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Streaming Was Part of the Future – Now it’s the Only Future (The Verge)
With the end of the year in sight and the entertainment industry crowded with streaming options, legacy companies are making big bets on their new services.... More
BritBox Has a Plan to Take on Netflix – Appeal to Boomers (Wired)
UK-centric streaming service BritBox is releasing a slow stream of original content. But will its focus on over-45s and Brits abroad be enough to compete with Netflix?... More
Netflix Raises Rates in U.S. (Next TV)
In a move expected by analysts, most popular tier shoots up to $14 a month; premium jumps to $18.... More
YouTube TV Surpasses 3M Paid Subscribers (Next TV)
Growth is heating up for the virtual pay TV service, which took two years to get to 2 million users.... More
Addressable TV Faces a Problem – Verance CEO Nil Shah Has a Solution (Forbes)
While this brave new television world offers new opportunities for viewers, media companies and advertisers, it also presents some serious challenges.... More
Verizon Media’s Darren Lepke on the Evolution of Live Streaming Ad Tech, Impact of 5G (SVG)
How will the company's newest developments impact the industry at large?... More
Ampere: Peacock Proving Popular With Older Viewers, While HBO Max Targets Wealthy Millennials (DTE)
A generational divide has emerged between the US’s latest major streaming services.... More
Pluto TV Expands Global Business With Whip Media Content Management Platform
Whip Media Group announced that Pluto TV has selected Whip Media’s Content Value Management platform to help manage growth for its advertising-based video on demand (AVOD) busine... More
Sony PlayStation 5 Will Have a Remote, Apps for Netflix, Disney Plus, Hulu, Apple TV, More (Variety)
The next-gen console set to begin shipping Nov. 12.... More
Technicolor Connected Home, Google to Accelerate Development, Deployment of Hybrid Android TV Devices
Technicolor partners with Google to accelerate the development and deployment of the Google Broadcast Stack software platform onto a wide array of customer premises equipment and c... More
Fewer Movies in Theaters? Big Media Turns Focus to Streaming Video (Reuters)
Walt Disney Co’s revamp of its media and entertainment businesses represents Hollywood’s latest move to prioritize streaming media, raising questions about how much big media c... More
TiVo Plus Users Get Access to More Pluto TV Channels (B&C)
TiVo Stream 4K now provides 144 linear channels.... More
Nearly 40% of Consumers Commit Video Piracy (TV Technology)
Whether they admit to it or not, 38% of consumers are considered video pirates, according to a new report.... More
Sony Gives In-Depth Look at PlayStation 5 UI in New Video (The Verge)
Sony just revealed one of the final big questions about the upcoming PlayStation 5: what the user interface looks like. A lengthy new walkthrough shows off what it’ll look like t... More
Ampere: AVOD Services Attracting a Different Audience to SVOD (BTN)
The latest research from Ampere Analysis has found that almost one in five US internet users are accessing AVoD (Ad-supported Video on Demand) services.... More
TV Party Tonight? Co-Watching Catches Fire (Next TV)
Watching TV with other people, whether they're in the same room or not, is suddenly a hot trend as viewers settle in for the long, cold pandemic winter.... More
Report: The U.S. PC Market Just Had its Best Quarter in 10 Years (CNBC)
PC makers shipped 71.4 million PCs in the quarter ending in September, a 3.6% increase from the same period last year, according to an estimate from Gartner.... More
Consumer Interest in Paid Livestreams Surging (Billboard)
While artists have been diversifying their methods of direct-to-fan engagement, fans are now responding with increased interest, opening their wallets as their favorite artists con... More
Subs Rise, but Global Pay TV Revenues Track Downwards (RTN)
Despite the number of pay-TV subscribers rising by 345 million since 2010, global pay-TV revenues peaked in 2016 at $202 billion and will fall to $152 billion in 2025 after declini... More
Good News for Livestreams: Half of Music Fans Want Virtual Concerts (Billboard)
While COVID-19 has largely shut down the touring industry since March, the last seven months have given way to innovation with livestream concerts rising in prominence. And the imp... More
