Can a network really achieve “TV Everywhere” status if its affiliates aren’t dipping their toes in the digital waters? Maybe not, and that’s why Disney-ABC Television Group is launching Clearinghouse, a new initiative designed to heft its affiliates onto the digital bandwagon. Announced at NAB by Disney-ABC honcho Ben Sherwood, Clearinghouse will offer station partners […]
Adapt or die. In the wake of Mashable’s mass layoffs and BuzzFeed’s (reportedly) underwhelming revenue numbers, many online news outlets have been left in a full-on panic as to how they can monetize in a media landscape increasingly dominated by mobile apps and the Facebook newsfeed. Over the weekend, The New York Times did yeoman’s […]
Since last year, Verizon has gone out of its way to target TV audiences, with a specific eye to the changing ways in which younger viewers are consuming content. The go90 streaming service was the prime example, but it appears the telco now has its sights set on more than just mobile video. Variety […]
Many streaming platforms are going out of their way to blur the lines between digital and traditional programming, and the Apple TV is no exception. The fourth-gen device has begun promoting Live Tune-In, a feature allowing users to jump directly into the live-streams of certain apps by speaking a command into their Siri-integrated remotes. To […]
The Twitter-owned Vine, known for its six-second videos, has introduced a new feature called Watch, allowing users to watch multiple Vines strung together in reverse chronological order. It’s not hard to glean similarities to Snapchat’s Stories feature, which lets users splice multiple short videos together. And it’s not surprising to see Vine attempting some new […]
Social media platforms across the board have been making moves to emphasize video content, and Instagram is certainly no exception. Not too long after upping its max video length from 15 seconds to sixty, the Facebook-owned app has now added video channels to the Explore tab. The Explore section now features compiled video feeds, including […]
Sling TV is growing. Dish Network’s Internet pay-TV service has launched a new service enabling users to watch up to three streams at once, priced at $20 per month – the same as the single-stream version of Sling. The new entry features a heaping helping of content from the Fox brotherhood, including Fox Broadcasting, Fox […]
The millennial-oriented media network Fusion will begin streaming weekly episodes of the Chris Gethard Show on Facebook Live. The show premieres tonight at 8pm ET. Lena Dunham will join as a special guest. In addition to a basic simulcast, Fusion will be incorporating tools from Telescope’s recently unveiled Live Studio software, enabling the network to […]
Last year, AOL acquired the app developer Kanvas Labs, and in October launched the Kanvas app for photo-sharing and live video. As of yet, Kanvas has been overshadowed by the likes of Snapchat and Periscope – but AOL’s looking to change that in a big way. Hoping to win over both viewers and advertisers, the […]
Live video has been Facebook’s big obsession lately, and it looks like that’s not ending anytime soon. During the company’s f8 developer conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company will be making its Facebook Live API publicly available. That will allow developers to integrate Facebook live-streaming into third party devices and apps, including broadcast […]
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