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CBS All Access Rebranded as Paramount Plus (CNBC)

The rebranded service will take on rivals including WarnerMedia’s HBO Max, Disney’s Hulu and Disney+, and NBCUniversal’s Peacock as traditional media companies dip into strea... More

‘Apple One’ Services Bundle Could Launch This Week (DTE)

Apple has been expected to launch a bundle of its services – including SVOD Apple TV+, Apple Music and games subscription Apple Arcade – at some stage, but a new report claims ... More

Toronto Fest is Mostly Online but What is Lost Without Live Audiences? (Variety)

Leave it to a global pandemic to reveal how much the film industry takes its top festivals for granted.... More

TiVo Announces Native Integration of Locast Into TiVo Stream 4K, DVRs (Next TV)

With the addition of local broadcast channels, as well as Pluto TV and Tubi, tech company touts that its devices deliver a pay TV-like 140+ channels.... More

NFL Providing All Teams With Fake Crowd Noise for 2020 Season (SportsPro)

The National Football League has developed ‘club specific audio pallets’ for each franchise to use due to the absence of most fans for the 2020 season.... More

Streaming Not All About Netflix Anymore (Variety)

“We are all sick of COVID-19, but it had a significant impact on the industry,” Guy Bisson, one of the founders of Ampere Analysis, said Friday during a discussion on VOD at th... More

Facebook Watch Tops 1.25B Monthly Viewers (Variety)

Facebook Watch, the social giant’s two-year-old video streaming platform, has become a massive destination — now attracting over 1.25 billion users each month, the company clai... More

YouTube TV Strikes NFL Network Carriage Agreement (SportsPro)

NFL RedZone also available via streaming service’s Sports Plus add-on package.... More

It’s Showtime! Apple TV+ Reveals New Bundle (Verdict)

As of mid-August, Apple TV+ subscribers in the United States could add a greatly discounted $9.99/month bundle that combines the commercial-free version of CBS All Access and Showt... More

Cloud Gaming Revenue to Reach $585M in 2020 (GamesIndustry)

Cloud gaming made an estimated $170 million in revenue in 2019, and its growth is set to continue at full speed, with revenue expected to reach $4.8 billion by 2023, "with even mor... More

What Would an Apple Sports Strategy Look Like? (SportsPro)

After explosive stock market growth during a Covid-affected 2020, Apple is currently the world’s only $2 trillion company – but its activities in sport are relatively limited. ... More

YouTube, Netflix and Gaming: A Look at What Kids are Doing With Their Increased Screen Time (MC)

Pre-pandemic, 60% of parents said their children spent no more than three hours on devices. Now, 70% estimate their kids spend at least four hours with screens. ... More

200 Stations Jump Into New Streaming Venture (Next TV)

With local TV ad revenue down about 30% in the second quarter, local stations are making a bid to get into streaming.... More

Closely Tracked ‘Mulan’ Release Expands the Definition of Big-Ticket Streaming (Deadline)

For various reasons, Disney rejects the term “premium video on demand,” or PVOD, in reference to its release via Disney+ of Mulan on Friday. But regardless of the label for it,... More

Netflix Makes Some Movies, Shows Free Worldwide to Non-Subscribers (TechCrunch)

Over the past year, Netflix has attempted to expand its appeal in part by making a title or two free to non-paying users in select markets. Now the American giant is extending this... More

Ampere: Still Room for 3B More SVOD Subscriptions Across 20 Markets (Videonet)

Ampere Analysis has studied the 20 largest TV subscription markets to establish what it believes is the theoretical ceiling for SVOD stacking behaviour and sets the figures at appr... More

Tubi Connects With TiVo (Light Reading)

Tubi announced its massive library of over 23,000 movies and television shows is now available on the new TiVo Stream 4K device and streaming on the TiVo+ content network. The rene... More

Online TV Platforms First Stop for Viewing for Half of U.S. Consumers (Rapid TV News)

A new study from Hub Entertainment Research has found that streaming video over online platforms is “comfortably” surpassing traditional pay-TV with Netflix maintaining its ste... More

The Impact of TV Consumption on Post-Pandemic Experiences (Muse)

While more people are watching TV, more cord-cutting is happening, so how are advertisers going to reach audiences that love this IP in a cord-cutting, ad-blocker world?... More

Cloud Gaming, the Industry’s Next Big Thing (Senal News)

Over the last few years, there has been a renewed interest in offering cloud gaming services that replicate Netflix or Spotify’s value proposition by allowing consumers to stream... More

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