OTT/Streaming
Svenska Spel Hires Red Bee Media for French Horse Racing Streaming (SportBusiness)
Red Bee Media has been recruited to provide OTT streaming services for a new French horse racing streaming service put in place by Svenska Spel, the state-owned gambling operator i... More
Shows on the Rise: September Premieres Shine (TV Time)
New releases take over as we approach fall starting with the premiere of Ratched. The psychological thriller drama enters at No. 1, earning a rise ratio of 100%.... More
Facebook Video Powers a User-Generated Content Surge (Digiday)
The viral video has been making a comeback on Facebook.... More
Report: Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi Looking to Sell Itself, Among Other Possible Options (Variety)
Quibi is exploring “strategic options” including a potential sale, the Wall Street Journal reported. vLaunched in April 2020, Quibi has raised about $1.75b from major studios a... More
Discovery Aims to Launch Discovery+ Streaming Service in Early 2021 (Digiday)
Discovery is getting ready to officially enter the streaming wars.... More
Premier League Takes Pride of Place on Peacock as NBCU’s Key Weapon in Streaming Wars (SportsBusiness)
NBCUniversal is actively looking to utilize NBC Sports’ premium properties – specifically the English Premier League – to attract subscribers to its new streaming service Pea... More
Trump Gets a TikTok Deal, but ByteDance Keeps A Lot of the Power (Protocol)
President Trump has approved a plan for Oracle to process TikTok's U.S. data and take a minority stake in the company. But the announcement was short on details about ByteDance.... More
Analyst: SVOD World Faces Splitting Into Two Tiers (TVB Europe)
Smaller SVOD players need to partner up or be acquired in order to compete with the big players according to Moody’s analyst Neil Begley.... More
Olympic Broadcasting Service Aims to Set Sport Streaming Benchmark With Alibaba (ZDNet)
Hosted on the Alibaba cloud, the broadcasting service is hoping to deliver a 'groundbreaking' sports viewing experience.... More
Why Cash-Strapped Towns are Suing Streaming Giants (THR)
A growing number of municipalities are going to court against Netflix, Hulu and Disney+ to argue these companies need to pay their fair share of revenue as a utility fee.... More
Hulu Tests Co-Viewing Feature ‘Watch Party’ With Ad-Supported Viewers (TechCrunch)
Hulu was one of the first major streaming services to introduce a “co-viewing” feature that allows friends and family to watch Hulu content together from different locations.... More
Verizon Media Brings Premium, Unified Demand to Publishers With OTT Smart Auction
OTT Smart Auction is a header bidding-like solution for OTT publishers. OTT Smart Auction is a server-to-server container integration that enables OTT programmatic demand to compet... More
Amazon Music Now Has Podcasts (The Verge)
Podcasts are the things to have in a music streaming app.... More
Gracenote Service Enables Cross-Platform Search, Discovery of Sports Content
Nielsen-owned Gracenote is creating new opportunities for video services seeking to leverage popular sports content. With the launch of Gracenote Streaming Sports Catalogs, TV prov... More
NFL, Tencent Launch New Streaming Platform in China (SportsPro)
Tencent Sports will live stream one weekly NFL game for free.... More
Verizon Media, Paley Center Reach Exclusive Streaming Deal (Deadline)
The Paley Center for Media and Verizon have set a partnership that will see the organization’s events, including PaleyFest, streamed on Verizon-owned platforms like Yahoo.... More
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
Facebook Gaming Secures Streaming Deal With Music Industry for Creators (DTE)
Facebook is looking to create a more legitimate platform for streamers to incorporate music by announcing a wide-spanning deal.... More
Shows on the Rise: ‘Julie and the Phantoms’ Top the Charts
Julie and the Phantoms makes an impressive debut! Collecting a rise ratio of 99.9%, the new Netflix series enters at No. 1, while sophomore seasons of The Gift (No. 2) and Family B... More
How the History of Hybrid Influences Future OTT, Pay TV Models (Synamedia Blog)
Hybrid thinking has delivered brilliant broadcast solutions. That’s why it’s time to stop saying pay TV vs OTT and start bringing them together.... More
