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1. Re-platforming the enterprise - In 2018, companies will move to common IT platforms so they can respond to market changes faster and make better, more informed decisions. These ... More

China’s ambition to lead the development of 5G mobile networks will make the country the world’s largest market for over-the-top (OTT) content over the next five years. But Bei... More

Vudu.com has upped promotion of branded digital movies via packaged-media SKU (“stock keeping unit”) on shelves exclusively at Walmart. The world’s largest retail star owns V... More

Blockchain meets the Internet of Things - Though this sounds like a clash of the buzzwords, serious thinking is going into how these technologies could be made to work together to ... More

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