Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been pretty busy for a retired guy: Wife Amy gave birth to their first child, he hit the slopes in South Korea and raced scooters against Jimmy Fallon. Junior Nation can keep tabs on Earnhardt’s active lifestyle — from home restorations to Super Bowl sound bites — though his own podcast. […]
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Onboarding OTT Audiences for Big Live Events to Deliver the Best TV Experience
How many times have we heard that traditional TV broadcasts will continue to outrank OTT services because of live appointment TV? Humans are generally social animals so we want to experience events together, whether it’s cultural or sporting, or even something like the airing of a popular television drama such as Game of Thrones. And […]
Xumo Adds History Channel Content to Lineup
OTT service Xumo last week announced that select short-form content from the History channel would be added to its lineup in the U.S. Company officials said Xumo users would be able to instantly access and stream History programming on-demand through smart TVs as well as mobile and web connections. “This resonates with Xumo’s engaged audience,” […]
Go90 Video Service to Shut Down, Verizon Says
Nearly three years after Verizon launched Go90 with great fanfare, the carrier will quietly shutter the video service in coming weeks. Verizon will end the service, which was previously shifted into its Oath media subsidiary, on July 31, according to a report from Variety. A Verizon official told Variety in a statement that the carrier […]
Gray, Raycom Announce $3.6B Merger Deal
Gray Television on Monday announced an agreement to acquire Raycom Media and merge the broadcasters into what would be the nation’s No. 3 television group. The $3.6 billion deal, officials added, would also establish the combined company as “the single largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets in the country.” “Combining our […]
Conviva Taps Bill Demas as CEO and Adds Former Nielsen Sales Exec
Multiscreen OTT video analytics provider Conviva has named Bill Demas as CEO, with co-founder and former chief executive Hui Zhang transitioning to the roles of chief scientist and chairman of the board. The company also added Nielsen talent to its executive team, as Gracenote’s former VP & Head of North American Sales John Zelenka joined […]
Verizon Digital Media Services Deploys QUIC Tech Across CDN
Verizon Digital Media Services, part of Verizon’s Oath unit, has adopted Google-developed Quick UDP Internet Connections (QUIC) technology across its content delivery network to improve web application performance. Deployment of the transport protocol across 125 points of presence globally helps reduce latency, powering faster digital media performance, including web page load and transaction speeds on […]
TDG: Amazon Leads in Direct-to-Consumer TV Network Sign ups, But Apple Has Opportunity
Amazon Prime Channels is dominating direct-to-consumer a la cart purchases, accounting for 55 percent of all subscriptions, according to new research from The Diffusion Group, which also indicated Apple could have a certain advantage as it enters this space. Amazon Channels does especially well when it comes to premium DTC apps such as HBO, Showtime […]
Vimeo Links Up with Alliance for Open Media, Backing AV1
Report: Apple to Offer Streaming Services Directly through TV App
Apple is reportedly planning to use its TV app to offer subscriptions to streaming video services as part of its continued efforts to break into the online video market. Bloomberg, which cited sources familiar with the matter, noted although the TV app currently allows users to find video content from a range of other apps […]