OTT/Streaming

 

With 4 UK Shows, Including BBC Global News, Quibi Steps Up Global Ambitions (Digiday)

Quibi’s deep pockets are stirring up excitement among U.K. creators, but there’s a cautious undercurrent about how the platform will spin commercial success from short-form vid... More

Sorry, Streamers: The Race to Snag Old Shows Leads Nowhere (Wired)

Reruns of Friends and The Office have been a phenomenon for Netflix, but aren't a lock to attract subscribers in the coming streaming wars.... More

BitTorrent to Launch Public Beta of New Live Streaming App (Variety)

BitTorrent is getting ready to open the floodgates for its new live streaming app. BitTorrent Live, which is also known as BLive, is being described as a live streaming app with so... More

Netflix Lands Streaming Rights to ‘Seinfeld’ (Variety)

Netflix yada yada yada “Seinfeld.” Variety has confirmed that the streaming giant has landed the global streaming rights to all 180 episodes the genre-defining sitcom. The deal... More

Spotify Wants to Know Where You Live and Will be Checking In (CNET)

Spotify knows a lot about its users -- their musical tastes, their most listened-to artists and their summer anthems. Spotify will also want to know where you live or to obtain you... More

How Data is Making Hits and Changing the Music Industry (Complex)

Numbers and analysis have long been powerful tools in the music business. But with more of music consumption becoming digital, there is an ever-increasing amount of information ava... More

The Real Strategy for Apple’s TV+ Isn’t to Compete with Netflix – It Just Wants a Bit of Your Time (Fortune)

Jockeying for a consumer’s time is becoming the larger battleground in the streaming wars, as it’s clear that no one service will truly dominate the field. ... More

The New Generational Divide: Screen Size (Bloomberg)

Younger people today are very comfortable with a small screen and older people are not. Both younger and older people can be found staring at their phones for texts or email or dir... More

MediaQurator Platform Integrating Ad-ID Standard Capability (MediaPost)

MediaQurator, a digital advertising review and approval platform, is now integrating Ad-ID, the industry standard for identifying advertising assets across all media platforms. Ad-... More

Study: Disney+ Streaming Service to Reach 82M Subscribers Worldwide by 2024 (THR)

Disney’s upcoming Disney+ streaming service will reach 82 million subscribers worldwide by 2024, according to a forecast from Digital TV Research. Overall, global SVOD subscripti... More

Roku TV Prepped for European Expansion (The Drum)

Roku TV is to continue its onward march throughout Europe via an expansion of its licensing program to enable more manufacturers low-cost smart TVs throughout the continent.... More

Streaming Netflix on 4K: How Does Netflix Work? The Data Center is Key (IA)

How can we achieve fast transmission of these 4K videos – which will bring with them petabytes of data – effectively? Further still, how are we able to stream HD videos on Netf... More

Disney Plus Will Give You 4 Simultaneous Streams, 4K, HDR For No Extra Cost (CNET)

Disney Plus is still three months away from launching, but the Disney streaming service is already starting to take shape in contrast to Netflix. Disney Plus' $7-a-month subscripti... More

Bundesliga Readies International OTT Launch for 2020/21 (Sports Pro)

The Bundesliga, German soccer’s top-flight is readying itself to launch its own over-the-top subscription service in select international markets from the 2020/21 season. Plans f... More

The Rise of Data Streaming (IT Pro Portal)

Real-time data processing and streaming data architectures are on the rise. This might come as no surprise to many, as multiple reports validate that real time streaming has become... More

Show Swapping is TV’s New Star (Fortune)

Television shows are a lot like the zombies that star in several of today’s hit series: They just won’t die. Instead, after being canceled, a growing number of shows are produc... More

Confluence of Streams (Digital TV Europe)

Subscription VOD services are proliferating. Questions are arising about the affordability and convenience of stacking multiple offerings. “Partnerships with one or several SVOD ... More

Star Trek is ViacomCBS’s Best Hope for Streaming Greatness (The Verge)

CBS and Viacom are set to become a potential powerhouse in streaming, rivaling Netflix. But where Netflix focuses on building a universal library of originals, ViacomCBS is set to ... More

The Streaming VOD War is Going to Get Bloody (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)

Anyone who wants to watch a dramatic, treacherous race in the months ahead should check out the escalating competition in the world of streaming video-on-demand TV. ... More

Podcasts Grow Into Effective Advertising Medium as Consumption Rises (CMO)

More people are tuning into podcasts and are heavily engaged with this audio content, according to new data released today from Adobe Analytics. The report, which surveyed 1,008 U.... More

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