OTT/Streaming

Laughly wants to be Spotify, but for comedy. Yes, its CEO Dave Scott knows that Spotify already has comedy albums, but if you tell him that he'll counter with a fact that's soberin... More

On a recent muggy afternoon in Tokyo, 21-year old Shintaro Naganuma joined several hundred customers browsing CDs at the eight-story downtown outpost of music retail chain Tsutaya.... More

Home entertainment distributor Shout! Factory has launched its digital Shout! Factory TV streaming service on Amazon Channels and Apple TV as of Sept. 28. The launch of Shout! Fact... More

Canadian MSOs Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications will shutter their SVOD joint venture, shomi, just two years after its launch. The cable companies offered shomi as bot... More

Is the TV consumer going on a diet? Distributing television via smaller channel bundles over the Internet — otherwise known as a “skinny bundle” — is evolving from an antid... More

AT&T Inc.’s online streaming TV service, DirecTV Now, will become the company’s primary video platform in three to five years, according to people familiar with the plans. The ... More

The first of the three presidential debates is coming up on Monday night, and in addition to the spotlight being on Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, it looks like a big focus will... More

On the heels of Disney’s $1 billion minority stake investment in BAMTech, the digital technology subsidiary of Major League Baseball Advanced Media, ESPN is laying the groundwork... More

Musicians may grumble about royalty rates, but music streaming services and paid subscriptions are the prime source of revenue in the music industry.A report published by the Recor... More

Twitter will be live streaming all of the U.S. Presidential and Vice Presidential debates, beginning Monday, September 26. The streams will come from Bloomberg TV’s live broadcas... More

After almost two decades of relentless decline caused by piracy and falling prices, the music business is enjoying a fragile recovery thanks to the growth of paid streaming service... More

The emergence of the global internet video and over-the-top market has added $25 billion in global revenue to the video industry, according to a new report. Boston Consulting Group... More

As iHeartMedia gears up for its showpiece music festival in Las Vegas this weekend, the company is readying another big event: the announcement of its own paid on-demand streaming ... More

A deserted cliff. Lightning appearing out of nowhere. A mysterious lady all dressed in white. Netflix’s latest original program, “Meridian,” is spooky, confusing, and only 12... More

The New York Philharmonic will open its 175th anniversary season on Wednesday a little differently than its forebears in 1842: For the first time it will stream the concert on Face... More

Ramki Sankaranarayanan, Founder & CEO, Prime Focus Technologies, gives a low-down on the digital media landscape in India: "The digital media landscape in India is at an inflection... More

With a number of pay-TV operators and technology companies poised to launch over-the-top live-streaming services, MoffettNathanson has released a compelling survey, proving the ana... More

Yesterday, Pandora finally publicly announced the launch of its “new” Plus tier, and in doing so, the company may have kicked off a new era in the story of streaming music. Whi... More

In a premium television world going digital, NBC Universal is still looking for the right over-the-top video business model. Speaking Sept. 14 at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch ... More

Pandora Media Inc. rolled out a new version of its ad-free internet radio service Thursday, allowing subscribers to replay songs, skip more of them and listen offline for the same ... More