OTT/Streaming
The Appetite for Live Streaming is Bigger Than Ever (The Verge)
It would be easy to assume that because competition is so stiff among live-streaming platforms — for talent, for eyeballs — that the market is zero-sum. But as it turns out, th... More
Disney+ Was the Most Downloaded App in the U.S. in Q4 2019 (TechCrunch)
U.S. consumers have shown strong interest in Disney’s new family-friendly streaming service, Disney+, according to new data from Sensor Tower, which focused on app trends in the ... More
U.S. Home Entertainment Market Topped $25B in 2019, With 63% Coming From Streaming (Variety)
Consumer spending on home entertainment rose 8.4% to a record $25.2 billion in 2019, spurred by the at-home sector’s biggest growth engine — digital, according to DEG: The Digi... More
Oscars: Netflix Leads All Hollywood Studios With 24 Nominations (THR)
Streaming made Hollywood history again Monday as Netflix picked up a leading 24 Oscar nominations, marking the first time that the company has earned more than any major studio or ... More
Fox Soul, a New Streaming Service, Targets African-American Viewers (Deadline)
Fox Television Stations is rolling out Fox Soul, a live, ad-supported streaming channel aimed at African-American viewers. The free channel will combine a set of new original progr... More
NBCUniversal’s Peacock Aims to be the Comfort Food of Streaming TV (IBD)
Comcast-owned NBCUniversal plans to detail its Peacock streaming video service on Jan. 16. But at CES 2020, an executive described the general strategy behind the content on the vi... More
Adapt or Die: Why 2020 Will Be All About Entertainment’s New Streaming Battleground (Variety)
From a consolidation of historic Hollywood studios and the reunification of two major media companies to Apple taking the leap into content as the streaming wars ensue, 2019 was a ... More
Netflix Copycats Get Put to the Test in 2020 (Bloomberg)
HBO Max and Peacock are coming soon, but the incumbent streaming-video service still has an advantage.... More
2020 to be the Year of Direct-to-Consumer Video (Rapid TV News)
2020 will represent a profound step toward a future where more OTT content goes direct-to-consumer and video-on-demand reaches 900 million subscriptions worldwide, according to a n... More
Quibi Versus the World (The Verge)
Can Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman change everything about video on your phone?... More
Cable Lost, but Streaming Services Aren’t Ready to Celebrate (Bloomberg)
People have been talking about the streaming era for so long that it’s hard to imagine the tipping point just happened. In 2019 the rate of Americans quitting cable went from ste... More
Quibi Bets on a Future of Quick Clips, Tiny Screens (Wired)
TV, but on phones! You know—for kids? That’s it. That’s the pitch. The company making that pitch is called Quibi—a portmanteau of “quick bites.” Its product: less-than-... More
Grammys to Stream Red-Carpet Preshow Exclusively Via Twitter (Billboard)
For the first time in Grammy history, fans can tune in to the red carpet preshow on social media. The Grammys announced Wednesday (Jan. 8) that Grammys Live From the Red Carpet, fe... More
Streaming Services Reckon With Password-Sharing ‘Havoc’ (THR)
Password sharing has serious economic consequences. In 2019, companies lost about $9.1 billion to password piracy and sharing, and that will rise to $12.5 billion in 2024, accordin... More
Netflix, Dolby Soho Team for Immersive Exhibit (Deadline)
Netflix continues to pull out all the stops on behalf of its bumper crop of Oscar-bait films. It has teamed with Dolby on an immersive exhibit in New York that will showcase Dolemi... More
CES 2020: Whitman, Katzenberg Reveal Final Details on New Streaming Service Quibi (CNBC)
Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg revealed the final details of their streaming service Quibi. The service will launch on April 6 for $4.99 per month with ads or $7.99 per month f... More
Netflix Expected to Bring Mobile-Only Plan to More Markets (THR)
India became the first country in the world where the streaming video giant launched such an offering, costing $2.99 per month, to take on local rivals and drive user growth in a p... More
Shows on the Rise: Streaming Dramas Dominate the Top 10 (TV Time)
The Season 3 release of Alexa & Katie (No. 1) earns top billing. The Netflix sitcom rises to the top with a rise ratio of 97.9%, and the streaming platform only continues to win in... More
Streaming Wars Spill Into CES 2020 as Media Nabs the Spotlight (CNET)
Every year, CES draws the tech-obsessed to gawk at fancy televisions and off-the-wall gadgets. This year, though, the conference's long-running media sideshow is flooding onto the ... More
CTA: Streaming Video Consumer Spending to Jump 29% in 2020 to $24B (Variety)
The streaming wars are set to unleash a river of cash. With major media companies entering the market, American consumer spending on subscription-video services will increase 29% i... More
