OTT/Streaming
AMC CEO: Streaming Impacts TV Show Premiere Timing
The increasing popularity of streaming video is one key reason why there’s been such a dramatic shift in the timing of major TV show premieres, including more programs than ever ... More
How Do You Spell Over-the-Top Streaming Success? Q-U-A-L-I-T-Y (StreamingMedia)
Despite the hype, online video is not poised to take over the television experience anytime soon. Yes, lots of people around the world are watching video-on-demand (VOD). In fact, ... More
Sky Not Limit For Subscription Streaming Services (MCN)
Over-the-top SVOD services continue to stream into the market, including many niche offerings that can complement the broad offerings of Netflix, Amazon and Hulu. However, those th... More
Spotify Now Allows Brands To Sponsor Targeted Playlists (Forbes)
Streaming music giant Spotify announced recently that companies will now be able to shell out big bucks to sponsor playlists on its platform, which over the past few years have bec... More
Warner Bros. Forms Over-the-Top Video Division (Variety)
Warner Bros. has formed Warner Bros. Digital Networks, aggregating the studio’s owned digital video and over-the-top video services and focused on expanding its reach into direct... More
OTT Isn’t Just for the Young (Multichannel News)
When the words over-the top and streaming video are uttered, “millennials” typically isn’t far behind. After all, the younger set, which tends to include a small-but-growing ... More
Spotify Has a Plan to Start Actually Making Money (Fortune)
Those 30 million paid subscribers help it rake in almost half the revenues in the global industry. But most of the money goes to record labels and artists, while the privately owne... More
HBO Launching Streaming Service in Spain With Vodafone (HMM)
HBO is partnering with Vodafone in Spain to launch a subscription streaming video service similar to HBO Now in the United States and HBO Nordics in Scandinavia. Dubbed HBO España... More
Is OTT Streaming Market Indicating First Signs of Saturation? (CED)
Strategy Analytics is reporting what it sees as a first sign that the U.S. video streaming market is approaching saturation — showing the growth rate slowing for the first time. ... More
La Liga Scores with First Ever Football Match Broadcast Live on Facebook (Rapid TV News)
The Spanish football league has announced that in partnership with beIN Sports, the competition's official broadcaster in Spain, the social network is to offer the unique experienc... More
Comcast to Stream More than 6,000 Hours from Rio Olympics (StreamingMedia)
The company has a two-tiered approach to attract as many eyeballs as possible to their coverage, using both OTT and cable via the latest version of company's X1 set-top box. Comcas... More
IAC to Take on Cable, Satellite Operators with Video Streaming Service (TheStreet)
IAC/Interactive (IAC) Chairman Barry Diller, who upended the media landscape in 1986 when he created Fox Broadcasting to battle the existing three TV networks, could soon enter the... More
NBC Sports Jumps Into the Livestream Game Just in Time for the Olympics (Mashable)
NBC Sports has announced a new video livestreaming service called Playmaker Media, which will look to compete with companies like MLB Advanced Media to air live sports online. The ... More
Analyst: Live Product Boosts Value of Hulu (B&C)
Web streaming service Hulu’s expansion into live streaming increases its value dramatically, enough to boost the stock of 21st Century Fox, one of its owners, according to a new ... More
Euro 2016, Then Olympics, Set to Break Live Streaming Records (Streaming Media)
With every successive global sports event, the amount of live streaming grows, and this summer will be no exception. Akamai, the CDN delivering live streams for multiple broadcaste... More
Evolution Digital Announces First Deployment of eBOX, Powered by TiVo, to WOW! Customers (MESA)
Evolution Digital today announced that WOW! Internet, Cable and Phone is the first broadband operator to offer Evolution Digital’s acclaimed eBOXTM IP hybrid set-top box, powered... More
Sports Fans Might Pay For Over-The-Top Games (B&C)
Sports fans love their games so much they will be willing to pay to support an over-the-top offering, according to a new study. The study, conducted by the Center for the Digital F... More
Are Cable TV Streaming Packages the Next Big Thing? (Variety)
Preserving the bundle has been a dealbreaker for the media companies being courted for OTT products. And as those products perpetuate the cable bundle, they remain tethered to cabl... More
Akamai and the Rise of Video Streaming (Bloomberg)
Tom Leighton, Akamai's co-founder and chief executive officer, discusses the company's founding and the rise of video streaming: "I think congestion is going to be an even bigger p... More
Euro 2016 to Drive Second-Screening Frenzy (Mobile Marketing)
Second screening in the UK will reach its zenith during this summer’s European Football Championship, according to new research commissioned by programmatic ad tech firm, RadiumO... More