Streaming Media East Is Shipping Up to Boston
06 Dec 2019
The 2020 Streaming Media East conference moves to a new location: The Westin Copley Place in Boston.
72% of Employees Skim or Skip Training Videos, Says Kaltura Report
03 Dec 2019
That's the bad news. The good news is that you can keep employees' attention by making videos more interactive with hotspots, quizzes, and branching.
ENGINE Media Forms News, Sports, and Esports Triple Threat
02 Dec 2019
Torque Esports, Frankly Media, and WinView are combining to form a company that looks to bring sports, esports, and news to consumers while creating new revenue opportunities for media companies
Live Channels Not Part of Many Households' Streaming Strategies
13 Nov 2019
Streaming video entertainment grows more popular each quarter, but will live channels be a part of it? "Live is dead," declares senior analyst Craig Moffett.
Instagram Takes Aim at TikTok With Reels, Launching in Brazil
12 Nov 2019
Reels looks a lot like TikTok, and invites members to create 15-second music videos they can share with their followers.
Facebook Announces International Expansion of Collaboration Tool
06 Nov 2019
The social network is expanding access to its Brand Collabs Manager tool. Using it, advertisers can find the right partners for branded partnerships.
CTV Advertising Will Be a $10B Industry by 2021, Says eMarketer
05 Nov 2019
The move to online viewing will give a large boost to the connected TV advertising market, which will grow to $10.81 billion in 2021.
Subscription Fatigue Will Damage All Players, Warns Survey
05 Nov 2019
Whether it's new subscription entries like Disney+ and Apple TV+ or established services like Netflix, they'll all feel the effects of consumer subscription fatigue.
TikTok Creates SDK for Sharing, Adobe Premiere Rush Signs On
04 Nov 2019
Social video platform TikTok announced it has created an SDK called Share to TikTok that lets third-party developers build direct integration into their apps.
Study Sees a Generational Shift in How Fans Watch Sports
04 Nov 2019
The streaming era is bringing big changes to sports viewing, finds a study by Imagen, which sees young people watching different sports and watching them in new ways.
Streaming Video Quality Way Up But Not for Ads, Says Conviva
31 Oct 2019
Even as streaming quality goes up, video ad performance is suffering. The report also looks at the connected device market and finds Roku still king.
Haivision Acquires LightFlow Media From Epic Labs, Gains AI
31 Oct 2019
Haivision will add LightFlow's video encoding and multi-CDN routing AI technology to its current products, and is taking on the Madrid-based team that created it.
Hub Survey Finds OTT Subscription Fatigue: 66% Dropping Subs
30 Oct 2019
With high-profile OTT services launching in the near future, how will households cope with the growing demand on their wallet? By dropping subscriptions.
HBO Max Launching in May With 10K Hours and a $14.99 Price Tag
30 Oct 2019
AT&T plans to invest $4 billion in HBO Max over the next three years, and believes it will be profitable by 2025. By that time it hopes to have 80 million subscribers.
Sony Shutting Down PlayStation Vue; First vMVPD Casualty?
29 Oct 2019
The company cited the expense of network contracts as a key reason it will shut down the four-year-old subscription service in January 2020.
DAZN Partners With Snapchat to Promote Upcoming Boxing Matches
28 Oct 2019
Original programs will promote the Canelo Alvarez-Sergey Kovalev WBO Light Heavyweight belt match and the rematch between KSI and Logan Paul.
Showtime, Vudu, and Crackle Sued by DASH Patent Holders
28 Oct 2019
MPEG LA's DASH Patent Pool may have ceased, but Ideahub and Helios Streaming resort to a lawsuit, claiming defendants refused to engage in licensing discussions.
Average Viewing for Streamed Video and Broadcast Video Now Equal
24 Oct 2019
Have we reached a tipping point? Hardly! We've already reached it—young adults watch much more online video than broadcast, says Limelight.
Roku Buys Video Ad Demand-Side Platform Dataxu for $150M
23 Oct 2019
For players in the industry, having seen AT&T's Xandr pick up Clypd a few days ago, consolidation comes as no surprise.
Verizon Will Offer Free Disney+ for a Year to Some Customers
22 Oct 2019
Verizon 4G LTE and 5G unlimited wireless, as well as Fios Home Internet and 5G Home internet customers, will get a year of free access.