By Lucas Shaw August 15, 2018 | YouTube has become synonymous with online video and the lucrative advertising that it commands. Amazon.com Inc.’s Twitch streaming site is the go-to place for the much smaller audience of video gaming enthusiasts. Now, in a bid to grab a larger slice of the online advertising pie, Amazon has decided to aggressively broaden the programming on...
By Alex Weprin August 13, 2018 | In early 2016, NBCUniversal launched an ambitious direct-to-consumer streaming service called SeeSo. The service, which costs $3.99 per month, was filled with both original and acquired comedy content, and marked the company’s first major foray into standalone streaming services. SeeSo ultimately closed its doors in November, 2017. Now, the company is planning a return to the streaming...
THREE PREDICTIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF CONTENT PAYMENTS August 13, 2018 | For five years, I’ve been a sort of “honeybee” in the world of payments for content owners and rights holders in television, film, video games, sports and elsewhere. It’s been fun and illuminating to flit from company to company to work on payment terms and related issues with more...
By Natalie Jarvey August 11, 2018 | The retailer has yet to make the rounds with its vision for the type of content it could bring to its streamer — and may not until it has a top programming executive in place, a position that one agency source says Walmart is seeking to fill. Although it is still early, Hollywood observers say...
By Todd Spangler August 9, 2018 | Hulu’s cash burn has accelerated — its losses in the second quarter of 2018 more than doubled — as the video-streaming venture continues to step up its investment in content and technology to acquire new customers. At this point, questions remain about what will happen next for Hulu once Disney gains majority control of the company, and how the service...
By Sahil Patel August 9, 2018 | As TV viewers spend more time on streaming video platforms, big media companies have gotten more serious about building their own subscription streaming services — or “direct to consumer” products, as the companies call them. That’s led to the creation of new executive roles and responsibilities at companies that historically haven’t sold subscription products to...
By Benjamin Din August 7, 2018 |Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and the six major Hollywood studios are participants in a $1 billion fundraising round for NewTV, the mobile-video startup started by entertainment veteran Jeffrey Katzenberg. The goal is to create an app-based subscription service featuring high-quality programming specifically created for mobile devices—usually in chunks 10 minutes or less. NewTV’s launch is tentatively scheduled for...
By Brooks Barnes August 5, 2018 | LOS ANGELES — Very little is known about Disneyflix, as some people in Hollywood are calling the Netflix-style streaming service that Disney plans to introduce late next year. How much will subscriptions cost? Disney has given hints but no specifics. The name, rollout strategy, precise menu of movies and television shows — all still a mystery. But...
Early Adopters Customize IoT to Suit their Needs August 6, 2018 | Technology is playing a crucial role in how consumers are evolving. As technology advances, consumers are continuing to change how they integrate and adopt the resulting advancements. Staying relevant requires being informed and responsive to consumers' behavior, preferences, expectations and aspirations. [caption id="attachment_5042" align="alignleft" width="200"] Vicki Lins | CTAM[/caption] With that in...
By Andrew Liptak August 3, 2018 | Companies like Disney and Warner Bros. already have extensive back-catalogs of material, and have launched their own efforts to bring out their own streaming platforms. Disney’s is expected to launch sometime in 2019, while Warner Bros. will launch DC Universe, dedicated to its superhero franchises, later this fall. Both services will help bring all...
