OTT/Streaming

 

Despite Streaming Options, Millennial Women Plan to Watch the Olympics on TV (Adweek)

The 2016 Summer Olympics are just a few weeks away, and it looks like the TV-friendly time zone of the host city, Rio de Janeiro, will pay big dividends for NBC. With Rio just one ... More

Study: OTT, Video Revenues to Generate $65 Billion (Advanced Television)

Global OTT TV and video revenues [for 100 countries – up from 64 in the previous edition] will reach $64.78 billion (€58.7bn) in 2021; a massive increase from $4.47 billion in ... More

With Apps like Netflix and Hulu, Your Old Cable Box Wants to Once Again be Your Home Entertainment Hub (Quartz)

There is no love lost between cable operators and streaming video services. The two industries have been duking it out for consumers’ eyeballs since streaming burst onto the scen... More

eSports Creeping Beyond Livestreams and Onto TV Networks (Mashable)

Like Evo tournaments of years past, hundreds of thousands of viewers watched the action unfold live online on Twitch. Unlike Evos of years past, the Street Fighter championships al... More

Record Labels Need a Change of Culture in the ‘Dashboard Era’ of the Music Industry (Cuepoint)

It’s massively important that all record labels have access to the data that tells us where streams come from. Some would say we’re in the ‘dashboard era’ of the music indu... More

Twitter Inks NBA Deal for More Exclusive Basketball Video (Bloomberg)

LeBron James and the NBA are big on Twitter. They’re about to get bigger. The National Basketball Association announced Tuesday that it will develop original, exclusive content t... More

Music-Subscription Service Deezer Enters Crowded U.S. Field (WSJ)

French music-streaming service Deezer is launching to the masses in the U.S. this week, stiffening the competition in an already-crowded market. Deezer, which had about 6 million s... More

Amazon Eyes European Expansion for Prime Video: Report (Multichannel News)

As the U.S. video streaming market shows signs of saturation, international expansion is becoming increasingly important for OTT players. It’s a clear strategy point for Netflix,... More

How the 2016 RNC and DNC May Go Down in History as ‘the Livestream Conventions’ (Adweek)

The 2016 national political conventions stand to be the most broadcasted, most consumed, most shared conventions of all time. But that may have less to do with the candidates and m... More

Lift Off for Live OTT as Major Content Owners Conspire with Distributors (Broadcast Bridge)

The tipping point for live OTT is now close, precipitating a rush of new services and partnerships as technical and commercial constraints are overcome. It will intensify competiti... More

Netflix Launches Mixtape-Like Playlists Dubbed Flixtapes (Variety)

Playlists are finally coming to Netflix: The video service rolled out a new feature dubbed Flixtape Friday that makes it possible for viewers to compile and share their own playlis... More

The NHL’s In-Market Streaming Deal With Fox Sports Is An Influential Moment For The Sports Industry (SportTechie)

The National Hockey League recently reached an agreement with Fox Sports for in-market streaming. Although not finalized, an agreement has been reached after negotiations spanning ... More

iHeartRadio and National Public Radio Announce Streaming Partnership (Billboard)

iHeartMedia has forged a new partnership with National Public Radio that promises a hefty new distribution platform for NPR’s members stations and provides an injection of new co... More

Streaming Services of All Kinds Did Well with Emmy Nominations (LA Times)

When a Web series released exclusively on YouTube nabs an Emmy nomination, as “Her Story” did on Thursday, the rise of digital and streaming platforms cannot be ignored. With o... More

Cutting the Cord: Television is at Last Having Its Digital-Revolution Moment (The Economist)

The future of television was meant to have arrived by around now, in a bloodbath worthy of the most gore-flecked scenes from “Game of Thrones”. The high cost of cable TV in Ame... More

Tencent to Merge Music Unit With Rival to Create Streaming Giant (Bloomberg)

Tencent Holdings Ltd. will merge its QQ Music unit with China Music Corp., combining some of the country’s most popular Spotify-like services to enrich its online-streaming busin... More

Spotify Unveils Radio-Like Playlists (Billboard)

Spotify launched a pair of new playlists on Wednesday. Big whoop -- except this time the streaming service is taking a page from the Beats 1 playbook, enlisting artists to host the... More

Facebook Plans Live Video Push During Conventions (Politico)

In both Cleveland and Philadelphia, Facebook is hoping delegates, politicians and members of the media will turn on their smartphone cameras and broadcast live as much as possible.... More

How TV and Streaming Networks Hope to Benefit From the Pokemon Go Frenzy (Adweek)

As Pokemon Go mania sweeps the country—with everyone from film studios to small-business owners scrambling to cash in on the frenzy—the cable networks and streaming services wi... More

Vubiquity to Distribute Final Mötley Crüe Concert on PPV, VOD (MESA)

Beginning July 16, rock music fans can experience the final performance from iconic rock band Mötley Crüe during a month-long Pay-Per-View and Video On-Demand run of “Mötley C... More

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