| Title |
Date |
Source |
Category |
| NBCUniversal Expands Today Show’s Shoppable Franchise to Peacock |
11-23-2020 |
Adweek |
Commerce, SVOD |
| Comcast Expands 1.2TB Data Cap to Full Footprint |
11-23-2020 |
Multichannel News |
Broadband ISPs |
| T-Mobile Ramps Up National TV Marketing Amid Packaging Changes, Cable TV Network Disputes |
11-23-2020 |
Mediapost |
Telcos |
| Netflix to Expand New Mexico’s ABQ Studios, Pledges $1 Billion in Production Spending |
11-23-2020 |
Variety |
SVOD |
| Hollywood’s ‘We’re Not in Kansas Anymore’ Moment |
11-23-2020 |
NY Times |
FIlms, SVOD |
| Snapchat launches a TikTok-like feed called Spotlight, kick-started by paying creators |
11-23-2020 |
TechCrunch |
Social Media |
| 'The Queen's Gambit' Sets Netflix Viewing Record for Scripted Limited Series |
11-20-2020 |
The Hollywood Reporter |
SVOD |
| T-Mobile Stuffs 33 Extra Channels Into TVision Live TV Packages as Temporary Fix for Programming Disputes |
11-20-2020 |
Variety |
Cable Networks, Telcos |
| In a concession to WarnerMedia, Amazon will remove HBO from Amazon Channels next year |
11-20-2020 |
CNBC |
Devices, SVOD |
| As Ad Dollars Flow into CTV, Brand Safety Considerations Follow |
11-20-2020 |
Adweek |
Advertising |
| How YouTube is working to focus advertisers’ attentions on its connected TV inventory |
11-19-2020 |
Digiday |
Advertising, Aggregators |
| Discovery to charge $5 a month for Discovery Plus streaming service |
11-19-2020 |
The Desk |
Cable Networks, SVOD |
| Disney Mulling Pivot Of ‘Pinocchio’, ‘Peter Pan’, ‘Cruella’ From Theatrical To Disney+ Premieres |
11-19-2020 |
Deadline |
FIlms, Studios, SVOD |
| T-Mobile’s TVision Home IPTV service is shutting down at the end of December |
11-18-2020 |
The Verge |
Telcos |
| Inside YouTube’s plan to win the music streaming wars |
11-18-2020 |
Protocol |
Music |
| Study Confirms TV 'Halo Effect' For D2C, Other Brands Across Life Stages |
11-17-2020 |
Mediapost |
Advertising |
| FuboTV: Advertising Is ‘A Pillar Of Our Growth’ |
11-16-2020 |
AdExchanger |
Advertising, Skinny Bundles |
| Hulu to Increase Price of Live TV Offering |
11-16-2020 |
The Hollywood Reporter |
Skinny Bundles |
| Baidu to Buy YY for $3.6 Billion to Get Into Chinese Live Video |
11-16-2020 |
Bloomberg |
Deals & Financings, International, Live Streaming |
| HBO Max Will Finally Be Available on Amazon Fire Devices |
11-16-2020 |
The Wrap |
Devices, SVOD |
| Disney Grows Into Big Player in vMVPD Game |
11-14-2020 |
B&C |
Skinny Bundles |
| Gen Z and Millennials Fuel Disney+’s Seismic Year 1 Growth |
11-13-2020 |
Adweek |
SVOD |
| TV advertising is making a comeback after pandemic slowdown |
11-13-2020 |
CNBC |
Advertising, Broadcasters, Cable Networks |
| YouTube Shelves Annual ‘Rewind’ Video Given Hardships, Heaviness Of 2020 |
11-12-2020 |
Tubefilter |
Aggregators |
| T-Mobile Faces Having to Revise TVision Bundles After Programmers Cry Foul |
11-12-2020 |
Variety |
Cable Networks, Telcos |
| YouTube defends choice to leave up videos with false election claims |
11-12-2020 |
The Verge |
Aggregators, Politics |
| Google Wants to Goose Chromecast Sales With Bundle Offering Netflix for 50% Off for Six Months |
11-11-2020 |
Variety |
Devices, SVOD |
| U.S. SVOD Revenue Spiked 39% in Q3 to $5.5 Billion |
11-11-2020 |
Next TV |
Research, SVOD |
| Google Is Giving YouTube Premium Subscribers A Free Stadia Controller, Chromecast Ultra |
11-11-2020 |
Tubefilter |
Devices, Games |
| fuboTV Sees Higher Q3 Revenues, Subscribers, Ad Sales, Looks To Enter Sports Betting Market |
11-11-2020 |
Mediapost |
Skinny Bundles |
| TikTok-owner ByteDance to rake in $27 billion ad revenue by year-end: sources |
11-11-2020 |
Reuters |
Advertising, Social Media |
| TikTok Predicted To Hit 1 Billion Users In 2021 |
11-11-2020 |
Tubefilter |
Social Media |
| WarnerMedia Starts New Wave Of Layoffs, As CEO Jason Kilar Calls Process “Painful” |
11-10-2020 |
Deadline |
Cable Networks, Studios |
