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Roberts: ‘OTT Economics Are Unproven To Us’ (Multichannel News)

Despite the rise of virtual MVPDs that can deliver services nationwide by going over-the-top, Comcast still believes that the most prudent business path is to grow its video sub ba... More

Facebook’s Really Big Plans for Virtual Reality (Bloomberg)

Apart from cracking the workings of the mind, Oculus will give Zuckerberg the chance to actually make an object, as opposed to the intangible millions of lines of code that constit... More

NBC Turns to Digital Influencers to Draw TV-Averse Millennials to Olympics Coverage (Variety)

Young people aren’t exactly the prime audience for Olympic events like track and field. In fact, for the two previous Summer Games, the median age of U.S. viewers has risen — f... More

Select TV, FreeCast’s Next-Generation Media Platform, Debuts to Consumers (MESA)

Select TVFreeCast’s Select TV officially opens to the public, bringing the TV experience into the 21st Century. More than two years of work have culminated this week with the fir... More

Adobe Integrates FrameMaker, Experience Manager (eWeek)

Adobe has announced the integration of its FrameMaker technical document authoring tool with its Adobe Experience Manager content management solution for building Websites, apps an... More

Technicolor PostWorks Supports Seven Emmy Nominated Productions (MESA)

Technicolor PostWorks provided post-production services for seven television programs that received nominations in the 68th Emmy Awards. They include the scripted series The Affair... More

Virtual Reality Waits for the Music Industry to Catch Up (NY Times)

Only a few acts have delivered live concerts in virtual reality. Coldplay recorded a show in virtual reality in 2014, and the start-up JauntVR has released several concert clips, i... More

Why CMOs Need To Pay Attention To eSports (Forbes)

Sports have been a strong part of American culture for centuries, with residents packing stadiums and gathering around television sets to cheer for their favorite teams. Fans have ... More

Twitter to Live Stream 300 College Sporting Events via Campus Insiders Pact (VideoInk)

With its Q2 2016 earnings due to be released on July 26, Twitter has been ramping up its PR machine, releasing a slew of announcements covering everything from new product features... More

BlackBerry secures apps with Microsoft Azure (Cloud Pro)

BlackBerry has added its Good Dynamics Secure Mobility Platform to Microsoft Azure, allowing organisations to mobilise a number of apps including those used for enhanced collaborat... More

The Fastest-Growing Format in Publishing: Audiobooks (WSJ)

The digital revolution that flummoxed the music, movie and publishing industries has given rise to a surprising winner: the audiobook. Audiobooks are the fastest-growing format in ... More

LeEco Acquires Vizio for $2 Billion to Kickstart U.S. Entrance (Variety)

Chinese TV and phone maker LeEco is acquiring U.S. TV manufacturer Vizio in a deal valued $2 billion, both companies announced at an event in Los Angeles Tuesday. Vizio will contin... More

52% of Colleges and Universities Use a Video Solution: Kaltura (StreamingMedia)

Higher education has reached a critical tipping point, says Kaltura: According to its 2016 State of Video in Education report, 52 percent of its higher education respondents say th... More

The VCR is Officially Dead. Yes, It Was Still Alive. (Washington Post)

The videocassette recorder that revolutionized home entertainment by allowing television audiences to capture their favorite shows on tape and watch them at their leisure will die ... More

Disney’s Pete’s Dragon, Marvel’s Doctor Strange Among Seven New Disney Releases Announced for Dolby Cinema (MESA)

Dolby and The Walt Disney Studios today announced seven new titles to be shown at Dolby Cinema™ locations around the globe. Dolby Cinema, featuring Dolby Vision™ and Dolby Atmo... More

Twitter Scores Live Streaming for MLB, NHL Games (TV Technology)

Twitter going all-in on live streaming for sports, as the company has announced that it recently closed a partnership with both the MLB and NHL to stream weekly out-of-market games... More

Space150 Appoints Ulli Appelbaum To New Strategy Role (MediaPost)

Space150 has appointed Ulli Appelbaum as EVP strategy to lead the agency's strategy practice out of its Minneapolis office, but he is working across its locations in NYC, Los Angel... More

Netflix, 20th Century Fox TV Distribution Enter into First SVOD Deal (HMM)

Netflix and 20th Century Fox Television Distribution July 25 announced their first subscription streaming video distribution agreement for FX franchise “American Crime Story.” ... More

Yahoo’s Sale to Verizon Ends an Era for a Web Pioneer (New York Times)

Yahoo was the front door to the web for an early generation of internet users, and its services still attract a billion visitors a month. But the internet is an unforgiving place f... More

Tech Giants Boast an Edge in Music Streaming (Wall Street Journal‎)

How many companies can survive in the high-cost music-streaming business? Plenty, it appears—as long as music isn’t their main source of revenue. Streaming music is just a side... More

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