OTT/Streaming

Hulu is now giving on-demand subscribers access to the free 24-hour ABC News Live streaming channel, in a bit of corporate synergy under their common parent, Disney. Subscribers to... More

Disney+ joined a growing number of streaming services that agreed to reduce their load on Europe’s internet infrastructure after a commissioner raised concerns about whether the ... More

"It's been a massive disruption," said the exec. "Every one of our productions around the world are shut down. I believe that's unprecedented in history. And we have a lot of folks... More

The studio is the latest to break the theatrical window to put current films at theaters on digital platforms as cinemas shutter across the nation.... More

Pixar’s Onward is hitting digital platforms today (March 20), merely two weeks after the animated fantasy-adventure film hit theaters. The film’s Disney+ streaming debut will f... More

It’s taken some time — and the unfortunate circumstance of a pandemic — but concert livestreaming could finally be having its moment. Amid major festival cancellations and hu... More

As movie screens, amusement parks and concert halls go dark in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, leaving consumers stuck at home, new polling finds that adults are n... More

YouTube will limit streaming in European countries to standard-definition video by default, following a similar move by Netflix to curtail bandwidth usage across the continent amid... More

Apple’s promise of high-quality video “shot on iPhone” is getting another real-world stress test, as late-night TV host Conan O’Brien announced he will return to doing full... More

Competitors in the video streaming service space come from any place in the ecosystem. Netflix was a mere DVD-by-mail distributor in the US until 2010, Amazon’s core business mod... More

And now Sony’s Bloodshot is the latest major studio release to go from theaters to electronic sell-through in near-record time. We got word the other day that Warner Bros. was re... More

We know the consumer is king. And, when it comes to consumers’ evolving wants and needs, there are various topics to address to ensure you have a solid business strategy that wil... More

A top European Union official called on Netflix and other streaming-video services to reduce video quality to standard-definition format — forgoing HD for now — so that interne... More

A reported 80 million consumers paid for a music subscription in 2019, up 12 million from the previous year. The rebound in music consumption continued in 2019 thanks to continued ... More

For years, the word TiVo was synonymous with DVRs. Launched back in the heady days of 1999, the product came on the scene and quickly changed how we watched TV forever — and it a... More

Fox has reached an agreement to purchase Tubi TV for $440 million in cash. And to help pay for the acquisition, the company has chosen to sell its 5 percent stake in the Roku strea... More

As bans on public gatherings have proliferated nationwide in response to coronavirus, shows and special programs are announcing streaming plans daily.... More

Warner Bros. will make “Birds of Prey,” a spinoff of 2017’s “Suicide Squad,” available for digital purchase on March 24, earlier than its anticipated video-on-demand rele... More

That YouTube makes so much money isn't exactly surprising, particularly with so many users. In fact, what is perhaps unexpected to those of us raised on TV is that Instagram makes ... More

Disney has decided to bring its incredibly popular Frozen 2 to its Disney Plus streaming service three months early “surprising families with some fun and joy during this challen... More