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Google Teams With The Boxoffice Company on Enhanced Movie Ticketing System (Deadline)
Google and The Boxoffice Company, a collection of entertainment and tech businesses owned by French digital media giant Webedia, have teamed up to enhance the process of buying mov... More
In Streaming Wars, Disney Reaches Beyond Kids, Families (Reuters)
Disney’s marketing force is reaching beyond its traditional family audience to send a message that its $7-a-month subscription service Disney+ offers something for all ages.... More
Banner Ads Bother, Pop-Ups Annoy, and Streaming Wars Aim to Revive Them (Variety)
Madison Avenue has hopes old web formats will gain traction in a new TV-screen frontier, one on which viewers watch fewer traditional video ads but might gravitate to an on-screen ... More
Ampere Analysis: Nordic Broadcasters Turning to Originals in Battle With SVOD Giants (DTE)
Nordic broadcasters are increasingly focusing on local originals and collaborating with each other to produce them in their battle with international SVOD giants such as Netflix, a... More
The Reason Hollywood Giants Waited so Long to Challenge Netflix (Quartz)
The behavior of the Hollywood entertainment giants can be explained by an old, sometimes forgotten theory that describes disruptive technologies: the innovator’s dilemma. The dil... More
Verizon Media, NBCUniversal Lean on 5G for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will see a new twist on its 360-degree livestream (via Verizon Media, YouTube, Xbox, and NBC.com) this year, as NBC, Verizon, and Macy�... More
Disney’s ESPN is Caught in Strategic Limbo as the Company Moves Slowly Toward Streaming (CNBC)
The future of Disney is streaming, and the past is linear cable television. But the present is a weird mix of the two. Disney’s high-profile asset ESPN is awkwardly caught in the... More
Google Bets on the Future With Launch of Stadia Game Streaming Service (THR)
Google's long-gestating foray into gaming has finally arrived as the tech giant's game streaming service, Stadia, has launched. "Stadia has been built from the ground up to be a c... More
Salesforce Wants to Bring Voice to the Workplace (TechCrunch)
At its annual Dreamforce mega-conference in San Francisco, Salesforce introduced the next steps in its Einstein Voice project, which it first announced last year. Einstein Voice is... More
Magnolia Uses OWNZONES to Increase Global Reach, Gain In-Depth Audience Insights (MESA)
In 2016, Magnolia began its move into the OTT video market to earn new revenue and further monetize its vast, burgeoning content library. However, they soon encountered the inevita... More
Sony Showcases Prototype of New 24-inch Monitor for 4K HDR Production (TV Technology)
Sony unveiled a prototype of its new 24-inch 4K LCD professional picture monitor for the first time at the International Broadcast Equipment Exhibition 2019 in Japan. The portable ... More
Disney+ Dazzles, But Hulu is Its Secret Weapon (Bloomberg)
The entertainment giant recognizes that many consumers want more than a single app dedicated to superheroes and G-rated content.... More
Peak TV Driving Library Values Sky High (THR)
The proliferation of outlets is propelling double-digit growth in licensing deals for catalog titles on streaming, premium and cable — and it may just be getting started. ... More
’Tis The Season: Adobe’s 7 Holiday Online Shopping Predictions (CMO)
Bing Crosby’s “I'll Be Home for Christmas” song may take on renewed meaning this holiday season, as more consumers opt to shop online both in lieu of, and in addition to goin... More
Cloud Gaming and 5G: A Match Made in Heaven (Verdict)
Cloud gaming has emerged as the top use case for 5G consumer offerings and there’s a good reason why. Mobile games are growing faster than console, PC, online and handheld games,... More
Verizon Introduces ‘Stream’ OTT Player (MCN)
Verizon has debuted a new streaming client which it calls Stream and is offering it free to its 5G Home subscribers. The new device is powered by Google’s Chromecast OTT software... More
Video Game Spending Up to Nearly $28B in U.S. Despite Falling Hardware Sales (THR)
Overall video game spending in the U.S. is up slightly from 2018, the NPD Group reports. As of September, consumer spending on gaming software and hardware hit $27.9 billion, a mar... More
Sony President on Sony 360 Reality Audio: ‘I Didn’t Believe It’ (Forbes)
When Sony revealed its latest technology, called Sony 360 Reality, there was a lot to explain. Sure, we knew it was a system that used object-based audio to create an experience th... More
Apple is Working on a Mega-Subscription Services Bundle for 2020 (Fast Company)
The new bundled subscription service would likely tie together existing subscription services and offer them as a single monthly package, instead of adding any new services to the ... More
The Mandalorian is Set to Become the Most Pirated Show of 2019 (Wired)
The Star Wars universe is coming to the small screen. But not in the UK, where it could become one of the most pirated television shows of the year.... More