Netflix, the streaming service that started the concept of binge-watching, is planning to trial an old-fashioned way of viewing television shows — weekly episodes, according to Benzinga and other news outlets. The Silicon Valley entertainment platform is piloting the format with the Wednesday premieres of...
Livestreaming and on-demand video and audio platform LiveXLive Media will be launching a series of pay-per-view (PPV) shows on Facebook’s new paid online event feature, according to a press release. The shows will span comedy, sports and podcasting, and they will be marketed globally, the...
With an all-star media management team and deep-pocketed big name financial backers, the world’s newest video streaming service, Struum, announced that it is preparing to take on some of the biggest players in the business. Calling itself a new breed within an established industry, Struum...
Tesla is said to be supplementing its in-car music services beyond Spotify, adding Jay Z’s Tidal, Apple Music, Amazon Music and Amazon’s Audible to its native interface, Electrek reported Monday (Dec. 28). Most cars provide music and other streaming services by using Bluetooth to pair...
In media, specifically in-home entertainment, there are the subscriptions — and then there are the extras on top of the subscriptions. Then there are the ancillary revenue streams on top of the extras on top of the subscriptions. Call it the meta version of contextual commerce. Not...
On its Investor Day event Thursday (Dec. 10), Disney+ touted 86.8 million subscribers, CNBC reported. The streaming service for the entertainment giant has been increasing numbers from even the 73 million it had at the end of the fiscal fourth quarter, the report stated. The...
Redbox has debuted on-demand movies and TV shows to its ad-supported streaming service Redbox Free Live TV, a report from Engadget says. Users can download the Redbox app and access VOD freebies through the “Free on Demand” tab and then access free shows and movies...
Warner Bros. has announced that it will be releasing its entire 2021 film lineup through a combination of both theater and HBO Max streaming releases, a press release stated, including big names like “Dune,” “Tom & Jerry” and more. The studio plans to release the...
Comcast and Walmart are in talks to develop new smart TVs, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday (Nov. 3), citing sources. The decision comes as Comcast vies to enter more into the streaming world, rather than the TV channels for which it...
