| Title |
Date |
Source |
Category |
| New Fios Subs Get Hulu as Well as Disney Plus |
07-02-2020 |
Multichannel News |
SVOD, Telcos |
| Mark Zagorski Named CEO Of DoubleVerify To Lead Its CTV Charge |
07-02-2020 |
AdExchanger |
People, Technology |
| Facebook is shutting down Lasso, its TikTok clone |
07-01-2020 |
TechCrunch |
Social Media |
| AT&T Raises Prices for AT&T TV and DirecTV |
07-01-2020 |
Multichannel News |
Satellite, Telcos |
| NBCUniversal’s Peacock strikes licensing deal for ViacomCBS movies and TV shows including ‘The Godfather,’ ‘Undercover B... |
07-01-2020 |
CNBC |
Broadcasters, SVOD |
| Twitch breaks records again in Q2, topping 5B total hours watched |
07-01-2020 |
TechCrunch |
Games, Live Streaming |
| Verizon Media Debuts Tune-In Attribution to Cash In on CTV Boom |
06-30-2020 |
Adweek |
Advertising, Technology |
| ESPN Plus increases to $5.99 in August, making it the same price as Hulu |
06-30-2020 |
The Verge |
Cable Networks, Sports |
| YouTube TV hikes monthly price from $50 to $65 |
06-30-2020 |
CNET |
Skinny Bundles |
| Post-Merger, Rubicon Project and Telaria Rebrand as Magnite |
06-30-2020 |
Adweek |
Advertising, Technology |
| Facebook Expands Fan Subscriptions To Creators In 7 Regions, Introduces Live Stream Ads And More Video Analytics |
06-29-2020 |
Tubefilter |
Live Streaming, Social Media |
| Amazon Prime Video introduces ‘Watch Party,’ a social co-viewing experience included with Prime |
06-29-2020 |
TechCrunch |
SVOD, Technology |
| Digital leaders weigh in on NewFronts hits, misses and trends |
06-26-2020 |
AdAge |
Advertising |
| Tencent’s Twitch Streaming Rival Is Hiding in Plain Sight |
06-26-2020 |
Bloomberg |
Live Streaming |
| Consumers Weigh These 4 Points When Considering a Streaming Service Subscription |
06-25-2020 |
Adweek |
SVOD |
| Roku and Amazon Fire TV Boxes and Dongles Used by 30% of U.S. Consumers to Stream Video: Study |
06-25-2020 |
Multichannel News |
Devices |
| YouTube Users Watch 450 Million Hours Of Content On TV Screens Each Day |
06-25-2020 |
Tubefilter |
Aggregators |
| Showing them the money: Instagram’s IGTV is becoming YouTube stars’ alternative platform of choice |
06-25-2020 |
Digiday |
Indie Video, Social Media |
| Disney To Close Kids Channels In The UK Following Launch Of Disney+ |
06-25-2020 |
Deadline |
International, Kids, SVOD |
| Cutting the Cable Cord But Still Want Sports? Here’s What You Need to Know |
06-25-2020 |
WSJ |
Sports |
| TikTok launches TikTok For Business for marketers, takes on Snapchat with new AR ads |
06-25-2020 |
TechCrunch |
Advertising, Social Media |
| Amazon Says It’s Not Doing Anything New With Live and Linear Video |
06-24-2020 |
Multichannel News |
Technology |
| Streaming Is Now More Popular Than Linear on Samsung Smart TVs |
06-24-2020 |
Adweek |
Smart TV |
| FuboTV will get ESPN and other Disney channels starting this summer |
06-24-2020 |
The Verge |
Sports |
| Amazon Prime Video Set to Go Live and Linear |
06-23-2020 |
Multichannel News |
Technology |
| Snap Says It Reaches More 13 To 24-Year-Olds In The U.S. Than Facebook, Instagram, And Messenger Combined |
06-23-2020 |
Tubefilter |
Social Media |
| Video chat use as common as Internet TV |
06-23-2020 |
nScreenMedia |
Communications |
| NBC's Peacock will be on Android, Chromecast, Android TV |
06-23-2020 |
9to5Google |
Devices, SVOD |
| CBSN launches global expansion |
06-23-2020 |
Axios |
Broadcasters |
| Hulu announces a new offer-focused ad format called GatewayGo |
06-22-2020 |
TechCrunch |
Advertising, SVOD |
| How the Launch of HBO Max Sidelined Cinemax |
06-22-2020 |
WSJ |
Cable Networks, SVOD |
| Jeffrey Katzenberg Remains Upbeat on Quibi: ‘I’m Still Quite Optimistic This Is Gonna Work’ |
06-18-2020 |
Variety |
Mobile Video |
| YouTube Announces New ‘Storefront’ Video Format With A Twist On DR |
06-18-2020 |
AdExchanger |
Advertising |
| eMarketer Revises 2020-21 Upfront Down 32% To $14.78B |
06-17-2020 |
