OTT/Streaming

Online radio listening continues to rise, with 50 percent of all consumers ages 12 and up listening at least once a week, up from a year-ago 44 percent and 2013’s 33 percent, a n... More

The millennial generation is driving the action in digital video, according to Ooyala’s Q4 report. The report found that nearly half (46 per cent) of all video plays in Q4 were o... More

The latest personality to join Twitch’s live-streaming lineup is… Julia Child? The Amazon-owned video-game broadcasting service is launching a live 24-hour food channel at twit... More

Cord cutting—ditching cable for Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and other streaming platforms—sounds great until you want to watch the latest episode of The Walking Dead or catch an NCA... More

With filmmakers such as Jackson and Spielberg putting their weight behind Parker’s latest venture — and studios at least willing to entertain the idea — Screening Room surely... More

Amazon has revealed today that it’s about to launch another technical advance for its Amazon Video streaming service: Dolby Vision HDR. Amazon began streaming some of its shows i... More

On the heels of endless buzz about high-dynamic range at CES in January, Netflix moved the market in late February, announcing at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that it pla... More

The advent of DOCSIS 3.1 is once again raising the question of whether cable operators should extend the frequency range they use for upstream data traffic, or stick with what they... More

Vastly expanding the reach of its over-the-top multichannel TV offerings, Sony’s PlayStation Vue service is going national today with a set of “slim” packages that feature d... More

As Yahoo figures out the future of its company, it's making a big bet on live sports. The struggling tech and media giant announced a deal Thursday morning with the National Hockey... More

The BBC has held early-stage discussions with ITV about launching a Netflix-style subscription video streaming service, The Guardian reported. The paper said the companies were in ... More

Don’t scratch your head over this one: Digital media wants a piece of the NFL. Facebook, Amazon, and Verizon are all in the hunt. No doubt others as well. Why? Seemingly for the ... More

A clear division is emerging between the major MSOs and their smaller cable brethren in how they respond to video market shifts and technology changes. On the video front, the tre... More

The Web browser continues to cede valuable ground to other digital platforms amid growing usage of OTT devices, smartphones, and even cable-supplied set-top boxes, FreeWheel, the C... More

Hollywood studios, which have long patrolled the Internet to stamp out copyright-infringing activity, are grappling with a new gambit to sidestep their usage restrictions: websites... More

Technology companies have fallen in love with the money-making potential of video ads. Live Web video is similar to regular TV, which is an advertising gold mine. And people for no... More

NextVR adds college basketball to live virtual reality coverage. Fox Sports and NextVR are teaming up to bring the NCAA’s March Madness series into virtual reality. As part of th... More

FreeCast’s online media guide has already been recognized by consumers, having sold over 4 million subscriptions since launching as Rabbit TV in 2013. After several big updates t... More

CenturyLink may not be slowing down the rollout of its Prism TV service, but the telco is anxious to get video services to more users so it's going to start an over the top video t... More

The TV Academy is rolling out additional changes for the 2016 Emmys, and it's good news for streamers who deal in short form content. Starting this year, the Emmys will give more a... More