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Cloud Gaming: Why it Matters and the Games it Will Create (MatthewBall.vc)

There is a tremendous amount of confusion around cloud gaming: what it is, why it matters, what it will allow, who can deliver it, how much it will grow the market, etc. This is fu... More

eSports: A Refreshing Alternative to Traditional Sports? (Verdict)

While live sports programming is becoming increasingly scarce, we are seeing an uptick in viewership for streamers and content creators broadcasting themselves playing video games.... More

StarHub, Vubiquity TVOD Deal (Advanced Television)

Premium content services and media technology solutions provider Vubiquity, part of the Amdocs Media division, has completed the provisioning of premium entertainment content from ... More

PlayStation Studios Branding Unites All Sony Games Under One Logo (VentureBeat)

Sony wants you to know when you are buying one of its games. To ensure that consumers appreciate the publisher’s first-party efforts, Sony Interactive Entertainment is bringing t... More

TikTok Boom! How the Exploding Social Media App is Going Hollywood (THR)

The impossible-to-ignore, 2 billion strong platform is leveraging a massive sheltering-at-home audience hungry for new content to draw A-listers and turn its homegrown roster into ... More

‘Convenience and Choice’ – Sports Streaming Comes of Age (Digital TV Europe)

The entertainment industry has been radically altered by the introduction of streaming services, and sports is no different. Through a combination of disruptive forces from start-u... More

Will Coronavirus Break the $50B Sports Media Industry? (Bloomberg)

As sports leagues weigh when to restart their seasons, they are talking to health officials, players, talent agents, TV networks, local governments and hotel workers. One group not... More

Vubiquity to Provide Airtel Africa With Content, Curation via Microsoft Azure Content-as-a-Service Solution (MESA)

Vubiquity, an Amdocs company, announced that it will become a premium content supplier and exclusive content curator for Airtel Africa. Airtel Africa has signed an agreement with V... More

Post-Pandemic, Americans Will Stream More; Go to Movies, Concerts Less (Variety)

The COVID-19 pandemic could be a major inflection point that changes consumer behaviors for years. Over the past month and a half, streaming to the TV viewing has more than doubled... More

People are Streaming More, But Will it Stick? (Morning Consult)

Streaming video is clearly having a moment during the coronavirus crisis: Nearly half (49 percent) of the 2,200 adults in an April 16-18 survey say they are now streaming more. Cle... More

Streaming Releases Test the Waters of a Changed Industry (New Yorker)

“Trolls World Tour” and “True History of the Kelly Gang” forgo the majesty of the big screen, in the hope of recouping costs online. But will we watch?... More

Cord-Cutting Hit Record Levels in First Quarter (MCN)

Traditional pay TV subscriptions fell by a record-setting 1.8 million in the first quarter, according to an analysis by Craig Moffett of MoffettNathanson Research. The 7.6% decline... More

It’s Boom Time for Podcasts – but Will Going Mainstream Kill the Magic? (The Guardian)

This is podcasting’s boom time. There are now more than 900,000 podcasts to choose from. In the US, 22% of the population listens to at least one podcast every week and 51% to at... More

Monday is the New Weekend as Quarantined Households Binge on TV (Bloomberg)

With millions of Americans still stuck at home amid coronavirus shutdowns and stay-at-home orders, Comcast said it’s seeing shifts and new behaviors in television viewing pattern... More

ViacomCBS Eyes Summer Reboot of CBS All Access (THR)

ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish outlined planned summer changes to the CBS All Access streaming service, saying it will be beefed up with a broad array of Viacom programming and a "critic... More

Sonos Announces the Arc, its First Dolby Atmos Soundbar (The Verge)

Sonos is finally making its long-awaited push into Dolby Atmos home theater audio. That effort starts with the new $799 Arc, a premium soundbar that replaces the Playbar in Sonos�... More

Peacock to Stream on Microsoft Xbox Devices for National Launch in Summer 2020 (Variety)

Peacock just got some game: NBCUniversal inked a deal for the streaming service to be available on Microsoft’s Xbox One console family when Peacock is scheduled to make it nation... More

Alamo Drafthouse Launches VOD Platform (Variety)

Alamo Drafthouse, the cinema chain that largely popularized in-theater dining, is launching a video-on-demand platform called Alamo on Demand. Alamo On Demand, which was created in... More

Lockdowns Drive TV to Turn the Tables on Mobile Media (Rapid TV News)

The time people spend in front of TV’s has been on the decline for years, replaced by mobile media browsing but the Covid-19 outbreak and the subsequent lockdowns around the worl... More

Ampere: Premium VOD Surges but Suppliers Pace Content Availability (Rapid TV News)

On the back of the surge in streaming viewing generated by the mass lockdowns in countries around the world, premium video-on-demand, that is the showing of films on an when they w... More

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