| NBCU Taps PayPal to Help Spur TV Audiences to E-Shop |
11-10-2020 |
Variety |
Broadcasters, Commerce |
| Nielsen Is Adding Addressable Ads to National TV Measurement in Major Shift |
11-10-2020 |
Adweek |
Analytics |
| Unruly, Publica Partner On CTV Ad-Pod Programmatic |
11-09-2020 |
Mediapost |
Advertising, Programmatic |
| Tubi Integrated into Sony PlayStation 5 OS |
11-09-2020 |
Next TV |
Devices |
| ViacomCBS Touts Pluto TV Gains, Will Shutter a Smaller Streaming Service |
11-06-2020 |
Adweek |
Broadcasters |
| Eko Loses Emergency Bid to Keep Quibi From Selling Turnstyle Tech |
11-06-2020 |
The Hollywood Reporter |
Mobile Video |
| ViacomCBS to Shutter Niche Streaming Services to Focus on Paramount Plus |
11-06-2020 |
Variety |
Broadcasters, SVOD |
| YouTube creators are seeing connected TV’s viewership share increase |
11-06-2020 |
Digiday |
Devices |
| Streaming TV Advertisers Want Better Targeting - Minus the Privacy Backlash |
11-06-2020 |
WSJ |
Advertising |
| Netflix Picks France to Test First Linear Offering |
11-06-2020 |
Variety |
International, SVOD |
| Entertainment Giants Reevaluate Their Smaller Streaming Services |
11-05-2020 |
Adweek |
SVOD |
| Roku ARPU Surges 20% in Q3 While Active Users Hit 46 Million |
11-05-2020 |
Next TV |
Advertising, Devices |
| Tegna plans broadcast TV streaming app for Amazon Fire TV |
11-05-2020 |
Fierce Video |
Broadcasters |
| ViacomCBS Streaming Gets Lift in Quarter While Revenue Falls |
11-05-2020 |
Bloomberg |
Broadcasters, Cable Networks |
| IAC considers Vimeo spinoff after achieving $2.75 billion valuation |
11-05-2020 |
CNBC |
Deals & Financings |
| YouTube Cut Down Misinformation. Then It Boosted Fox News. |
11-03-2020 |
NY Times |
Aggregators, Cable Networks |
| AT&T considers selling significant minority stake in DirecTV, AT&T Now and U-Verse pay-TV operations, sources say |
11-03-2020 |
CNBC |
Satellite, Telcos |
| Canada to Force Netflix, Amazon Prime to Pay for Local Content |
11-03-2020 |
The Hollywood Reporter |
International, SVOD |
| Comcast, Walmart in Talks to Develop and Distribute Smart TVs |
11-03-2020 |
WSJ |
Devices |
| ABC News Streaming Service Doubles Audience in 6 Months - Just in Time for the Election |
11-02-2020 |
The Wrap |
Broadcasters |
| TVision raises $16M to measure viewer attention on connected TVs |
11-02-2020 |
TechCrunch |
Analytics, Deals & Financings |
| Apple TV Plus one year later: still on trial |
11-02-2020 |
The Verge |
SVOD |
| Quibi Was Supposed to Revolutionize Hollywood. Here’s Why It Failed. |
11-02-2020 |
WSJ |
Mobile Video, Startups |
| How A+E Networks Is Using Snapchat to Pull in Younger Fans, as Cable TV Keeps Shrinking |
11-02-2020 |
Variety |
Cable Networks, Social Media |
| TikTok Re-Ups Licensing Deal With Sony, Adding Marketing, Artist Discovery Components |
11-02-2020 |
Tubefilter |
Music, Social Media |
| Zenith: Video Entertainment Ad Spending Crashed This Year, Will Remain Flat Until 2022 |
11-02-2020 |
Mediapost |
Advertising |
| Streamer Haystack News Launches Live Channels, Including ABC News and CBSN |
11-02-2020 |
The Hollywood Reporter |
Aggregators |
| Apple TV Plus secretly won the streaming war of 2020. Here’s why |
10-31-2020 |
Fast Company |
SVOD |
| Netflix price increase hikes bill for most popular US plan by a dollar |
10-30-2020 |
CNET |
SVOD |
| TikTok escalates patent fight with Triller amid sale talks |
10-29-2020 |
AdAge |
Social Media |
| Eko Wants Quibi to Pay At Least $96.5M in Damages, Asks Court to Freeze Assets Related to Turnstyle Tech |
10-29-2020 |
Variety |
Mobile Video, Technology |
| NBCU Completes Upfront, Sees Q3 Ad Revenues Decline |
10-29-2020 |
Mediapost |
Advertising, Broadcasters, Cable Networks |
| YouTube brings in $5 billion in ad revenue as Alphabet and Google bounce back |
10-29-2020 |
The Verge |
Advertising, Aggregators |
| Peacock hits nearly 22 million users, but it’s not clear how many are paying |
10-29-2020 |
