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Facebook may be devouring the web, but Slack is increasingly nibbling on a significant portion of it. The group-chat platform announced on Tuesday that it’s partnering with 12 co... More

BitTorrent, home to Game of Thrones leaks and every file known to man, would now like to make it easier for lazy people to find music. Today the file-sharing service launched BitTo... More

YouTube, sounding a little miffed that House representatives were livestreaming their sit-in using Periscope and Facebook Live, reminded its community that it has been offering liv... More

For any format to take hold and then take off in popularity and usage, there has to be a supply of content. Let’s take a moment to remember the sales cycle for newly introduced H... More

No one can deny that the way viewers are watching TV has changed dramatically in recent years, with video-on-demand (VoD) services such as Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Video taking ce... More

The British voters’ decision to sever ties with the European Union is likely to have multiple consequences for the British entertainment biz, with leading U.K. industry figures a... More

While American drivers remain ambivalent about self-driving cars, they are far less conflicted about demanding high levels of connectivity from their personal vehicles. Now, a new ... More

Add Disney Channel to the list of networks desperately trying to lure millennials to their programming. At first glance, it would seem the kids network—which is aimed at children... More

Over-the-top video is the future of television, CBS Chief Executive Les Moonves said Thursday at the Cannes Lions advertising festival in France. Moonves, who successfully pushed c... More

Wazee Digital today announced a strategic alliance with Visual Data Media Services, a global provider of digital content management and delivery. This relationship enables Wazee Di... More

GrayMeta is unveiling today, Iris 3.0, a professional HDR, or high dynamic range video player for the media and entertainment industry. Iris 3.0 is the world’s only multi-format,... More

The Dalian theater, which opens with the movie “Warcraft,” is the first of its kind for San Francisco’s Dolby Laboratories in the rapidly growing Chinese movie market. Others... More

IBM today announced that EuropaCorp, a major film producer in France, is using IBM Aspera high-speed file transfer software throughout the production, editing and distribution of m... More

The cable networks non-subscribers and cord-cutter is most interested in is Discovery Channel, according to a new study by Beta Research. At a time when skinny bundles are being ne... More

Diving deeper into video services, BitTorrent has renamed its Bundle video platform BitTorrent Now alongside a plan to add apps for mobile devices and connected TV platforms. The B... More

Two-thousand sixteen has already proven to be one of the busiest, most prolific years for new music. But at what cost? Over the past six months, many big-name artists have opted to... More

With eyes so often focused on the China’s huge streaming video market, it is easy to overlook the ongoing battles for dominance of the OTT sector across the rest of Asia. The com... More

There’s a reasonable amount of logic in the idea that YouTube’s dominance will only be challenged by video apps which understand a field of culture better than anyone else. Tha... More

SoundCloud is adding video ads, the latest service to roll out the commercial format. Often referred to as the "YouTube for audio," SoundCloud said Tuesday it is debuting video adv... More

Adobe today released an update to its Creative Cloud suite of design applications, focusing on improving efficiency and removing friction from a user’s workflow. The update provi... More