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Online sales for Black Friday and Thanksgiving surged to record highs in the US this year, according to Bloomberg estimates. Retailers in the US brought in a record $7.9bn in onlin... More

The likely repeal of net neutrality got me thinking about the rollout of early 5G services and how that might be affected by the end of Title II rules, as such next-generation netw... More

U.S. adults are consuming more media but less live TV each day than ever, while the number of households with a connected-TV device has skyrocketed in the past year to 69.5 million... More

As the pay-TV industry makes moves to retain and grow its video subscriber base, operators across the nation are eyeing broadband-only and cord cutting households now more than eve... More

The good news: TV lovers still love watching TV. The not as good news: Viewers aren’t watching it in the same way as they used to (and until relatively recently). Set-top cable b... More

One can make the case that linear TV channels are in trouble. But are traditional TV content providers that fuel those channels? Proponents would say there is no problem here. C... More

Vimeo has added HDR support to its video service, the company announced today. Users will be able to upload HDR videos in up to 8K, and the service also supports 10-bit video and a... More

With traditional pay-TV subscribers declining and the number of home subscribing to streaming video-on-demand rising, time spent watching live TV dropped sharply in the second quar... More

Original on-demand programming is huge, but Millennials, in particular, spend more time streaming original content over tech devices than any other demographic. Certainly the major... More

Amazon is developing a free, ad-supported complement to its Prime streaming video service, according to people familiar with its plans. The company is talking with TV networks, mov... More

General entertainment and premium-level subscription VOD services continue to have a massive lead over more expensive (and relatively newer) virtual MVPD services in the U.S., acco... More

Media, so vital to the wellbeing of the economy, has endured a turbulent year. Marketers questioned the quality of the supply chain. Agencies reorganized to reinforce their value p... More

Continued strong consumer demand for the Sling TV over-the-top (OTT) service helped Dish Network overcome ongoing churn in its traditional pay-TV satellite business and impact from... More

Nintendo’s gaming tablet is finally getting some streaming content. Today, the company revealed its first major media app will be Hulu, which will be available later today. The S... More

As of very recently, Microsoft announced to its international Xbox console consumers from major markets like Mexico, Canada, France, Spain and Italy that they would finally be able... More

With streaming services like Netflix luring away cable TV subscribers with increasing speed and threatening traditional business models, distributors such as AT&T and Comcast have ... More

Adobe released its online shopping predictions for the upcoming holiday season. Based on Adobe Analytics, Adobe expects that online sales will be $107.4 billion, an increase of 13.... More

There was a time when retail meant only one thing—a physical store. But in 2017, retail can mean everything from brick-and-mortar and online to mobile and voice-based search. For... More

Microsoft’s Xbox One X is adding support for a popular video-streaming service. When the Xbox One X debuts next week, it’ll ship with support for Amazon Prime Video, the e-c... More

Comcast’s Xfinity X1 customers can access Netflix’s more than 1,200 hours of content in Ultra HD 4K content — including original series like “Stranger Things” — through... More