FOX Sports House Celebrates the 2018 World Cup This year numerous countries will come together to celebrate the world’s most popular sport: football. No, not the NFL, “the beautiful game.” The FIFA World Cup is coming to FOX Sports starting June 14, bringing you all 38 matches, which is more than the last four World […]
Live Nation Expands Their Content Reach on Hulu, in VR, and on Twitter
“While standing in the back of the room watching partners Kevin Chernett from Live Nation and Noah Heller from Hulu on stage at C-Space @ CES, going through it with Will Mason from UploadVR, my nerves were going haywire,” Jeff Nicholas, Director of VR Creative + Production for Live Nation Studios, stated in his post […]
ICYMI #StreamingBuzz NOV 21 – Brown Sugar App, DirecTV Now Launch, China and the EPL, Hulu VGP
Bounce TV announces a new live streaming app for Brown Sugar, AT&T’s highly-anticipated DirecTV Now service is getting ready for its blast off, China’s Suning pays big bucks for the English Premier League rights, and more in this week’s ICYMI Streaming Buzz. Brown Sugar Streaming App, “Just Like Netflix, Only Blacker” Forty-plus years after […]
ICYMI #StreamingBuzz NOV 7 – While Hulu Goes Live Comcast Won’t, Twitter is Streaming Not Social, Facebook Ads on Apple TV
This week in Streaming Buzz, Hulu announces plans to launch Live TV, Comcast says no to delivering a cable-less live streaming TV service, Twitter announces #WhatsNext for their core business, and Facebook takes targeted ads to OTT. There’s more, so read on… Live Streaming TV Competition Heats Up as Hulu Joins the Fray Last week […]
Why Twitter’s Future Lies in Feeding Its Flock with Live Streaming Goodies
Now, Twitter Needs to Be the One to Reinvent Device-based Advertising Early Thursday morning Twitter released their Q3 Earnings Report, confirming the expected layoffs along with announcing a few surprises, including their six-second video Vine app getting the end-of-life pink slip. Twitter’s earning statement included a quote from Anthony Noto, Twitter’s CFO, “We intend to […]
ICYMI #StreamingBuzz Oct 31 – Addressable Ads, YouTube Red Rakes in the $$, Twitter’s Q3 Rise
In case you missed it, this week’s Streaming Buzz: the merger of AT&T and Time Warner revives targeted adverting hopes once again, Netflix raises millions more for content and weighs in on said big merger, Martha Stewart is killin’ it on Facebook Live, and Apple makes a move to make cord cutting easier. There’s more, […]
Twitter Strengthens Streaming Position, But Still No Bidders
In the past week, Twitter live streamed HIGHLY varied content, from Salesforce’s Dreamforce event, led by ringmaster and CEO, Marc Benioff, to the NFL game between the 49ers and the Cardinals. Sunday night it was the presidential debate, which broke the record with over 17 million Tweets sent over the 90-minute political ride (which may […]
ICYMI: Streaming Buzz – Monday, October 10, 2016
This past week’s streaming news was wild and wooly, as Twitter stock went up with rumors of M&A, and then dropped by a third as potential suitors stood up the micro-blogging company. Comcast tries to pull a fast one on customer once again with a new internet data-capped service, which should really piss off Netflix, […]