Disney is Swift-ifying its homepage with collections of movies and TV shows like Fearless (Disney’s Version) to coincide with the streaming release of The Era’s Tour (Taylor’s Version).
Netflix debuted the sixth season of Love Is Blind on Valentine’s Day, and the show captured a lot of viewers’ hearts — or at least their eyes. The dating show easily led Nielsen’s original streaming series rankings for Feb. 12-18, drawing 907 million minutes of viewing time in the United States. It also finished third overall, behind library shows Bluey (1.17 billion minutes on Disney+) and Young Sheldon (1 billion on Netflix and Max). Those two swapped spots from the previous week.
NBCUniversal said it is working with Google and LiveRamp to deliver more effective personalized commercials on connected TV. NBCU is implementing Google’s Display & Video 360 Publisher Advertiser Identity Reconciliation (PAIR) system, which lets it make its own first-party data more compatible with data from clients. NBCU would be the first major CTV provider using PAIR live later this quarter.
Dozens of popular figures on the app have traveled to Washington to urge lawmakers to oppose a bill that could result in the platform being blocked in the United States.
Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he wants to pull together a group of investors to buy TikTok. Mnuchin, who also has connections to Hollywood, announced his plans on CNBC Thursday morning.
Closed ecosystems benefit; smaller publishers face daunting and costly challenges.
With shows like Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building showing up on Disney’s ABC, legacy media companies are finding that exposure on TV networks can help expand the audience for their streaming series — and avoid leaving money on the table.
Even though legislation is moving forward, the video social media app isn’t disappearing from smartphones any time soon.
The National Association of Broadcasters today announced that Sun Sachs, senior vice president of digital products at Townsquare Media, is the recipient of the 2024 Digital Leadership Award. He will […]
The former CNN host interviewed the tech mogul last week, with the chat set to be the launch episode of his new Don Lemon Show.
Initial distributors are Pluto TV, Samsung TV Plus, Xumo Play, Vizio WatchFree Plus, Sling Freestream and Plex.
House passage of the bill is only the first step. The Senate would also need to pass the measure for it to become law, and lawmakers in that chamber indicated it would undergo a thorough review. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he’ll have to consult with relevant committee chairs to determine the bill’s path.
Streaming and podcast solutions provider StreamGuys comes to NAB Show in Las Vegas (April 14-17) with a modernized version of RevenueStream, a solution to help broadcasters and live events companies tap […]
The Taliban-run government is fostering a thriving community of YouTube influencers and video bloggers in Afghanistan, seeking to shape a positive narrative about the country by rewarding those who have welcome viewpoints with access to stories that can draw millions of views online.
The House plans to vote on Wednesday on a bill that would force TikTok’s Chinese parent to sell the popular social media app.
Two Amazon Prime Video users claim the company violated a federal video privacy law by allegedly sharing information about their online video viewing with other Amazon-affiliated companies, and with outside businesses. In a class-action complaint, Virginia resident Meredith Beagle and Louisiana resident Jordan Guerrero allege that Amazon Services regularly discloses personally identifiable information to its parent company, Amazon Inc., “for audience measurement purposes, marketing purposes, market research purposes, advertising purposes, and other data collection and analysis purposes.”
A new sports-based pay TV service formed by Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery could represent a new revenue stream for TV stations allowed to participate as content providers. “We have confirmation from [Fox] and Disney that this will operate like a virtual multichannel video programming distributor (vMVPD) – which is to say that our Fox affiliates and our ABC affiliates will have the opportunity to opt-in and both be carried and get paid,” said Nexstar President-COO Michael Biard on Tuesday. “If that happens and they target cord-nevers and they get the thing off the ground – and all those things happen – then we welcome it.”
The Associated Press is launching an e-commerce site called AP Buyline, powered by Taboola. It’s part of a broader effort by the AP to diversify its business by adding more consumer revenue. The company, which has historically made most of its money from licensing its content to other media organizations, redid its website last year to boost consumer traffic and advertising revenue.
After eight and a half years as SVP drama series at HBO, Nora Skinner is going to Netflix where she will be VP in the streamer’s drama series team. Based at Netflix’s Los Angeles headquarters, Skinner, a former film producer and executive, will start at the end of May, reporting to Jinny Howe, Netflix’s VP of drama series.
In some cases, hackers purchased streaming subscriptions with the compromised logins.
By embracing live sports and blending its creator content and TV offerings, the platform is revolutionizing the beleaguered pay TV space.
BT Group and Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for content providers and pay-TV operators worldwide, announced today that they are teaming up on […]
A handful of digital start-ups are finding success — so far, at least — by learning lessons from their troubled predecessors.
Deadspin has laid off its existing staff after G/O Media agreed to sell the sports news site to European startup Lineup Publishing. G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller revealed the update in a company-wide email on Monday.
Stingray, a provider of music and video content distribution, business services and advertising solutions, has launched new channels on Samsung TV Plus, Samsung’s 100% free ad-supported streaming TV and video-on-demand […]
Reddit Inc. and its investors disclosed further details of what is set to be one of the year’s biggest initial public offerings in which they are seeking to raise as much as $748 million. The social media platform said in a filing Monday that it and its investors are planning to sell 22 million shares for $31 to $34 each. About 15.3 million those shares will be sold by the company and the rest by investors and Reddit employees.
Xfinity Odds Zone and new interactive features to debut with The Players Championship.