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21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch continued to point to the superiority of streaming to traditional broadcast TV. Speaking at UBS' annual Global Media and Communications Conferenc... More

The vast majority of pay TV subs with DVRs – about 84.3% -- use them to record sports, a clear indication that live sports are not “DVR-proof,” a new survey from Thuuz Sports... More

Six months after launching a self-serve video distribution program, Amazon is a growing revenue provider for publishers and independent filmmakers alike. Launched in May, the Amazo... More

An acquisition by Sirius XM Radio of streaming music service Pandora Media (P) would "single-handedly resolve" the satellite radio operator's digital strategy, add advertising sale... More

DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, contains tiny molecules of biological instructions that make each species unique. Those instructions can be stored not only on incredibly small form ... More

NeuLion has announced the availability of its enhanced personalization services, available through the NeuLion® Digital Platform. Personalization services consist of tailoring an ... More

Through the agreement, Microsoft becomes La Liga’s official technology partner and will use artificial intelligence tools to forecast online video demand and will enable its chat... More

Major Hollywood studios are considering offering movies to home viewers in as little as two weeks after they hit cinemas in the latest sign that major changes could be in store for... More

Hulu is now offering a selection of titles in 4K Ultra HD, including original TV shows like drama “The Path” and Stephen King’s time-travel thriller “11.22.63” — as wel... More

The Recording Academy has delivered a letter to President-elect Donald Trump, urging him to work with Congress on copyright reform. The letter, whose signees include Academy presid... More

Fox Sports said it will be trotting out some new tech-powered features for its coverage of the Dec.3 Big Ten Football Championship game between Penn State and Wisconsin. That plat... More

Pandora may be changing its tune. The music streaming service is now open to selling itself and is now willing to engage with one-time suitor SiriusXM specifically, people familiar... More

FilmStruck, Turner’s subscription movie service for film fans, is now available on fourth-generation Apple TV set-tops. FilmStruck, which launched Nov. 1 after a two-week delay, ... More

Many social media networks have tried and failed to become the go-to platform for musicians to engage with their fans. Remember Twitter #Music or Facebook Mentions? Are any musicia... More

Target, Wal-Mart and Kohl's each set some sort of online record over the five-day shopping extravaganza that ended with Cyber Monday, but blockbuster digital growth for many bricks... More

Facebook is working on automatically flagging offensive material in live video streams, building on a growing effort to use artificial intelligence to monitor content, said Joaquin... More

Tech titans such as Amazon, Facebook and Google are redefining the digital video market. They are putting pressure on the future of the traditional media and entertainment (M&E) in... More

Network DVR (nDVR) is the latest evolution in recording TV shows for time-shifted viewing. Recordable VHS tapes and VCRs gave way to stand alone DVRs, such as TiVo, as well as set-... More

CBS has secured a deal to live-stream its package of Sunday afternoon and Thursday-night NFL games on its subscription-video-on-demand service, a major coup that puts some of the m... More

Cyber-attacks using the VoIP protocol Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) have been growing this year accounting for over 51% of the security event activity analyzed in the last 12 m... More