The Verge |
Broadcasters, Cable Networks |
| Comcast beats revenue expectations on broadband growth |
10-29-2020 |
Reuters |
Broadband ISPs |
| Vizio Reorgs Around Its Data Biz With The Full Integration Of Inscape |
10-28-2020 |
AdExchanger |
Data, Devices |
| DoubleVerify, a specialist in brand safety, ad fraud and ad quality, raises $350M |
10-28-2020 |
TechCrunch |
Advertising, Deals & Financings, Technology |
| Netflix is testing an audio-only mode to compete with podcasts and audiobooks |
10-27-2020 |
Protocol |
SVOD |
| Jon Stewart to Host New Current Affairs Series for Apple TV+ |
10-27-2020 |
The Wrap |
SVOD |
| TikTok Makes Moves in Social Commerce With Shopify Integration |
10-27-2020 |
Adweek |
Commerce, Social Media |
| Behind MGM's Apple Overture: How Much Is a Bond Movie Worth? |
10-27-2020 |
The Hollywood Reporter |
FIlms |
| T-Mobile expands into live internet TV with new TVision streaming service |
10-27-2020 |
The Verge |
Telcos |
| YouTube revamps its mobile app with new gestures, video chapter lists, and more |
10-26-2020 |
TechCrunch |
Aggregators, Mobile Video |
| James Bond Film ‘No Time to Die’ Explored $600 Million Sale to Streaming Services |
10-24-2020 |
Variety |
FIlms |
| Media executives are finally accepting the decline of cable TV as they plot a new path forward |
10-24-2020 |
CNBC |
Cord-Cutting |
| Quibi Is Hollywood’s Biggest Short-Form Failure-but Not Its First |
10-24-2020 |
WSJ |
Mobile Video, Startups |
| Skipping Theaters? Hollywood Studios Weigh Risks of PVOD |
10-23-2020 |
The Hollywood Reporter |
FIlms |
| GroupM Taps SpotX To Expand Programmatic Video Offering To U.S. |
10-23-2020 |
Mediapost |
Advertising, Programmatic |
| Hulu's live TV service loses Sinclair-owned regional Fox Sports networks |
10-22-2020 |
Engadget |
Skinny Bundles, Sports |
| Curated Video Is A Key Component Of Flipboard’s Growth Strategy |
10-22-2020 |
AdExchanger |
Aggregators |
| Quibi Will Cease Service Around Dec. 1, Says It Doesn’t Know Whether Any Content Will Be Available Elsewhere Afterward |
10-22-2020 |
Variety |
Mobile Video, Startups |
| Sony confirms Disney Plus, Netflix, and Twitch will be on the PS5 at launch |
10-22-2020 |
The Verge |
Devices |
| Quibi Is Shutting Down Barely Six Months After Going Live |
10-22-2020 |
WSJ |
Mobile Video, Startups |
| Report: Quibi Spent $63 Million On Advertising This Year |
10-22-2020 |
Mediapost |
Advertising, Mobile Video, Startups |
| HBO Max Hits 28.7 Million Subscribers in Q3, Warner Bros. Revenue Down 28% |
10-22-2020 |
Variety |
SVOD |
| ‘Double what we would normally pay’: Unstable fourth quarter TV ad market is pushing up prices |
10-21-2020 |
Digiday |
Advertising |
| Tubular Labs Launches Deduped Audience Ratings For Video On Facebook And YouTube |
10-21-2020 |
AdExchanger |
Analytics |
| Disney’s Streaming Pivot: How Will New Structure Work in Practice? |
10-21-2020 |
The Hollywood Reporter |
Studios, SVOD |
| Netflix misses on subscriber additions and EPS |
10-20-2020 |
CNBC |
SVOD |
| ViacomCBS Streaming Shakeup: Pluto TV’s Tom Ryan to Head New Global Division, Marc DeBevoise Steps Down |
10-20-2020 |
Variety |
Broadcasters, People |
| YouTube’s biggest kids show is about to take over streaming services |
10-20-2020 |
The Verge |
Kids |
| AT&T CEO blasts ‘bottlenecks’ created by Amazon, Roku impasses |
10-20-2020 |
Fierce Video |
Devices, SVOD |
| U.K.'s ITV to Restructure Amid Rise of Streaming |
10-19-2020 |
The Hollywood Reporter |
Broadcasters, International |
| TV Networks Cut Losses, Down 6% in Q3, AVOD To Surge 32%: Analyst |
10-19-2020 |
Mediapost |
Advertising |
| Apple TV Plus will get classic Peanuts holiday specials as part of a new streaming deal |
10-19-2020 |
The Verge |
SVOD |
| Apple Launches ‘Apple Music TV,’ a 24-Hour Music Video Livestream |
10-19-2020 |
Variety |
Music |
| Disney Warns Viewers Of Racism In Some Classic Movies With Strengthened Label |
10-16-2020 |
NPR |
FIlms, Studios |
