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 […]
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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.
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg said that he wouldn’t step down as chairman and that his No. 2, Sheryl Sandberg, was “doing great work” despite questions about their management.
Several top marketers were critical of the tech giant after The New York Times reported how it ignored and hid warning signs that it was being exploited to disrupt elections and spread toxic content.
Facebook is fighting back against a bombshell story in The New York Times Thursday that suggests top executives at the company wavered over whether to tell the world about its Russian hacking problem. “The story asserts that we knew about Russian activity as early as the spring of 2016, but were slow to investigate it at every turn,” the tech titan states. “This is not true.”
Facebook has gone on the attack as one scandal after another — Russian meddling, data sharing, hate speech — has led to a congressional and consumer backlash.
FuboTV is expanding its live TV streaming service to include commercial-free, premium add-ons through new partnerships with AMC Networks’ AMC Premiere and FX Networks’ FX+. With these launches, FuboTV says […]
Veteran media and tech executive Michael J. Wolf predicts that established media brands — including The Walt Disney Co. and WarnerMedia — will be among the handful of winners in the emerging direct-to-consumer world.
The online retailer is expected to make an official announcement later Tuesday that it will split its second headquarters between Long Island City in New York and Crystal City, a Washington, D.C., suburb.
Another top TV showrunner is headed to Netflix with a rich overall deal. Marti Noxon has signed a multi-year overall pact with the streaming giant to exclusively produce new series programming through her Tiny Pyro production banner. Additionally, Netflix will have a first-look option on Noxon’s feature projects.
Comscore said Monday that A+E Networks will join other media companies as a beta partner for Comscore Campaign Ratings, Comscore’s new cross-platform video ad measurement solution. This news comes on the heels of the launch of the beta […]
Brown Sugar, a subscription-video-on-demand service operated by Bounce and featuring African-American movies, is now available over the Internet on Comcast’s Xfinity X1. Xfinity X1 customers can subscribe to and access Brown Sugar’s extensive library of […]
