OTT/Streaming

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

Calling it the most live-streamed Super Bowl ever, NBC said the stream of Sunday’s matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots delivered an average minut... More

Although debates continue over the relative merits and potential of various technologies in the media industry, such as Blockchain, VR, and Hi-Res Audio, there’s one thing that e... More

Facebook, which is moving aggressively into the business of live sports, locked up a two-year agreement last week with the World Surf League. The deal brings more than $30 milli... More

It won't be long now until Apple Music is the No. 1 music streaming service in the United States, according to a new report. The Wall Street Journal cites people familiar with both... More

Time Warner's HBO premium channel has more than 5 million online streaming subscribers, up from 2 million a year ago, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Thursday.... More

The role of ‘super-aggregator’ – a company that aggregates not multiple channels but multiple video services under one roof – is up for grabs, and Apple is making a serious... More

Satellite radio giant SiriusXM, home of Howard Stern, on Wednesday reported a swing to a fourth-quarter loss on special charges as it continued to add subscribers. On its earnin... More

The Super Bowl, one of TV's biggest events of the year, is happening again Sunday. But Rick Cordella won't really be watching. As the head of NBC Sports Digital, Cordella will lead... More

For cord-cutting football fans, streaming the Super Bowl is easier than it used to be. Now, you can watch the game from a variety of streaming sources, with the same coverage—and... More