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What Does the Next-Generation TV Bundle Look Like? (The Drum)

We know an awful lot about Netflix customers and what makes them tick. Many things will come as no surprise. They are younger than average, more device savvy, better connected, and... More

Amazon and Pandora to Gauge Music’s Value in the Internet Age (New York Times)

How much are people willing to spend for streaming music? For years, thanks to rigid pricing structures at streaming services, the answer has been stuck at $10 a month or nothing. ... More

Game Time For Twitter: Jack Dorsey’s Big Bet On Live Events (Fast Company)

Dorsey is pushing his company to turn that cultural relevance—a place where news is both conveyed and made on a moment-by-moment basis—into a growth engine. In late April, Twit... More

C&W Opts for Vubiquity for Seychelles VOD Service (Rapid TV News)

Cable & Wireless Seychelles has enlisted Vubiquity premium content services for its IPTV video-on-demand (VOD) platform SinémaX, which launched on 29 June. Vubiquity will license,... More

TCL Signs Multi-Year License Deal for Rovi Entertainment Discovery Patent Portfolio (MESA)

Rovi Corporation today announced the company has signed an intellectual property (IP) license agreement with TCL, the leading consumer electronics enterprise in China and the third... More

Celebrities Are Flocking to Podcasts, but Will They Stick Around? (Adweek)

Anyone can launch a podcast, but with their built-in fan followings, celebrities have an easy in. And they've certainly been making the most of that advantage, with a growing flood... More

Major Brands Are Betting Big on Podcasts, and It Seems to Be Paying Off (Adweek)

Are branded podcasts the new branded blogs? Ten years ago, marketers rushed to create blogs in hopes the emerging medium would offer a new, more personal way to tell their stories,... More

On-Demand Music Streaming Has Won (Recode)

his past week has seen headlines about three different companies each seeking new rights agreements with major music labels. Spotify is reportedly trying to lock in longer-term dea... More

Frank Ocean, Apple Music, And The Headache Of Streaming Exclusives (Fast Company)

This year’s string of high profile, platform-exclusive online album releases is beginning to condition everyday consumers to this new reality, but for many, the concept remains c... More

Fox  Sports Go Streams to Apple TV (MCN)

Fox Sports Go, Fox Sports's authenticated TV Everywhere app supporting multiple live network feeds, has launched on the new, fourth-generation Apple TV. Alongside access to Fox Spo... More

Twitch Could Be a $20 Billion Dollar Company Inside Amazon (Backchannel)

In 2015, Twitch viewers watched more than 459,000 years’ worth of live streaming videos that mostly featured people playing video games. That amounts to 5,800 average American li... More

The Summer That Streaming Took Over (WSJ)

Streaming, once a niche music format, hit its cultural tipping point this summer. The move by consumers away from owning music to renting it from services like Spotify and Apple Mu... More

Snapchat Is Bringing Live Scores to High School Football Games This Fall (Adweek)

Snapchat has inked a deal with ScoreStream, a platform that crowdsources live sports scores, to power real-time geofilters at high school football games in the U.S. this fall. Snap... More

Google Recruiting Web Stars, Hulu for Virtual Reality Push (Bloomberg)

Google is investing hundreds of thousands of dollars apiece in virtual-reality films and programs, part of a plan to line up exclusive content for the debut of its new Daydream ser... More

How The Hill is Using Snapchat to Cover the Presidential Race (Digiday)

If you follow The Hill on Snapchat, you are probably a politics junkie. You are also getting a case study in how to grow on a platform where most of one’s audience isn’t. In an... More

Rovi Introduces Advanced i-Guide to Enhance Entertainment User Experience (VOD Professional)

Rovi Corporation today unveiled i-Guide HD R32, a high-definition guide with a modern design user interface. i-Guide enriches the viewer's entertainment experience and provides use... More

Instagram Launches Snapchat-Like Live Events Channel (AdAge)

Instagram is trying to kick Snapchat out of its front-row seat at live events. The photo- and video-sharing app launched a new channel dedicated to live concerts, sports and other ... More

How YouTube is Ensuring it ‘Remains the Home of Video’ (Marketing Week)

YouTube is putting a bigger focus on its influencers with the opening of a high-tech YouTube ‘Space’ that it hopes will help it “remain the home of video” amid rising compe... More

Google Launches New Video Chat App, Discontinues Hangouts Live Streaming (Variety)

Google officially launched its new video calling app Duo Tuesday, which aims to compete with video chatting functionality offered by rivals like Facebook and Apple. As part of the ... More

NBCUniversal Hopes Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat Help Goose Olympics Ratings (Adweek)

NBCUniversal is already breaking ad-revenue records for the Rio Olympics, and while early ratings were significantly below those of the 2012 Summer Olympics, the gap has been clos... More

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