OTT/Streaming

Bram Cohen, the mastermind behind BitTorrent, claims he didn’t set out to build a pirate ship when he launched the file-sharing product in 2003. All he wanted to do was make it e... More

The number of consumers live-streaming this year’s Academy Awards, set to broadcast Sunday on ABC, is expected to rise by 28% compared to last year, according to a new report. ... More

The eyes of the music world are on Texas this month, as bands, label executives and media companies flock to the South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival, which is set to begin on ... More

Three industry executives have joined forces to launch IQTV, a British quiz SVoD service. InQuisiTiVe has already confirmed deals with BBC Worldwide, Banijay and Channel 4 to provi... More

YouTube TV is getting its hands on more exclusive sports television rights, through a multiyear deal with Major League Soccer’s Seattle Sounders FC. Starting with the 2018 MLS... More

Investors have a lot of reasons to avoid Spotify Technology SA, owner of the world’s largest paid music service, when it lists shares on the New York Stock Exchange this year. Op... More

Even with the awards and media attention it has received lately, Hulu is heading toward a future clouded with uncertainty, thanks to a tricky corporate structure and the merger man... More

Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, Disney chief Bob Iger elaborated on the company’s ambitious OTT plans, saying the launch of ESPN Plus a mon... More

The social media platform will live stream the 2018 racing series season in Japan, beginning with coverage of the Mexico City ePrix on 3rd March. In addition, fans will also be abl... More

CBS is taking another swing at the streaming-video sector with the launch of a free 24-hour digital sports-news outlet known as CBS Sports HQ. Executives said the service will f... More

Thanks to a relentless news cycle Fox News has defied the downward trends in the television business, notching its highest-rated year in 2017 even as audiences dwindled for many ne... More

Amazon could livestream Premier League matches in the U.K. in a move that will determine whether football chiefs launch their own over-the-top service. The retail juggernaut is ... More

In the age of Peak TV, the marketplace has made room for yet another platform for original programming: Facebook. Since August of 2017, the social media behemoth has hosted game... More

YouTube is hitting the pause button on its Hollywood expansion. As Netflix Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. pour ever-larger sums into TV and movie production, Google is holding spendin... More

The 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea still have a few days to go before they end on Sunday, but NBC Olympics is already touting the metrics for its live-streaming v... More

Lionsgate has lined up its first slate of digital-first projects from its newly branded Studio L. This spring, the studio will debut three films meant to appeal to a millennial, di... More

Jim Gaffigan is bypassing Netflix and TV networks with his upcoming “Noble Ape” stand-up special — planning a broad initial release this summer on rental and digital sell-thr... More

Amazon.com, YouTube and Twitter are all weighing bids for streaming rights to “Thursday Night Football,” according to people with knowledge of the matter, providing the latest ... More

The company, which now has more than 17 million subscribers in the U.S., lost approximately $920 million last year, according to SEC filings from its owners, and received $1 billio... More

Facebook has extended its content-scanning tool for video to Instagram — promising media companies and creators an automated way to identify and block copyright infringement on t... More