Sling TV, Dish Network’s OTT-based live TV service, is getting a little cheaper. Sling announced lower prices for four of its Extras bundles. The four bundles – News, Comedy, Entertainment, and Kids – will now cost $10 a month each, down from $20. In addition, for a single price of $30 per month, customers will […]
As detailed in a recent Business Insider report, it looks like FCC boss Ajit Pai is pushing to put the brakes on a set of Obama-era regulations that would require internet service providers to get consent from consumers before sharing their data with advertisers. The rules, passed on a party-line vote by a Democratic majority, […]
It’s official: Disney is making some major cuts to Maker Studios, the MCN and digital media company it acquired in 2014. The media giant is laying off 80 Maker staffers as it restructures its publishing and digital media division, of which Maker is a part. (Disney hasn’t said just what percentage of Maker’s workforce those […]
Like any content creators, YouTubers would love to have a more complete view of their audience. Now it looks like some of them will get one: ComScore is providing mobile viewing metrics to YouTube’s partner channels. The owners of such channels will have access to channel-level insights across both mobile and desktop consumption. The measurement […]
When Google rolled out its Cardboard VR viewer in 2014, many observers thought the paper product was largely designed to poke fun at companies like Oculus and HTC, which were developing multi-hundred dollar headsets. Flash forward a few years, and the Cardboard is no joke. According to a new report from the research firm Strategy […]
Netflix’s comedy team just landed a big fish. The streaming giant confirmed that Louis C.K.’s next two stand-up specials will premier exclusively on the service. The first of the two, simply titled 2017, will bow on April 4. The Louis C.K. deal is hardly an anomaly; Netflix has inked exclusive pacts with a number of […]
Most of the items in Cynopsis Digital’s Executive Moves section relate to new hires. But that’s often not the case where Twitter is concerned. The company’s latest departure is Lara Cohen, its Head of Entertainment and Lifestyle Talent Partnerships. “I’ve made the extremely tough decision to move on from Twitter,” she tweeted yesterday. She’d been […]
Looks like we’ve got a precise number on this now. As previously reported, Verizon and Yahoo have agreed a reduction in the latter’s acquisition price, thanks to revelations that the latter had suffered massive data hacks in 2013 and 2014. But reports varied widely as to just how big the price cut was. Now it’s […]
YouTube is saying goodbye to its unskippable 30-second ads. The Google-owned video giant announced that will no longer support the format, effective next year. “We’re committed to providing a better ads experience for users online,” said YouTube in a statement. “As part of that, we’ve decided to stop supporting 30-second unskippable ads as of 2018 […]
It’s becoming a rule of thumb: If you’re a Facebook-owned company, you’re probably going to emulate Snapchat’s Stories. Next up is the messaging service WhatsApp, which has begun rolling out a version of the short video feature. Facebook’s Instagram did the same last year, and Facebook’s primary mobile app is currently testing a Stories feature […]
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