OTT/Streaming

No one can deny that the way viewers are watching TV has changed dramatically in recent years, with video-on-demand (VoD) services such as Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Video taking ce... More

Data is the lifeblood of the video business. It pervades every aspect of the video market. There are no universally accepted standards in any of these areas for the gathering, form... More

Over-the-top video is the future of television, CBS Chief Executive Les Moonves said Thursday at the Cannes Lions advertising festival in France. Moonves, who successfully pushed c... More

HBO Now, the premium programmer’s stand-alone OTT service, suffered a temporary outage Sunday night as subscribers swamped the system to watch the newest episode from season six ... More

We are about to enter a new era in entertainment and communications thanks to Gigabit speed broadband. While the smart home and IoT will spawn innovative services and applications ... More

Rabbit TV PlusFreeCast is once again putting the Plus in Rabbit TV by adding features suggested by millions of users. Rabbit TV Plus has received yet another big upgrade, bringing ... More

Cable companies like Comcast and European pay-TV leader Sky Plc are deploying new set-top box technology that allows web-style ad targeting by age, demographics, or interests. Thes... More

Showtime is giving viewers a chance to sample the season four premiere of drama Ray Donovan, ahead of its June 26 premiere. Consumers who do not subscribe to Showtime can watch the... More

Meerkat is back to try this video startup thing a second time. Meerkat, the former SXSW darling that abandoned its once-hyped livestreaming app earlier this year, has another app o... More

Watching sports online can be a real pain in the ass. Why? Because there’s no central place to find exactly what you’re looking for. It’s not like tuning into your cable guid... More

Finding out what millennials – and all OTT viewers – want is proving more important by the day. New research from Parks Associates found that nearly a quarter of millennial bro... More

Chance the Rapper made music-business history last month when his album “Coloring Book” became the first streaming-only release to chart on the Billboard 200. Next year the Chi... More

Streaming TV apps are great for catching up on your favorite shows. But it’s a pain having to sign in to each app to authenticate your cable subscription every time you open it. ... More

Did you ever wonder what a “day in the digital life” of a video consumer is? We know our own individual digital paths, but what about consumers in aggregate? New research from ... More

Verizon Digital Media Services’ (VDMS) digital media platform is now being used by 26 Hearst-owned local news stations, enabling live and on-demand playback of each station’s c... More

Looking to remove some complexity and consumer friction from the authentication process for TV Everywhere services, CTAM and Adobe said they have teamed on a “non-proprietary” ... More

While we all wait to see whether Apple will cobble its own live streaming TV service, the company today unveiled the best best thing. It will offer Dish Network’s Sling TV as an ... More

Starz continues to be open to new over-the-top (OTT) opportunities, CEO Chris Albrecht said June 9 at the Gabelli & Company Movie & Entertainment Conference in New York. Starz c... More

Hulu is poised to go where Apple tried to go last year with the launch of a relatively skinny live-streamed pay-TV service bundle with robust coverage of the Big Four broadcast net... More

Over-the-top platforms are a hot topic on Madison Avenue -- mainly because they are a hot way for consumers to access TV and other forms of video content -- and while agencies and ... More