And here comes the pushback. Last week during a presentation to reporters, NBCUniversal exec Alan Wurtzel said streaming services like Netflix and Amazon don’t pose a true existential threat to linear TV. He cited viewership data from research firm Symphony Advanced Media to demonstrate that the services’ top series garnered decent but not off-the-charts […]
GoPro announced that it expects fourth quarter revenue to clock in at about $435 million – well short of the $500-550 it had originally expected. (Calendar-year revenue will likely amount to about $1.6 billion.) Meanwhile, Zander Lurie, the company’s SVP of Entertainment, is departing for the alluring jungles of the survey startup Survey Monkey, […]
Quick – listen for the nearest sound in the room. You could tell which direction it came from, right? That’s a key element to the aural experience – which means it’s also key to the future of virtual reality. Just as it gears up to form its own dedicated VR division, Google has given […]
So just how big will the virtual and augmented reality market get? In a series of charts, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research lays out its thoughts on the subject. Here’s the upshot: Goldman thinks the VR/AR market will grow significantly more slowly than the market for smartphones and tablets initially did. But: Once things take […]
We should have known that a single YouTube channel couldn’t contain the PewDiePie juggernaut. The YouTube megastar (he of the 41 million subscribers) is teaming up with the Disney-owned MCN Maker Studios to launch Revelmode, a new gaming and pop culture-focused digital network. (The partnership with Maker is merely an extension of an existing […]
Up Periscope! The video live-streaming app is being integrated into the platform of its parent company, Twitter. Starting yesterday, users of the Twitter iOS app could start viewing live auto-playing video streams directly within their timelines. Users also now have access to replays of past broadcasts directly through the Twitter app. Though the Periscope […]
Amazon set aside some time for chest-thumping at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour, and it wasn’t just about their two Golden Globe wins. “Over the last two months, Amazon Prime members spent eight times more time watching Amazon original series than they did over the same time period last year,” said Amazon […]
HuffPost Live is getting a little less live. According to a company memo obtained by Politico, The Huffington Post is making major changes to its live video section. The news site will shift focus to long-form and shareable video content. And the site will no longer feature eight daily hours of live content. Instead, […]
President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address will live-stream on YouTube tonight, as will the Republican rebuttal from South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. YouTube also announced that, just as he has for the past several years, Obama will answer audience questions live via YouTube after the address. The live question-and-answer session can be seen […]
Well, someone had to introduce Gen Z to the sobering realities of world finance. The Wall Street Journal is now the 19th partner to join Discover, the Snapchat platform featuring video and editorial content from brands like Comedy Central and Refinery29. So why did WSJ partner with an app whose content disappears faster than a […]
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