Mediapost |
Advertising |
| NewFronts Drops Final Schedule, Says 8,500 Attendees Pre-Registered For First Virtual Outing |
06-17-2020 |
Tubefilter |
Advertising |
| TikTok’s U.S. Revenues Expected to Hit $500 Million This Year |
06-17-2020 |
The Information |
Social Media |
| Comcast CFO Expects Continued Q2 Video Customer Losses |
06-17-2020 |
Multichannel News |
Cable TV Operators, Cord-Cutting |
| Spotify Brings Video Ads to Its Ad Studio Self-Serve Platform |
06-17-2020 |
Adweek |
Advertising, Music |
| Disney Consolidates Its Ad Tech Team With Hulu’s And Plans For A Unified Ad Platform |
06-16-2020 |
AdExchanger |
Advertising, People, Technology |
| Quibi in Talks to Bring Streaming App to Roku, Amazon Fire TV |
06-16-2020 |
Variety |
Devices, Mobile Video |
| Full Rebrand of CBS All Access Will Not Come Until 2021 |
06-16-2020 |
The Wrap |
SVOD |
| Why YouTube Creators Are Flocking To CTV |
06-15-2020 |
AdExchanger |
Devices |
| E! Online Redesigns, Moves from ‘Glossier’ Look to Highlighting 24-Hour News, Live Events |
06-15-2020 |
The Wrap |
Cable Networks |
| HBO Max Replacing HBO Go; HBO Now Rebranded As HBO; Max Has 1.7M Downloads To Date |
06-15-2020 |
Mediapost |
SVOD |
| Seth Meyers on Filming Late Night at Home and Expanding Beyond Linear TV |
06-14-2020 |
Adweek |
Broadcasters |
| Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman Struggle With Their Startup - and Each Other |
06-14-2020 |
WSJ |
Mobile Video, Startups |
| ’60 Minutes’ producers launch a ’10 minute or less’ Quibi series in bid to attract younger viewers |
06-11-2020 |
TechCrunch |
Mobile Video |
| Covid-19’s Economic Fallout Will Accelerate Linear TV’s Collapse |
06-11-2020 |
Adweek |
Broadcasters, Cable Networks, Cable TV Operators |
| YouTube Launches $100 Million, Multiyear Fund To Amplify Voices Of Black Creators |
06-11-2020 |
Tubefilter |
Aggregators |
| Snapchat Plans AR-Enabled Original Series, Strikes Content Deals with Disney, NBCUniversal |
06-11-2020 |
The Hollywood Reporter |
Cable Networks, Social Media |
| Big Advertisers Call for a Seasonal Time-Shift in TV’s Upfront Marketplace |
06-10-2020 |
WSJ |
Advertising, Broadcasters |
| AMC Networks Expands Streaming Offerings |
06-10-2020 |
Multichannel News |
Cable Networks |
| Interactive Storytelling App Whatifi Launches With $10 Million in Funding |
06-09-2020 |
The Hollywood Reporter |
Deals & Financings, Startups |
| Broadcast, Cable Viewing Back to Pre-COVID Levels |
06-09-2020 |
Multichannel News |
Broadcasters, Cable Networks |
| More Data Shows Spending Has Hit Bottom, Q3 Is Effective Rebound For U.S. Ad Economy |
06-09-2020 |
Mediapost |
Advertising, Virus |
| Twitch streamers are getting blindsided by years-old copyright notices |
06-08-2020 |
The Verge |
Live Streaming |
| Jimmy Kimmel Does What He Can to Help Disney Attract Advertisers |
06-08-2020 |
NY Times |
Advertising, Broadcasters |
| You’ve Shared Your Netflix Password With Your Entire Family. Now You Can’t Watch Netflix. |
06-08-2020 |
WSJ |
SVOD |
| Roku and Kroger Partner on Data Play for CPG Advertisers |
06-08-2020 |
Adweek |
Data, Devices |
| Android TV Takes Major Step in U.S. Market With Integration into TCL Smart TVs |
06-08-2020 |
Multichannel News |
Devices, Smart TV |
| Netflix, Hulu, Disney Plus Viewing Dipped in May |
06-05-2020 |
B&C |
SVOD |
| YouTube Provides Rare, Robust Window Into Monetization Guidelines For Creators |
06-05-2020 |
Tubefilter |
Advertising |
| Hulu Cuts App Support for Pre-2015 Roku Devices |
06-05-2020 |
Multichannel News |
Devices, SVOD |
| Disney Wants Advertisers to Buy Hulu, TV Networks Together |
06-05-2020 |
Variety |
Advertising, Broadcasters, Cable Networks |
| One Week In, HBO Max’s Rollout Hampered by Brand Confusion, Carriage Disputes |
06-04-2020 |
Adweek |
SVOD |
| Kids now spend nearly as much time watching TikTok as YouTube in US, UK and Spain |
06-04-2020 |
TechCrunch |
Social Media |
| Dems Diss AT&T Over Zero Rating HBO Max |
