OTT/Streaming

Last year, The Walt Disney Company purchased a majority stake in live streaming specialist BAMTech, signalling a major strategic shift at the House of Mouse. Just over a year later... More

StarHub has launched a brand new all-in-one entertainment destination - the StarHub Go Streaming Box, powered by the Ooyala Online Video Solution. This box is the first in the worl... More

Comcast plans to roll out a new product for broadband-only subscribers that will allow customers to aggregate certain streaming apps, including Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube, w... More

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings says the global streaming giant has become the world’s first “global television network.” “That is the beginning of very positive transformative f... More

Technology giants are trying to bring to videogames the same streaming capabilities that gave rise to Netflix and Spotify, a transformational leap that could usher in a new wave of... More

Parks Associates today released its updated list of the top 10 subscription over-the-top video services in the U.S. market, based on estimated number of subscribers. Netflix, Amazo... More

Major League Baseball’s streaming partnership with Facebook has been hailed as a success after 123 million views were brought in during the 2018 season, according to a report fro... More

The old studio order has been upended by new streamers from distant lands. Warring fiefdoms are consolidating for self-preservation. There is talk that even greater change is still... More

Netflix is predicted to reach 10 million subscribers in the UK by the end of 2018, according to new research. The company says 1.1 million more subscribers are expected to sign up ... More

Hollywood is in the midst of a structural transformation. The independent film and TV studios are dwindling as larger media companies snap them up. At the same time, these large me... More

How best to approach the new SVOD service Stage, whose content is all theater-related? I like theater, but Stage’s original shows — such as a musical tribute to composer John K... More

It can be hard to recall that when “House of Cards” launched on Netflix, it was one of a kind. After all, the sixth and final season of the political drama is to arrive Nov. 2,... More

Spotify is officially making its way back onto Roku streaming devices and Roku TVs: An app for the music streaming service became available on Roku’s channel store Wednesday, whe... More

Russell Wolff, a 20-year veteran of ESPN, is taking over the reins of the sports programmer’s ESPN+ streaming service. In the new role Wolff will be responsible for managing ESPN... More

The amount of TV being livestreamed around the globe is on the rise, according to a new study, which measured the increase at 54% year over year. The report recorded 52% jump in pl... More

Streaming video is providing growth for the entertainment sector in China, as theatrical film slows to low double-digit figures. The Chinese film and TV industries grew by 26% last... More

Aspera’s video-streaming software built on top of its FASPStream protocol has rapidly become one of the industry’s go-to sources for video transfer at scale. And there’s perh... More

While growth in subscription video-on-demand in Europe has remained healthy for some time, the US has now begun to see its own upturn in subs after a plateau according to the lates... More

Spotify Technology SA is disrupting another part of the music business: the soundtrack album. Independent movie studio A24 is releasing the music to the new film “Mid90s” as a ... More

Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos says the global streaming giant is planning an aggressive push into the Indian market. It will involve increased production and may inclu... More