OTT/Streaming
Facebook Opens Up Live Video to Developers to Allow Streaming from Any Device (Variety)
Facebook just took video streaming on its Live platform beyond the mobile phone: CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced during his keynote at the company’s f8 developer conference in San ... More
Facebook Live: Now You Can Never Leave (New Yorker)
I wrote several years ago that Facebook’s dream is not to be your favorite destination on the Internet; its desire is to be the Internet. It would prefer that when you connect in... More
Live Streaming – The Ticking Time Bomb for Sports Broadcasters (The Drum)
Facebook, Yahoo and Twitter are all eyeing sports media rights as a way to swell engagement on their platforms, but as social video starts to look more like TV, how will the broadc... More
Reality Check: Video Won’t Save the Day for Digital Publishers Desperate for Growth (Digiday)
Video is sexy. Video is lucrative. Video works on both the big screen and the smallest mobile screen. Video is also very hard to do, extremely hard to scale and highly unlikely to ... More
Instagram Going Long(er) with Video Clips Up to 60 Seconds (VideoInk)
Instagram announced today that it is increasing the maximum length of videos shared on the platform to 60 seconds. The feature begins rolling out today, and is expected to become a... More
OTT Growing in Europe, US Continues to Pull Ahead (Advanced Television)
Parks Associates has published international data from the company’s OTT Video Market Tracker service showing OTT video usage in Western Europe is continuing to expand, with 55 p... More
Younger Viewers Watch 2.5 Times More Internet Video Than TV: Study (Variety)
Teens and young adults still tune in to TV — but they watch considerably more video on YouTube, Netflix and other Internet sources, according to a new study. And even more alarmi... More
OTT Continues European Growth (TVBEurope)
OTT video content has continued its rise throughout Europe, according to new international data from Parks Associates. ‘OTT Video Market Tracker’ is an annual service designed ... More
Deluxe Provides Industry-First Delivery of Live 4K Video Across the Globe Using the Public Internet
Deluxe announced today that its MediaCloud platform has successfully broadcast live 4K video between Europe and North America at over 50Mbps using the public Internet, delivering 1... More
Is Google Finally Catching Up On Live Streaming? (Forbes)
Reports suggest that Alphabet Inc.’s subsidiary Google is developing a live-streaming app called YouTube Connect, which will provide live streaming capabilities to most of its us... More
‘The Larry Sanders Show’ Is Coming To HBO Streaming Services (Decider)
As it stands right now, The Larry Sanders Show‘s episodes are available to purchase on Amazon Video or iTunes. Since HBO did not produce The Larry Sanders Show, rights did not be... More
How Hollywood Studios Woo the Hottest Companies in Video-Streaming (LA Times)
Los Gatos, Calif.-based Netflix's choice of the former Warner Bros. studio as the home of its L.A. headquarters may be the biggest symbol of digital media muscling into the enterta... More
The Real Reason Why The Live Streams For Events Like March Madness Are So Glitchy (FastCompany)
If this year’s March Madness is anything like the last, viewers who opt to stream the late-round games over the Internet should brace for some unpleasantness. Streaming is notori... More
Top 3 Reasons Why Operators Should Embrace OTT Content (Evolution Digital Blog)
For years, over-the-top video options have been gaining ground on traditional cable packages. A 2015 survey from Nielsen found that the share of U.S. households with TV and/or broa... More
Redbox Plans to Launch New Streaming Service ‘Redbox Digital’ (Variety)
Redbox is getting ready to give online video another shot: The DVD rental service has plans to launch a new video streaming service called Redbox Digital, Variety has learned from ... More
Snapchat Live Stories: Is This the Future of Media? (Variety)
Everything on Live Stories can be measured in increments that last no more than 10 seconds, and that — along with a penchant for decorating everything with scrawled hearts and ev... More
Deluxe Adds FairPlay Streaming to OTT Offering
By Chris Tribbey Deluxe Entertainment Services Group has added support for FairPlay Streaming (FPS) technology to its multiscreen and OTT delivery platform, Deluxe OnDemand. Fair... More
Hulu takes OTT into New Dimension with VR App (Rapid TV News)
In a further advancement of virtual reality within the world of video services, leading US over-the-top firm Hulu has launched a new virtual reality app. The Hulu virtual reality a... More
OTT Emerges As Fastest-Growing Source Of Ad Views, Accelerates Redefinition Of ‘TV’ (MediaPost)
Over-the-top (OTT) has emerged as the fastest-growing segment of video advertising views, according to the latest edition of Magna Global’s Media Economy Report. The report, whic... More
Why Video Streaming will Never be like Music Streaming (MacWorld)
It’s Friday night, and you want to kick back and relax after a long week’s work. You fire up your Apple TV and click on Netflix to find a movie to watch. Maybe you like Denzel ... More
