Is Time Warner merging with AT&T? Maybe. And that maybe was enough to send Time Warner’s stock leaping 9%. The news comes from Bloomberg, which reports that top execs from both companies have been meeting in recent weeks to talk over different business strategies, including a potential merger. Bloomberg describes the talks as informal, at […]
Amazon announced a new version of its $40 Fire TV Stick. The device will now come equipped with faster processors, as well as a remote control that features an integrated microphone. Consumers can use the new microphone to communicate with Alexa, Amazon’s digital assistant. (Until now, Fire TV Stick users had to buy a voice-integrated […]
Snapchat wants its Discover channels to function a little bit more like TV networks…Namely, it wants to keep all the ad money. CEO Evan Spiegel now says that he’d prefer for Snapchat to pay Discover’s content partners a flat licensing free, ending its rev-sharing arrangements. Like with linear TV, content providers would stop selling their […]
In 2010, Relativity Media cut a major deal to produce films for Netflix…Things went downhill after that. A very public feud developed between the two companies when Relativity’s catastrophic financial struggles prevented it from producing the number of films it had promised. Then came a bankruptcy filing. Netflix wound up trying to void its agreement […]
At Mipcom, Vimeo officially launched its global TV storefront. Lionsgate will make TV shows and movies available for rental through the new Vimeo store, which will is now available in more than 150 countries. Vimeo also announced that Starz has been added as a content partner as well – not surprising, since the premium cable […]
Facebook just unveiled some new features for live-streamers – or, at least, for the ones prominent enough to boast a little blue check mark. As the new tools roll out in the coming weeks, verified users will be able to: · Schedule their live videos up to a week in advance, which will trigger a […]
Netflix won’t be catching its white whale anytime soon. The streaming giant says that, for now, it will not try to launch in China. Netflix hasn’t been shy about wanting to open up shop in the Middle Kingdom. (A country with 1.4 billion sets of eyeballs will have that effect.) But Netflix has not been […]
ABC will begin making all episodes of new and returning series available to authenticated viewers on its digital platforms. That includes ABC.com, as well as the ABC TV Everywhere app. There’s also some hope for cord-cutters: Those without a pay-TV provider will have access to a rolling five of shows’ latest episodes. “More viewers are […]
It’s official: Twitter isn’t getting sold anytime soon. As first reported by the Financial Times, Salesforce has decided not to acquire the microblogging platform. Along with Salesforce, rumored suitors had originally included Google and Disney. But, one by one, the companies lost interest. And with Salesforce out of the running, the suitor pool has apparently […]
Some news from across the English Channel: France may soon be collecting a 2% tax on ad revenue generated by online video platforms like YouTube and Dailymotion. The lower house of the French legislature has already passed a bill that would impose the tax. (Informally, it’s being called the “YouTube tax.”) The bill now goes […]
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