Media innovator Tom Rogers says that Disney can’t begin to catch Netflix in terms of streaming subscribers, but they don’t need to. “No one can catch Netflix,” says Rogers. “I don’t think Disney can begin to catch Netflix, but they don’t need to catch Netflix here to create an asset value that really helps to deal with the issue of the core business decline.”
Former ESPN President Says Streaming is the Future of Sports Viewing
There’s very little doubt that the way fans are going to get their sports in the future, in the near future in some places, and in the medium future, other places are through a streaming service. It’s the future of sports viewing.
Periscope for iOS Lets You Draw on Screen, Gives You New Viewer Graph and Stats
Twitter live streaming app Periscope added a few features on iOS that might improve your broadcasting experience. For one, you can now draw on your broadcasts, which is something Facebook recently announced for its streaming feature. Sure, this could be…
Amazon Prime Video Becomes Standalone Service To Take On Netflix
Amazon is now offering the option to subscribe to Prime Video without subscribing to Prime itself. Prime Video has, until now, basically been a perk for Prime members, who also get free two-day shipping, unlimited music streaming, access to over…
Netflix Price Increase Coming Soon For Those Who Have Been Subscribers For At Least 2 Years
A Netflix price increase is coming soon for subscribers who have been with the service for two years or longer. A reported “millions” more will soon be forced to pay more if they want to keep the HD plan they’re…
Facebook Makes Searching for Videos Easier
Earlier this week, Facebook announced a bunch of new live video features, giving users more ways to discover, share, and interact with live video as well as more ways to personalize live broadcasts. The new features include Live for Groups…
Facebook Announces A Bunch of Live Video Features
Facebook announced new features for Facebook Live to give users more ways to discover, share, and interact with live video, as well as more ways to personalize live broadcasts. The first new feature is Live for Groups and Events, which…
Twitter Will Stream NFL Games For Free
The NFL announced that it has chosen Twitter as its exclusive partner to digitally stream Thursday Night Football to a global audience across devices for free throughout the 2016 regular season. This will consist of ten games, which are broadcast…
110 Years of Live Video Watched on Periscope Apps Each Day After Just 1 Year
Periscope, Twitter’s popular live-streaming service, turned one year old on Saturday. The company announced that it has surpassed 200 million broadcasts and that 110 years of video are watched live every day in its Android and iOS apps. That doesn’t…
Google Just Renamed The Chromecast App
Google announced that it has renamed the Chromecast app to fit better with its strategy of providing cast technology across more device. When the app was first launched, the Chromecast name made sense because Chromecast was the only device that…