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With Disney in Charge, Hulu Plans Original Content Push (Engadget)

Now that Disney is in charge of Hulu, the streaming service is going to get more original content. Hulu CEO Randy Freer told CNBC that Hulu's "investment in original programming wi... More

BBC to Broadcast Every Match at Wimbledon Live in HD (TVB Europe)

The BBC is to make every match from Wimbledon’s 18 courts available live in HD for the first time ever. BBC Sport’s digital service will see every match available live and on-d... More

Dish is Near a $6B Deal for T-Mobile, Sprint Assets (Bloomberg)

Dish could announce a deal as soon as this week for assets including wireless spectrum and Sprint’s Boost Mobile brand, said the people, who asked to not be identified because th... More

Adobe’s Upcoming iPad Painting App is Called Adobe Fresco (Engadget)

Adobe's forthcoming iPad art app - Project Gemini - is being rebranded as Adobe Fresco, a nod to the centuries-old Italian painting technique. The company revealed that the latest ... More

Apple TV is Getting a Picture-in-Picture Mode so You Can Watch Two Shows at Once (TechCrunch)

Apple TV is getting a Picture-in-Picture mode that will allow users to stream two shows at the same time, TechCrunch has confirmed. The feature’s forthcoming launch was first rep... More

Netflix Takes Baby Steps Into Video Gaming (Fortune)

Netflix made its presence known at gaming conference E3 this year. The company, known for its streaming video service, is getting its toes wet with video games. It’s just one of ... More

The Problem With ‘Content’ (OM)

“Content is inherently transactional; its goal is to drive towards some kind of conversion, some kind of exchange of value,” says Khoi Vinh, principal designer at Adobe. My wor... More

On Snapchat, Original Series are Finding Return Viewers (THR)

'Endless Summer,' which returns for a second season June 15, drew 28 million viewers during its fall debut. "Serialized content is working," says Snapchat senior director of conten... More

The Road to Wireless Excellence: 5 Key Steps to Mastering the Highest Wi-Fi Quality of Experience (Technicolor Blog)

Delivering a premium wireless experience to subscribers today depends on having the Wi-Fi performance optimized to support a growing number of devices, accessing an ever-increasing... More

Half of Americans Embrace Connected TV (Rapid TV News)

More than half of the US population (57.2%) will watch connected TV in 2019, driving a proliferating amount of connected TV inventory available to advertisers.... More

Analyst: Disney Projected to Top 130M Online Video Subscribers in 5 Years (Variety)

Disney could have more than 130 million subscribers across its online video services worldwide by 2024, Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne projected in a note to investors T... More

More Than 25% of U.S. Adults Almost Always Online (Forbes)

Mary Meeker just delivered her highly anticipated annual “Internet Trends” presentation on the state of the Web. Big themes highlighted this year include the rise of freemium s... More

Facebook Watch Hits 140 Million Daily Users (Variety)

Facebook says its video strategy — to encourage its 2 billion-plus users to watch, share and discuss episodic content — is working. The company claims it’s seeing big momentu... More

Movie Studios Aim for Tens of Millions of Dollars at VidAngel Copyright Trial (THR)

On June 11, in a California federal court, three major film studios will be hoping to collect as much damages as copyright law allows when they face off at trial against VidAngel.... More

Netflix Changed the Ccontent Landscape Forever – It’s Time for Pay TV to Take Advantage (Videonet)

Ivan Verbesselt, NAGRA: From its innovative recommendation algorithms to its high-quality original content, there’s surely no denying that Netflix has transformed the content lan... More

Apple Breaks Up iTunes, Touts HDR, ML, VR Enhancements

Apple touted multiple enhancements to its hardware and software that included augmented reality (AR), High Dynamic Range (HDR), machine learning (ML), Ultra High-Def (UHD) and virt... More

Sports Streaming’s Big Gamble (Media Post)

The future of live sports is at something of an inflection point. New entrants and legacy TV players are throwing their weight into the live streaming video space, betting on a fut... More

Hollywood is Quietly Using AI to Help Decide Which Movies to Make (The Verge)

Cinelytic is one of the many companies promising that AI will be a wise producer. Its software lets customers play fantasy football with their movie, inputting a cast, then swappin... More

Nollywood Ready to Go Global Thanks to Netflix (Bloomberg)

Streaming will help Nigeria’s film industry, Africa’s most vibrant, reach a much wider audience.... More

Five Studios Launch ‘Ultimate Movie Weekend’ Rental Sale Across U.S. Digital Services (Variety)

A group of Hollywood studios wants to remind consumers that they can rent movies — including recent releases not available on Netflix — from a wide array of digital providers, ... More

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