OTT/Streaming

Speaking in an Advertising Week session, HBO CEO Richard Plepler framed the network’s stand-alone OTT strategy as an unalloyed success. “We put the lie to the idea that the pie... More

As part of its iPhone unveil earlier this month, Apple also announced a new 4K Apple TV and topped it all off with $20 price tags for 4K HDR titles. In fact, Apple promised to auto... More

As Canada rolls out a new digital strategy, the government has decided against imposing a sales tax on U.S. streaming video and digital services like Netflix, Amazon Prime and iTun... More

Facebook may have openly distanced itself from live streaming prime-time sports. But soccer chiefs believe it’s only a matter of time before the social network will rival broadca... More

Netflix may soon be coming to an airliner near you. At an aviation industry conference this week, the movie streaming company announced it is close to perfecting a technique to red... More

YouTube has new quick ways to cut up and serve ads. Going into Advertising Week on Monday, YouTube is launching a few new tools for advertisers with research from Ipsos, finding... More

Its ambitions are 'TV-like,' but Facebook's video play needs to be so much more if the social network is to battle with the likes of YouTube, Netflix and Hulu. But to hear Sheryl S... More

As ESPN viewers watch the kickoff to next week’s “Monday Night Football” game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Arizona Cardinals, ESPN executives will be attempting a pivot... More

For a glimpse into the future of video on Spotify, spend five minutes with 2 Chainz as he dons a surgical gown, mask and booties and joins “Dr. Miami” in the operating room to ... More

The European Commission has greenlit a long-gestating French draft measure to have foreign streaming services such as Netflix and video-sharing websites such as YouTube that distri... More

TV disruptor Netflix is now streamed by almost 50% of Internet users in the United Kingdom, according to new data from RBC Capital Markets. Netflix launched streaming service in th... More

Amazon could be in the running to acquire the television rights for Premiere League soccer, which would be the latest in a recent string of high-profile sports deals for Amazon’s... More

As Will & Grace is coming back to NBC for at least two new seasons, the series’ original 194 episodes will be made available for streaming for the first time via a deal with Hulu... More

Fox Broadcasting will live stream programming on Twitter as part of a new season promotional pitch. The new comedy Ghosted will premiere on Twitter before it airs on broadcast. The... More

More than 30 million people pay for music subscriptions in the US, according to the latest figures released by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for the first ha... More

Despite Netflix's huge rally this year, a Wall Street firm says the stock will go even higher based on an analysis of Google search data. Piper Jaffray told its clients on Monda... More

Given the number of players in India's streaming market, including the likes of global biggies such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Videos, as well as homegrown startup platforms like ... More

For two years, Northwestern University student Ben Pope and his friends have gathered in dorms, connected their laptops to TVs and computer monitors, and streamed multiple sports e... More

Hulu is spending a bundle on programming this year: Its content budget for 2017 is around $2.5 billion, CEO Mike Hopkins said. Hopkins, speaking at an event at the Paley Center for... More

YouTube is getting rid of one of its first paid content models: The Google-owned video site announced Tuesday that it is discontinuing its paid channels initiative, effectively kil... More