OTT/Streaming

The National Football League has struck a deal with Verizon to stream one regular-season game in the coming season, in a bet that distributing the match-up free for consumers over ... More

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will close this month after more than 100 years in operation, but the curious who haven't taken in the so-called "greatest show on ear... More

Time Warner’s Home Box Office won’t renew its library distribution agreement with Amazon Instant Video when it comes due at the end of 2018, premium network chief Richard Plepl... More

Ooyala today published a new report, “The Lifecycle of Content: From Production to Monetization,” in collaboration with Futuresource Consulting, a specialist research and consu... More

So here we have a major theft of perhaps Netflix biggest show, “Orange is the New Black” with a hacker saying he has the entire new season in his hands -- demanding a “modest... More

YouTube has started to invite its users to preview a new design of its website, which includes a dark mode suitable for nighttime viewing. The design is also more closely aligned t... More

Hulu’s long-awaited live TV streaming service is finally, well, live, as the company launches its beta version today, offering access to live and on demand programming on more th... More

Twitter used its first-ever NewFronts presentation to deliver a message so concise it could fit into a tweet: The future of the platform lies in original streaming content, with a ... More

Twitter and financial news giant Bloomberg are joining forces on a 24/7 streaming video service set to launch this fall, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. Twitter and Bloomb... More

Facebook finally has a better solution to freebooting — the common practice of stealing video and uploading it to one’s Facebook Page to reap the engagement and audience growth... More

San Francisco-based BitTorrent Inc. is set to shut down its P2P-powered live TV streaming service BitTorrent Live in the coming weeks, Variety has learned. Most of the 10-person te... More

Dolby Atmos is revolutionizing the way live sports-video content is both produced and consumed, offering an immersive surround audio experience. Sports broadcasters, such as BT Spo... More

Like many tech companies, Apple long resisted getting into the content game, opting instead to sell other people’s music, TV shows, and movies and making money flogging hardware.... More

With an explosion in so-called "peak TV" offered by cable and streaming services and a deluge of video-on-demand cinematic choices (to say nothing of Netflix's ravenous appetite fo... More

Gathering and analyzing viewership data increasingly is becoming a key tool for over-the-top video and TV services, Michael Paull, the recently named CEO of BAM Tech, said here Tue... More

After facing pressure from foreign distributors in recent weeks, Netflix is considering a limited theatrical release in France for its movies that are playing at the Cannes Film Fe... More

Get ready for nonstop live video inside Twitter. The company plans to air live video 24 hours a day, 7 days a week inside its apps and desktop site, building on the 800+ hours i... More

After 15 dismal years in which the global music business lost some 40 percent of its value, in 2016 the music business showed more growth than it has in two decades. And while some... More

Luring subscribers with free trials is paying off for OTT providers, a new study from Parks Associates found. About 32% of free OTT trials result in a paid subscription, Parks Asso... More

Blocked by regulators from setting up shop within China's massive entertainment market, Netflix has instead signed a licensing deal with one of its most powerful local counterparts... More