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Remember this moment in five to 10 years, when it becomes obvious the television industry is in trouble. Television has long been the favorite entertainment habit in America and be... More

Advances in technology, especially in live, high-definition streaming video, have allowed campaigns to reach people who may not be tuning in to network coverage. Just four years ag... More

Redbox is officially venturing back into streaming — on a trial basis, anyway. A Redbox spokesperson told Variety Thursday that the company has started to test its new streaming ... More

With all of the interest and hullabaloo around Pokémon Go and its clever use of augmented reality, one has to wonder if AR has superseded virtual reality as "the next big thing?" ... More

Verizon is closing in on a deal to buy the core Internet business of Yahoo, according to multiple reports Friday. The two companies are in negotiations on a deal valued at around $... More

It’s as if the Library of Alexandria never burned down in 48 BCE but instead it was just shrunk to fit into your phone. Google announced on July 19, the launch of its new Arts & ... More

The dominant business formula for over-the-top services is non-advertising, subscription fee services. Some 55% of current OTT services don’t have advertising as part of their bu... More

Russia's leading TV networks plan to launch a "Russian Hulu" in a bid to make more money out of their video content online. The country's top media groups, including Channel One, G... More

Pandora, in a story we’ve seen before with many other maturing companies, is facing an existential crisis. The company now finds itself fighting for its life against competition ... More

Many new technologies are born with a bang: Virtual reality headsets! Renewable rockets! And old ones often die with a whimper. So it is for the videocassette recorder, or VCR. The... More

Is virtual reality the future of sports coverage? Conceptually, it’s a no-brainer; VR technology can put viewers in the center of the action. And there’s no shortage of players... More

Avere Systems has established itself at the forefront of visual effects (VFX) production by providing studios with its NAS Edge filer technology to enable cloud adoption. Avere is ... More

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has again hinted that offline viewing and video downloads could feature on the popular on-demand streaming service. The suggestion came from a company ear... More

Television has migrated, not just beyond the living room, but out the front door. Meanwhile, the TV industry — particularly broadcast — has struggled to adapt to consumer deman... More

The shift in tone regarding YouTube shows how quickly the technology and media landscape as well as consumer habits have evolved. YouTube, founded in 2005, reaches 1 billion people... More

The USA Basketball National Team’s exhibition games will be live streamed on Facebook. Verizon is sponsoring the games, which will appear on the USA Basketball and NBA Facebook p... More

Spotify is tailoring its service for local tastes, from topical playlists to tiered pricing, as it prepares to expand its music streaming in Asia. That strategy includes beefing up... More

Pokémon GO might well be the “killer app” that sparks the rise of augmented reality apps. And, not only in gaming—but in every information intensive industry and function, i... More

With global subscriptions failing to meet targets and stocks tumbling, Netflix is having a bad week. But over at HBO — which operates rival streamer HBO Now, as well as on-demand... More

The advent of giant smart TVs and video-on-demand services like Netflix has turned our homes into comfortable mini cinemas. So you'd think public cinemas would be struggling to com... More