OTT/Streaming

The cable television industry is in the midst of massive upheaval—fierce competition from low-cost over-the-top (OTT) services like Netflix, compounded by rapid technical innovat... More

For over 20 years, people have envisioned a future in which you don't need to own music, where a vast library music is available everywhere from a "celestial jukebox." Although tha... More

Verizon Digital Media Services today announced that it has extended its relationship with Newsy, the national news network for the next generation, inking a new agreement that make... More

Amazon’s deal to stream NFL Thursday night games includes as much as $30 million worth of marketing and promotion of the football league, pushing the total value of the contract ... More

Pandora on Tuesday launched a brand campaign dubbed “Sounds Like You” and said it’s making Pandora Premium, previously available by invitation only since March, available to ... More

CBS has quietly expanded the scope of its streaming and on-demand TV service, its own competitor of sorts to Hulu, to now include movies. The lineup at launch is fairly small with ... More

Amazon is back on the film-fest circuit with a zero-haggle deal for indie filmmakers: It’s offering official selections of the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival bonuses of up to $100,00... More

Guess what? More households are streaming Netflix than any other OTT video service in the US, according to the latest data from comScore Inc. Of course, this news is not terribly s... More

The pricing for Hulu’s live TV service, a competitor with cable television – as well as a host of other streaming TV services like Sling TV, PlayStation Vue, DirecTV NOW, and Y... More

When you call your company Funny or Die, it’s an irresistible invitation for wags to look for the moment to declare your outfit deceased. But 10 years after Will Ferrell, Adam Mc... More

Time Warner’s Turner and Warner Bros. will test the subscription VOD waters for ‘toon fans with the launch of Boomerang, a service starting at $5 per month that will include mo... More

It’s a streaming world in the music business, lest anyone still had any doubts. Nielsen Music’s first-quarter figures for music consumption bear that reality out solidly, with ... More

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced today it will produce the first-ever live 4K video stream from space during a Super Session at the 2017 NAB ... More

Comcast plans to introduce an online video service offering hit shows from its NBCUniversal TV networks in the next 12 to 18 months, an effort to compete with rivals Netflix Inc. a... More

Dailymotion is about to largely abandon its roots in user-generated content. The video site plans a significant relaunch of the service in June that will be geared toward serving u... More

According to new data from comScore released this morning, over half (53%) of Wi-Fi households in the U.S. are now using at least one over-the-top streaming service, with Netflix b... More

Extensive research and analysis in the video industry has focused on millennials, but a new report published by Think with Google shifts focus to 13-17-year-olds (defined as "teens... More

YouTube is hoping it can weed out rogue channels that violate its content policies by making it more difficult for them to make money. The Google-owned online video service announc... More

Hulu is adding to its growing film library through an expansive new output deal with Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures. The multiyear deal, Hulu's biggest film licensing agreement... More

Spotify has finalized a new, multi-year global license agreement with Universal Music Group that, as expected, gives UMG artists access to a "flexible release policy" -- namely, th... More