Seeso has launched on Amazon Fire TV and Roku. NBCU’s comedy streaming service, which features over 2,000 hours of original and licensed content, launched in January for iOS, Android, and desktop. It stands to reason that NBCU would bring the channel to TV-connected devices: As Seeso chief Evan Shapiro told Cynopsis Digital last year, […]
On March 30, Microsoft will begin shipping the new HoloLens augmented reality headset to developers. Unlike a VR headset such as the Oculus Rift, the HoloLens lets users explore the real world, projecting holographic animations into a wearer’s field of view. (Check out the Digital Spotlight section to see what that looks like.) Pre-orders are […]
Meerkat and Periscope may have arrived early to the live-streaming party, but Facebook is aggressively crashing it. The company has extended personal video live-streaming capabilities to its Android app. (The features debuted for its iOS app in January.) Facebook’s video live-streaming tool is now available in over thirty countries – and will debut in yet […]
Amazon is giving the ad-supported model a try. The streaming service recently debuted The Fashion Fund, an unscripted series from Conde Nast Entertainment that aired on Ovation before moving to Amazon for season three. As first reported by Re/code, the show is available for free to non-subscribers – so long as they can stomach a […]
Maker Studios, the MCN and digital studio owned by Disney, has been ratcheting up its efforts lately. Last week came the announcement of its upcoming linear series for History, Crossroads of History. Now the company has announced Maker Studios Spark, a sprawling initiative that will invite digital creators from the likes of YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, […]
Nielsen is on board to measure Snapchat’s video ads, and it’s a big deal for both companies. It marks the first time that Snapchat’s video ads will be measured by an independent third party – and as such, marks a growing confidence on Snapchat’s part that their numbers are good enough to share. (Only weeks […]
Leave it to Google to make advanced TV more advanced. According to sources who spoke with Variety, the company has partnered with the TV manufacturer Vizio on a series of new TV sets that will carry similar functionality to Google’s Chromecast digital media player. Instead of traditional smart TV apps, the TV will allow […]
Con: Your Facebook posts may start getting fewer likes. Pro: They may start getting more smiley faces. After a months-long trial run with select users, the social media site as made a wide array of Reactions available to its entire global user-base. Now, both web and mobile users will be able to respond to posts […]
BuzzFeed has long been a video behemoth, racking daunting view counts across platforms such as YouTube, Snapchat, and Facebook. Now, it looks like the company wants to move some of those views in-house. The company has launched new BuzzFeed Video apps for iOS and Android. The apps will initially launch without ad support, though the […]
Never underestimate the value of a good education. MasterClass, a startup specializing in adult education videos featuring big-name talents like Kevin Spacey and Christina Aguilera, announced that it raised $15 million in a Series B funding round. New Enterprise Associates led the round, with participation from Bloomberg Beta, Novel TMT Ventures, WME Ventures, and others.
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