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The Entertainment Identifier Registry Association (EIDR), the source of universal identifiers for digital distribution of movies and television assets announced today that Variety ... More

Facebook is taking its Watch platform, the streaming content service designed to compete with Netflix, Amazon, Apple's upcoming effort and others, global while continuing to evolve... More

HDR10+ Technologies has announced the first certified products and first adopters for its technology licence programme with two of the consortium’s founders — Panasonic and Sam... More

Consumers are getting with the program when it comes to retailers’ mobile apps. According to a new study, more than two-thirds of shoppers (67 percent) have downloaded a retail a... More

OTT TV providers continue to tack on subscribers at a rapid rate, but their grand total still represents a drop in the bucket when compared to the size of the full US pay-TV univer... More

Microsoft just turned the Xbox into a subscription service and will sell it like Apple sells iPhones. Here's how it works: You can pick either a Microsoft Xbox One S or the more po... More

YouTube began rolling out its so-called digital wellbeing tools Monday morning, which include a dashboard that tells users how much time they’ve spent on the service watching vid... More

The organic content testing tool lets publishers test up to four versions of a piece of content, with variations in elements like headline, description and image, in real time — ... More

Though Spotify's subscriber base is steadily growing, the average revenue it gets per paying subscriber is shrinking. One of the biggest reasons: family plans. Industry sources tel... More

One of the reasons Disney is paying $71.3 billion for the Fox properties is to gain a controlling interest in Hulu, the third-largest streaming service. A recent survey from media ... More

The company is reportedly planning to launch three new iPhone models, including one with a 6.5-inch display, the largest it has ever included on an iPhone. It will also launch a 5.... More

As the streaming wars continue to unfold—with Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu preparing to stake their respective claims at the Emmys Sept. 17—the great unknown remains what role App... More

The BBC has discovered just how fascinated humans are with their own mortality through BBC Ideas, its 6-month-old, short-form video unit.... More

With a business model untethered from opening weekend box office and high variable P&A spend, the streamer has established the foundation necessary to revolutionize the model of cr... More

Roughly half of U.S. teens (52%) are taking steps to cut back on their mobile phone use, as well as use of social media (57%) and video games (58%). At least that was the finding o... More

Amazon just got yet another competitor in the ebook and audiobook space: Walmart launched its very own digital book store Wednesday, selling ebooks as well as audiobooks through it... More

When you mention the growth of technology inside the home, most people think about eyeballs glued to screens and zombie-like attitudes that are devoid of social engagement. And whi... More

When Ted Sarandos first met with Netflix founder Reed Hastings about working for his start-up online video-rental service in 1999, Hastings laid out his vision for the new recruit.... More

LiveTiles is launching Neon Circle, a highly specialised intranet platform that leverages Office 365, SharePoint and Azure. The solution will help drive the adoption of artificial ... More

The Netflix effect across the entertainment business has taken root in deep and meaningful ways this year. The turmoil caused by Netflix’s meteoric rise is all that media moguls ... More