OTT/Streaming

The streaming wars are about to get a lot more interesting. It has been roughly five years since services like Netflix and Hulu started making original programming. So far, Netflix... More

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s video streaming service, Youku Tudou, has signed content licensing deals with NBCUniversal and Sony Pictures Television, marking a deeper foray into ... More

T-Mobile, the self described un-carrier, has revealed plans to launch its own online TV service in 2018. The telco has signed a definitive agreement to acquire TV technology innova... More

TV/video platforms taking on music? Music platforms taking on video? Digital media companies are all in these days. The news is that YouTube -- the dominant, free, ad-supported ... More

Verizon will no longer be the exclusive U.S. mobile carrier for NFL games — instead, the telco is gaining rights to live-stream gridiron action to any mobile, web and connected-T... More

YouTube plans to introduce a paid music service in March, according to people familiar with the matter, a third attempt by parent company Alphabet Inc. to catch up with rivals Spot... More

Amazon Music Unlimited, the company’s streaming service, today announced its expansion into 28 additional countries, offering a catalog of more than 40 million songs and thousand... More

This year marked a turning point. Many of you realized that free online media sometimes can come with steep, hidden costs like the exposure of your personal information -- so you o... More

For much of jazz’s history, devotees discovered music over the radio airwaves and in library stacks, rooting out old LPs or videos to borrow and sample. Today, a lot of that expl... More

Amazon.com on Wednesday launched its subscription-based Prime service in Singapore that provides access to fast shipping, streaming and gaming, intensifying competition with incumb... More

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation will stream its live television stations online for free, a move that could further erode the value of traditional TV subscriptions in an era ... More

Thing you knew but should keep thinking about anyway: The big tech companies are very interested in streaming live sports to you. Today’s reminder comes from Facebook, which want... More

YouTube had its hands full lately, dealing with disturbing channels and videos masquerading as family-friendly offerings. Now, YouTube chief Susan Wojcicki has explained how the pl... More

TV customers have a high rate of starting and stopping many new OTT services. Parks Associates says that with the exception of Netflix and Amazon Prime, OTT services experience chu... More

Suddenly, everyone wants to be Netflix. You may think there is already a surfeit of streaming options for television and film. Square-eyed viewers in America can choose between Ama... More

Pai's plan, which is expected to pass the Republican-led FCC when a vote is called on Dec. 14, would prevent internet service providers from blocking or throttling online traffic o... More

Amazon Dec. 1 announced that 15 movies from the 2017 Sundance Film Festival are now available to stream for Prime Video subscribers. The 15 films originated via Amazon Video Dir... More

In a ruling that could dent the ambitions of cloud-based online video in Europe, making of copies of TV programmes saved in the cloud does not fall within private copying exception... More

HBO CEO Richard Plepler said Wednesday that the company will reevaluate its presence in most countries around the world over the next few years, deciding whether to launch over-th... More

CBS has been getting more bold with its streaming offerings, notably putting Star Trek Discovery exclusively on its All Access platform. But it seems the network is considering ano... More