OTT/Streaming

A new report from NAGRA and nonprofit internet safety awareness group Digital Citizens showcases how illegal piracy subscription services in the United States have grown into a bil... More

Film Festival Flix has launched a new streaming channel for the Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival. Normally held in Silicon Valley each year, Film Festival Flix’s online digita... More

Disney’s “Mulan” move says a lot about its streaming strategies. For starters, it overtly reaffirms what chairman Bob Iger said last year before Disney+ ever launched: that t... More

Tencent is driving discussions to merge China’s biggest game-streaming platforms Huya and DouYu, people familiar with the matter said, in a deal that would allow it to dominate t... More

The U.S. podcast advertising marketplace is on pace to top $1 billion in the next year, according to the first-ever estimates released by eMarketer. The ad growth projections mirro... More

As it seeks to find a bigger share of the SVoD audience, Apple TV Plus has struck a deal with American Airlines to include its content in the airline’s on-board entertainment.... More

The strength of streaming breathes new life into 2020 releases. British teen thriller Get Even jumps to No. 1 following its newfound accessibility among American viewers, earning a... More

Snap Inc, the parent of social media platform Snapchat, is set to launch a new music video feature which has been licensed by some of the industry’s biggest companies.... More

Amazon said that its monthly ad-supported OTT streaming audience reach has grown from 20 million in January to more than 40 million today.... More

Facebook has completed a series of deals for the right to show music videos, according to people familiar with the matter, vaulting the social network into a medium dominated by Yo... More

It sets the stage for a fundamental reshaping of Hollywood’s oldest relationship: movie theaters and movie studios.... More

As streaming has transformed much of the world’s media landscape, most of the competition has been between Western outfits vying to conquer the big video markets of the U.S., Eur... More

Mark Lazarus is "finalizing a new structure that will demonstrate the unique way we intend to manage this business going forward" and that will be unveiled "soon," says NBCU CEO Je... More

Digital media management and licensing firm Bitmax is making the cult-hit documentary “Fantastic Fungi” available to major distribution platforms as a premium VOD release, firs... More

ViacomCBS is playing the tonnage game with CBS All Access, paving the way for the launch of a renamed and bulked-up version of the direct-to-consumer streaming service in early 202... More

EditShare customer Barstool Sports creates engaging content with distribution on multiple platforms including web, apps, podcasts, radio, video, social, events, PPV, subscription a... More

Explore is a multimedia organization that brings a live nature network directly to connected viewers. Its online portal, explore.org, serves as a community destination that aggrega... More

Comcast/NBCUniversal’s Universal Pictures division has reached a landmark agreement with the biggest theater chain in the U.S., AMC Theatres, allowing the film distributor to rel... More

The BBC Studios/ITV streaming platform BritBox is set to rollout to 25 countries worldwide. Building upon the success of the service in the US and Canada, where it recently hit one... More

As subscribers and viewers flee, media companies that once relied on cable TV are chasing streaming dollars instead.... More