OTT/Streaming

Good news for those broadcasting and streaming the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which kicks off tomorrow in Russia. Of the 67 percent of consumers surveyed by the Interactive Advertising B... More

The three-on-three hoops action of Big3 — the basketball league co-founded by Ice Cube that features former NBA stars in fast-paced, half-court games — will be coming to Facebo... More

It’s finally happening: Next year, people around the world will spend more time online than they do watching TV, according to new data. In 2019, people are expected to spend an a... More

Amazon’s plan for live sports broadcasts is becoming clearer following its deal with the Premier League. The tech giant is the first platform to strike a deal to stream Premier L... More

Major Russian broadcasters National Media Group and CTC Media are joining forces to launch More.TV, the country's first online platform for TV content or, as it is being dubbed, "t... More

While the service doesn't yet have a name or a launch date, more details have emerged about the talent that will work on what is described by the network as "a new kind of news cha... More

Facebook-owned Instagram is considering the addition of long-form video uploads, according to a new Wall Street Journal report. The service has been working on a feature that would... More

NAGRA is providing a new OTT platform for Taiwan Broadband Communications (TBC), one of the leading multi-system cable operators in Taiwan. Powered by NAGRA’s OpenTV Suite, TBC�... More

At a broader level, the Discovery-PGA Tour deal is yet another example of how OTT is enabling sports to become far more immersive, especially for mobile and connected TV users.... More

Facebook has announced new features allowing users to include music in their personal videos and lip sync to songs while live-streaming.... More

Virtual reality (VR), over-the-top (OTT) video and Internet advertising are expected to be among the major growth segments within the U.S. media industry over the next five years, ... More

ZOO Digital CEO Stuart Green addressed participants at SlatorCon London in May 2018, sharing his insight from “Inside Media Localization” and unpacking the key themes of market... More

Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd. has transitioned from renting DVDs to streaming movies online -- while the business model move may sound familiar, the company doesn’t want to be pige... More

When Facebook launched "trending" in 2014 as a list of headlines to the side of the main news feed, it was a straightforward move to steal users from Twitter by giving them a quick... More

Hulu's year-old live television service has passed 800,000 subscribers, CEO Randy Freer told CNBC on Wednesday. The disclosure, a first for Hulu, comes nearly a month after the com... More

The BBC is to stream dozens of World Cup matches live in 4K resolution and high dynamic range colour (HDR) to UK-based audiences in June and July. It will mark the first time iPlay... More

FilmTrack CEO Jason Kassin on how VOD storytelling differs from the traditional linear format: "The biggest draw of subscription-based model television is that they have limited co... More

Chicago raised eyebrows when the city announced a streaming tax on Netflix and similar internet services, the first of its kind in the country. The so-called “cloud tax” was a ... More

An estimated 217,000 viewers watched the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool via an illegal stream on social media, according to new figures from Irdeto. Th... More

Youku, the video streaming platform controlled by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, has partnered with China Central Television (CCTV) to stream the upcoming soccer World Cup. C... More