OTT/Streaming

Some 2.85 billion people worldwide are expected to stream the Rio Olympics, a 1.5 times increase on the 2012 London Games, according to eMarketer estimates. The research firm predi... More

NBC could be taking a bigger dive into the streaming waters in the next couple of months. NBC boss Bob Greenblatt hinted as much during his appearance Tuesday at the Television Cri... More

Cox Communications confirmed that it is preparing to launch Glosi, a Hispanic-focused subscription video streaming service that will feature “thousands of hours of exclusive cont... More

NBC has the U.S. TV rights to the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (Aug. 5-21), but that won’t be keeping content from the games off of YouTube. The Google-owned video hosting p... More

People who only watch BBC shows on catchup will be legally required to have a TV licence from 1 September, when new legislation to close the so-called “iPlayer loophole” comes ... More

Microsoft Azure has been selected by NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, to provide cloud encoding and hosting with video workflows for NBC Olympics’ production of ... More

The International Olympic Committee set Aug. 21 as the the launch date for its promotional Internet-video destination — the Olympic Channel — designed to sustain fan interest i... More

B2B music video provider Vadio has signed its first major label licensing deal with Warner, giving it permission to distribute WMG’s artist videos across a number of streaming se... More

Comcast’s recent decision to include Netflix in its broadband-based X1 set-top devices underscores the media giant’s nod to the appeal of subscription streaming video and desir... More

A week-and-a-half after Netflix revealed a slowdown in subscriber growth, Ted Sarandos took the stage Wednesday at the TV industry's summer press tour to talk about an area in whic... More

Apple Music is taking a ride with Carpool Karaoke. The viral segment that broke out on the Late Late Show with James Corden is being turned into its own series, which will air fir... More

Despite the rise of virtual MVPDs that can deliver services nationwide by going over-the-top, Comcast still believes that the most prudent business path is to grow its video sub ba... More

Select TVFreeCast’s Select TV officially opens to the public, bringing the TV experience into the 21st Century. More than two years of work have culminated this week with the fir... More

With its Q2 2016 earnings due to be released on July 26, Twitter has been ramping up its PR machine, releasing a slew of announcements covering everything from new product features... More

Higher education has reached a critical tipping point, says Kaltura: According to its 2016 State of Video in Education report, 52 percent of its higher education respondents say th... More

Twitter going all-in on live streaming for sports, as the company has announced that it recently closed a partnership with both the MLB and NHL to stream weekly out-of-market games... More

Netflix and 20th Century Fox Television Distribution July 25 announced their first subscription streaming video distribution agreement for FX franchise “American Crime Story.” ... More

How many companies can survive in the high-cost music-streaming business? Plenty, it appears—as long as music isn’t their main source of revenue. Streaming music is just a side... More

Redbox is officially venturing back into streaming — on a trial basis, anyway. A Redbox spokesperson told Variety Thursday that the company has started to test its new streaming ... More

The USA Basketball National Team’s exhibition games will be live streamed on Facebook. Verizon is sponsoring the games, which will appear on the USA Basketball and NBA Facebook p... More