According to a survey from cg42, cord-cutting could cost pay-TV providers almost $1 billion in revenue over the next year. The survey, which contacted 1,119 U.S. customers, estimates that pay-TV providers could stand to lose $1,248 per cord-cutter each year, and that as many as 800,000 customers might become cord-cutter within the next 12 months. […]
According to Nielsen, Monday’s presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump raked in 84 million sets of TV eyeballs – the largest debate audience in American history. But those numbers don’t even tell the whole story: YouTube says that it received nearly 2 million live concurrent views, which is a record for a iive-streamed […]
For a once-canceled series, The Mindy Project is doing pretty well for itself. The sitcom, which has aired on Hulu since its 2015 termination by Fox, just clinched a major syndication deal. Episodes from all five seasons of the series will air on Viacom’s VH1 and Disney’s Freeform. The arrangement comes as part of a […]
Facebook’s image was bruised late last week when it admitted to tabulating video metrics in a way that artificially amplified users’ average viewing time. But now the social media giant has got some good news to tout. Facebook said that more than 60 million businesses now have their own pages. More importantly, the company says […]
YouTube just launched a new mobile app for Android – and there’s a twist: The app allows users to download videos ahead of time and then view them offline. Called YouTube Go, the new app is geared toward developing markets with spottier mobile connectivity. That’s why the app is launching in India to begin with. […]
AOL will be making major use of RYOT, the VR studio that AOL’s Huffington Post acquired last year. AOL’s newest moves come as part of a partnership with American Family Insurance and the WPP-owned media agency Mindshare. According to AOL, AFI will tap into RYOT and other AOL services and solutions to build: a dedicated […]
Last week, CNBC reported that Twitter was exploring the possibility of offering itself up for takeover. Two suitors, according to the report, were Google and Salesforce. Microsoft and Verizon have also expressed interest, according to TechCrunch. Now we can add one more company to the list: Disney. According to a report from Bloomberg, Disney is […]
Late last month, Twitter’s stocks rallied when co-founder and board member Evan “Ev” Williams wouldn’t deny that the company might, at some point, consider takeover offers. “We have to consider the right options,” he told a Bloomberg reporter. Well, the company seems to be moving closer to that takeover. CNBC’s David Faber reported that Twitter […]
Well that’s not good. In a letter to the ad-buying agency Publicis Media, which was obtained by the Wall Street Journal, Facebook admitted to misstating its assessment of how long, on average, viewers watch videos on Facebook. Facebook said that, when measuring average view time, it had only been taking video views of longer than […]
Uh oh. Yahoo confirmed that, in 2014, hackers stole information on at least 500 million users. It’s one of the biggest data breaches in history – possibly the biggest. According to sources who spoke to Recode before Yahoo officially confirmed the hack, the company is prepping for an inevitable law-enforcement investigation and, quite possibly, lawsuits. […]
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