Film/TV

First it was Hulu, now it’s YouTube: Everyone wants in on the skinny-bundle business. And it’s not going to happen. At least not in the way you might assume. Just hours after H... More

NBCUniversal is in talks with Hulu to join the streaming service’s planned over-the-top offering of cable and broadcast channels, Variety has learned. The two companies are in th... More

At this year's Comic World Hong Kong convention, BTI Studios Asia held the first in a series of dubbing competitions in a bid to meet client demand for new voice talents across Asi... More

As the major upfronts approach, broadcast and cable sales executives are talking about digital dollars coming back to TV. You won’t hear that kind of talk at the NewFronts, where... More

Kaltura has launched Kaltura University, which offers short, interactive, online video training courses on a wide variety of Kaltura products and services. Customers, partners, emp... More

Vimeo has acquired VHX, a startup that provides a platform for over-the-top subscription video channels and transactional VOD, looking to build more ways for creators to make money... More

A superpanel composed of 13 film commissioners, producers and reps from production service companies addressed on Friday the global mosaic of tax credits and other incentives that ... More

Twitter signed a deal with the NFL earlier this month to stream 10 of the league’s games. Now other sports leagues and rights holders are calling to cut similar deals — and Twi... More

Sunday’s season six premiere of HBO’s Game of Thrones was popular with digital pirates, according to the latest findings from TorrentFreak. TorrentFreak, a news site focused on... More

DisneyLife may be coming to an untimely end in China. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and Walt Disney Co. announced a multi-year licensing agreement to bring the over-the-to... More

Lionsgate announced it is licensing select movies to Valve Corp., a Bellevue, Wash.-based video game publisher and social media platform distributor. Specifically, Lionsgate is dis... More

Analyst Todd Juenger cites what he calls a “theory” that the future of Hulu could be forming the heart of a skinny bundle that would be available as an over-the-top streaming V... More

HBO announced it has made its HBO Now streaming service available for the first time to Xbox One and Xbox 360 users, in addition to new Samsung smart televisions. The HBO Now app w... More

Verizon Communications Inc. is plotting a new strategy for video as its slow-growing FiOS TV business looks increasingly like a costly relic of the cable era and out of step with t... More

Major changes are coming to American television and the way Americans get it. That wasn’t exactly the message Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler set out to de... More

Is the market for 4K video ready to take off after several years of hope and hype? Sony Pictures certainly hopes so. As reported late last month, the major Hollywood movie and TV s... More

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has joined the 4K Ultra HD movement, tapping Matt Damon’s “Jason Bourne,” “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” “Warcraft,” “Everest,... More

Netflix is considering to let its subscribers download content for offline viewing, suggested CEO Reed Hastings during the company’s Q1 2016 earnings call Monday. That’s great ... More

Following a relatively low-key roll out of its new high dynamic range service over the past two weeks, Netflix NFLX -10.83% has today revealed plans to expand its HDR service signi... More

At Sony’s NAB 2016 press conference, the company unveiled a new HDR monitor, portable memory recorder, and, most significantly, its new Ultra High Frame Rate 4K Sports and Live E... More