06-04-2020 |
Multichannel News |
SVOD, Telcos |
| Connected TV Viewing Remains High As States Re-Open, Legacy TV Back To Pre-COVID Levels |
06-04-2020 |
Mediapost |
Advertising, Friday updates, Virus |
| Amazon pursues ties with Disney and other publishers in connected TV |
06-03-2020 |
AdAge |
Advertising, Devices |
| Studios Debate When to Sell Movies to Streaming Services During Coronavirus |
06-03-2020 |
Variety |
FIlms, SVOD |
| Jeffrey Katzenberg, Meg Whitman Deny Quibi Is Considering Layoffs As Company Execs Take 10% Pay Cut |
06-03-2020 |
Tubefilter |
Mobile Video, Startups |
| Quibi staffers seethe at Reese Witherspoon’s $6M payday amid layoffs |
06-02-2020 |
Page Six |
Mobile Video |
| Connected TV advertisers gravitate to multi-DSP model as Amazon, Roku push their own bidders |
06-02-2020 |
Digiday |
Advertising, Devices |
| New WarnerMedia CTO To Assume Oversight Of HBO Max, Xandr Tech Teams |
06-02-2020 |
Mediapost |
People, Technology |
| AVOD Acquisitions Could Spur Advanced Advertising |
06-01-2020 |
Multichannel News |
Advertising, Technology |
| Sling TV Head Warren Schlichting Departs Amid Subscriber Loss And Parent Dish’s Wireless Push |
06-01-2020 |
Deadline |
Satellite, Skinny Bundles |
| YouTube’s Chase for Streaming-TV Ad Dollars Faces Hurdles |
06-01-2020 |
WSJ |
Advertising, Aggregators |
| Madison Avenue Wants Heavy Ad Rate Cuts. TV Networks Are Trying to Resist |
06-01-2020 |
Variety |
Advertising, Broadcasters |
| Comcast, Charter and ViacomCBS Join Forces to Make TV Commercials More Targeted |
05-29-2020 |
WSJ |
Advertising, Cable TV Operators |
| Hulu Launches ‘Watch Party’ Test to Let You Stream Videos With Friends |
05-28-2020 |
Variety |
SVOD, Technology |
| YouTube introduces Video Chapters to make it easier to navigate longer videos |
05-28-2020 |
TechCrunch |
Technology |
| HBO Max Sees 90,000 Mobile Downloads on Day One, Trailing Rivals |
05-28-2020 |
Bloomberg |
Apps, SVOD |
| U.S. Pay TV Revenue Projected to Drop 35% to $57.4B by 2025 |
05-27-2020 |
Multichannel News |
Cable TV Operators |
| YouTube Kids App Arrives On Apple TV |
05-27-2020 |
Tubefilter |
Devices, Kids |
| Instagram Introduces IGTV Ads, Creator Monetization |
05-27-2020 |
The Hollywood Reporter |
Social Media |
| HBO Max, Comcast deal unlocks Max for X1, Flex customers |
05-27-2020 |
CNET |
Cable Networks, Cable TV Operators |
| HBO plans to release a cheaper, ad-supported version of its new streaming service next year |
05-27-2020 |
CNBC |
Cable Networks, SVOD |
| TikTok Is Growing Up, and So Are Its Users |
05-26-2020 |
Adweek |
Social Media |
| U.S. TV Advertising To Drop 12% In 2020: Analyst |
05-26-2020 |
Mediapost |
Advertising, Broadcasters, Cable Networks |
| Sports streaming group DAZN seeks cash to help secure future |
05-23-2020 |
Financial Times |
Sports |
| "A Benefit and a Curse": How HBO Max's Tech Team Is Building on HBO Now |
05-22-2020 |
The Hollywood Reporter |
Cable Networks |
| Starz Global OTT Subs Rise to 10.6M in Quarter |
05-22-2020 |
Multichannel News |
Cable Networks |
| HBO Max Is Hollywood’s Newest Streaming Upstart. Can It Become a Star? |
05-22-2020 |
WSJ |
Cable Networks, SVOD |
| Netflix will start cancelling inactive members’ subscriptions |
05-21-2020 |
CNBC |
SVOD |
| Apple Ramps Up Original Podcasts, in Part to Help Promote TV+ |
05-21-2020 |
Bloomberg |
SVOD |
| John Krasinski's 'Some Good News' Sells to ViacomCBS Following Massive Bidding War |
05-21-2020 |
The Hollywood Reporter |
Cable Networks |
| Study Shows 70% of Consumers Would Rather Watch New Movies at Home |
05-20-2020 |
Variety |
FIlms |
| Children’s Video Goliath ‘CoComelon’ Pacts With Roku In First Off-YouTube Distribution Deal |
05-20-2020 |
Tubefilter |
Devices, Kids |
| Disney+ Loses Its Architect as New Rivals Launch |
05-19-2020 |
WSJ |
People, Social Media |
| Canela Launches Streaming Service for Hispanic Viewers |
05-19-2020 |
B&C |
Indie Video |
