OTT/Streaming

 

ABC Adds Originals to Streaming App (B&C)

ABC has updated the streaming service available via its app by adding original short-form series and giving users access to full seasons of 38 classic shows. The redesigned app als... More

Can Anyone Realistically Beat Spotify In The ‘Streaming Wars’? (Forbes)

There has been a lot of discussion over the past few years about the “streaming wars,” a term that refers to the ongoing battle between the many streaming music platforms avail... More

Fox Launches Prime-Time Live-Stream of Its Shows (LA Times)

So you think you can live-stream Fox shows? Well, you’re right: You now can. The television network announced Monday that is launching live-streaming of its prime time programmin... More

It’s Complicated: The Relationship Between Retailers and OTT (MCN)

The relationship consumers have with online retailers looms as a major factor in the future of video streaming. As retailers that sell devices increasingly also offer content to wa... More

What CMAF is and Why It’s Important for OTT Services (Videonet)

In June, the Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) announced it had reached the “the first milestone for the Common Media Application Format (CMAF).” CMAF is a new media streamin... More

Twitter Will Live-Stream the Democratic, Republican National Conventions Thanks to a New Deal with CBS (Recode)

Twitter has struck a deal with CBS to stream both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions later this month, the company announced Monday. That means Twitter has permissi... More

ESPN Bosses Mull an Online Streaming Package (Engadget)

A report over at the Information claims that ESPN is planning to take a baby step towards offering its shows direct to consumers. The Disney-owned sports broadcaster is working on ... More

Twitter is Talking to the NBA, MLS and Turner to Buy Rights to more Sports Streams (Recode)

Twitter wants to stream more TV-like live video around major sporting events, so it’s approaching the folks who control those rights to cut a deal. The company is in talks with t... More

Acquisitions Key to FilmOn Growth Strategy

FilmOn parent FOTV Media Networks plans to grow organically and through acquisitions, the streaming video company disclosed in its initial public offering filing (IPO) with the SEC... More

IBM Cloud Video Study: Password Sharing Not the Biggest Problem for SVOD Services (VideoInk)

For movie and TV studios, the big bugaboo is people illegally copying or downloading their IP. For SVOD services, it’s another form of piracy – password sharing, which cost com... More

Three-quarters of Amazon Prime Members Are Watching Video Too (VideoNuze)

Three-quarters of Amazon Prime members are watching the service’s video offerings, according to new survey data released by IBM Cloud Video. 61% of Prime members surveyed said th... More

Are Emerging Virtual MVPDs Real Competition to Cable Operators? (Evolution Digital Blog)

It is not just over the top providers, such as Amazon, Netflix and Hulu, that are putting pressure on cable operators in the U.S. today. New delivery systems, from DIRECTV (now par... More

Sony’s Vue Web TV Service Said to Surpass 100,000 Subscribers (Bloomberg)

PlayStation Vue, the web-TV service for owners of Sony Corp.’s video-game consoles, has signed up more than 100,000 subscribers since its March 2015 debut, people with knowledge ... More

OTT Will Force Trad TV To Move To On Demand, Free Up Broadband (MediaPost)

Growing OTT digital video services are forcing traditional TV companies to make major changes. But collectively, more needs to be done in order for TV's financial performance to se... More

Cable Congress: Advertising-based VoD Driving OTT Growth (DigitalTVEurope.net)

Disruption of the current video business could take the form of gradual evolution, said [Joachim] Stephan. Pay TV providers believe that online video is just another technical deve... More

Why TV Networks Are So Desperate To Start Streaming Services (Cinema Blend)

Americans still get the majority of their viewing pleasure via TV, but Nielsen reports that increases in the numbers for mobile viewing are growing by leaps and bounds while the vi... More

Spotify Redefines its Marketing Strategy Now that It’s No Longer the Disruptor in Music (The Drum)

Spotify is no longer the disruptive force it once was now that so much is streamed to devices, meaning there’s greater pressure on its marketing to lift the value people place on... More

Musical.ly May Be the Spoiler in Livestream Race with Launch of Live.ly (Variety)

The momentum already propelling the livestreaming category from Twitter’s Periscope and Facebook Live accelerated even further this week as two other major platforms, Tumblr and ... More

Cinépolis Uses Elemental Cloud from AWS for Fast-Growing OTT Service (MESA)

Elemental Technologies announced that the Cinépolis KLIC transactional video on-demand (TVOD) service uses an integrated solution from Elemental and Amazon Web Services. The integ... More

BitTorrent Launches Free Music-Streaming App (Vulture)

BitTorrent, home to Game of Thrones leaks and every file known to man, would now like to make it easier for lazy people to find music. Today the file-sharing service launched BitTo... More

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