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Facebook Creates Tool to Boost News Publishers’ Reach on the Platform (Digiday)
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
Streaming Family Plans: Too Much Sharing Has Execs Concerned About Slipping Revenue Per User (Billboard)
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
Biggest Challenge for Hulu, Netflix, HBO? Getting Millennials to Pay (Forbes)
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
Report: Apple to Launch Three New iPhones (CNBC)
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
What Will Apple’s Streaming Service Look Like? (Variety)
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
How the BBC is Getting People to Watch Short-Form Video (Digiday)
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
Why Netflix May Build the World’s Most Valuable Movie Business (THR)
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
Pew: Teens, Parents Concerned About Screen Time (MCN)
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
Walmart Launches Online Store for Ebooks, Audiobooks (Variety)
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
3 Ways Technology is Changing the American Home (ReadWrite)
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
Ted Sarandos on How Netflix Predicted the Future of TV (Variety)
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 Launches Neon Circle to Drive SMEs’ Adoption of AI (The Record)
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
How Hollywood Is Racing to Catch Up with Netflix (Variety)
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
Study: Booming Asia Video Market to be Key Battle for Global Conglomerates (Variety)
As Disney completes its acquisition of Fox and scales up entertainment and sports offerings in Australia, India, Japan and South East Asia, the Asia Pacific video industry is shapi... More
Netflix Tests a Bypass of iTunes Billing in 33 Markets (TechCrunch)
Netflix is one of the highest-grossing apps on the iOS App Store, but it looks like the video streaming giant is contemplating how it might make an even bigger margin on its iPhone... More
Amazon Ready to Take on Apple and Spotify in Streaming Music (Bloomberg)
Amazon is turning up the volume in the music business. The world’s largest online retailer will mount the first national TV campaign for its music-streaming service, featuring ad... More
Amazon and Twitter Want to Bring You More Sports (Bloomberg)
Amazon and Twitter are exploring ways to bring more sports content to customers -- including personalized notifications of live events -- seeking to lure a larger number of viewers... More
Tech Retail on a Roll (Twice)
After a period of fits and starts, figures from the U.S. Census Bureau and a powerful second-quarter earnings report from Walmart confirm what we’re hearing anecdotally: that tec... More
Microsoft’s Walmart Partnership Isn’t About Retail — It’s About Streaming (VentureBeat)
It’s now less about the hardware and more about the back-end technology that will be able to support live-streaming across the country. Even with high-speed connections and respo... More
ESPN+ Takes Exclusive FA Cup Rights in U.S. (SportsPro)
ESPN+, the over-the-top (OTT) video streaming subscription service available in the US, provided by sports broadcaster ESPN, has signed a multi-year deal to become the exclusive ri... More
