of Alphabet Inc’s Google seeks a bigger audience for shows and movies that had mostly been restricted to paid subscribers. The shift in strategy means that starting in 2020, a YouTube Premium subscription will no longer be the only way to watch most original programs, with all users having some access.
WTVT Captures Local Character On Social
Fox’s WTVT Tampa won first place in the large market category in TVNewsCheck’s inaugural Social Media Excellence Awards. Its news director reveals how the station uses the natural beauty and character of the area to heighten user engagement.
Viewer engagement platform Megaphone TV announced new and extended partnerships with some of the biggest content providers in television and OTT/streaming. These national and international partnerships are in addition to […]
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Disney’s Direct-To-Consumer & International unit has reached a deal with Google for advertising technology in a bid to increase revenue across its vast digital footprint.
Simon Trudelle, NAGRA senior director, product marketing: “The solution is driven by a combination of technology, collaboration, and innovation to fight pirate services across all distribution networks. Sports leagues must partner with vendors and service providers, as well as providing their own OTT services if not already the case, to ensure all fans get the best experience possible, anywhere.”
Tegna’s premium CTV/OTT advertising solution adds Shawn Edwards, Doug Tierney and Tony Mastromatteo to lead its efforts in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston and Philadelphia markets.
KCCI Reveals Personal Moments, Incredible People
Hearst’s KCCI Des Moines, Iowa, took top honors in the small-medium market category in TVNewsCheck’s inaugural Social Media Excellence Awards. Its social media producer explains how the station captured a “beautiful moment” to lift it above the pack.
KSL’s New Podcast Digs Into Cold Case
COLD: Susan Powell Case Files: The Untold Story, a new weekly podcast from KSL Salt Lake City investigative reporter Dave Cawley, reveals unprecedented details into the case of a woman […]
The top station group, GMs, news directors and multiplatform broadcasters as chosen for 2018 by Broadcasting & Cable will be celebrated Dec. 10.
KTWU’s Zoo Cams Tap Global Audience
Fox Nation, the new on-demand, subscription-based service debuting tomorrow, will present a weekly video with conservative social media stars Diamond & Silk, announced John Finley, SVP of development and production. Fox Nation […]
WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey has elevated Brad Bentley, the AT&T Entertainment executive who helped launch DirecTV Now, to lead the company’s direct-to-consumer streaming platform scheduled to launch next year. Turner chief technology officer, Jeremy Legg, will oversee responsibilities for HBO and Turner technology.
The cable network’s new streaming channel debuts Tuesday. It offers commentary programs, specialty shows and documentaries that feature familiar personalities including Sean Hannity, Brian Kilmeade, Steve Doocy, Laura Ingraham, Dana Perino and Britt McHenry as well as pro wrestler Tyrus. The one element of Fox News that Fox Nation won’t have is live news — at least not yet.
Media companies are each independently trying to solve the same technical problems, rather than focusing on competing with Facebook. Is the usual answer to “buy or build?” changing?
MediaKind, a global media technology provider, has been selected by Slovak Telekom and T-Mobile Czech Republic, members of the Deutsche Telekom group, to power the delivery of IPTV services to consumers in […]
Great stories don’t grow on trees. But ABC O&O KFSN Fresno, Calif., found one that grows on vines.
The streaming video platform YouTube quietly rolled out a new feature over the past few weeks: full-length, ad-supported movies. The movies are part of an exclusive deal the company signed with MGM.
WarnerMedia’s library of 7,000 films and 5,000 shows may not alone be enough to face off against a streaming giant that is spending up to $13 billion annually, so an NBCUniversal team-up could make sense.
Shoeleather is a database aimed at connecting journalists outside the nation’s media hubs — New York City, Washington, Los Angeles and San Francisco — with editors across the country for the purpose of reporting on their home regions. Since it was announced on Twitter in late September, more than 400 reporters representing all 50 states have registered.
Amazon’s streaming simulcast of NFL Thursday Night Football games may not be drawing TV-like numbers, but the tech giant appears encouraged by results to date. For the seven games Amazon has streamed so far this season, total combined viewership is up 22% to 14.7 million viewers, compared to the same number of games last season, while the average minute audience is up 36% to 455,000.
Facebook advertisers are once again turning a blind-eye to the issues plaguing the social media giant after a New York Times report detailed a pattern of willful stonewalling, delaying and obfuscating around a series of urgent problems.
When Disney finally closes its deal to acquire 21st Century Fox’s film and TV assets early next year, the company will gain — among many things — ownership of Hulu, which has never before had just one company hold a controlling stake. But with Disney also readying the launch of its own Disney-branded streaming service next year, it will now have ownership of two competing streaming services, which begs the question: How will Disney be able to launch Disney+ while allowing Hulu to continue to grow?
TV show producer and distributor Fremantle is making a bet on scripted drama podcasts. With new global label Storyglass, it aims to release eight scripted drama series by the end of next summer. Although release dates haven’t been set, Storyglass has announced two podcast series are ready to go.
