FloSports Nabs The Rugby Channel
Deal to broaden coverage of FloRugby, an OTT subscription service launched last year
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Former go90, NBCU Exec Joins Massive Interactive
Chip Canter named global chief revenue officer of UX company
Former Netflix, Samsung Execs Join Hulu’s Brand Marketing Teams
Ryan Crosby named VP, content marketing; Nick Tran named VP of brand and culture marketing
Boomerang Adds Original Series To Streaming Service
Scooby, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm in new adventures
Dish DBS Officially Launches AirTV
Over-the-top, over-the-air service gives customers access to broadcast channels
Nielsen Adding YouTubeTV To Local Audience Ratings
Streaming service is available in 99 local markets
Twitter Shutting Down Set of TV Apps
To shutter apps for Roku, Android TV, Xbox on May 24
Verizon Digital Media Services Speeds Up Web Performance
Adopts Google-developed Quick UDP Internet Connection tech across its content delivery network
Nielsen Starts Tracking Streaming Viewership on Xumo
Xumo’s free, ad-based OTT service joins Nielsen’s Digital Content Ratings
Vernon Sanders Named Amazon Co-Head of Television
Was NBC’s executive VP of current programming
Syncbak’s SBTV Helps Local Broadcasters Go OTT, Extend Reach
Gray Television is first major station group to deliver live feeds, VOD content on new OTT service
YouTube Red Becomes YouTube Premium
New name also comes with more content, bigger price
Virtual MVPDs: Platform Improves the Path to Content
Providing a better experience is helping to keep pay TV relevant
Pay TV Subscriber Losses Drop to 305K in Q1
Top MVPDs shed a net 515K in year-ago quarter, Leichtman Research Group says
Netflix Investing 85% of New Spending in Originals
Ted Sarandos says SVOD service has no plans to pursue sports, news
Sling TV Adds Revolt, Cinémoi
Music, movie channels available to Sling Orange and Sling Blue customers via add-ons
Virtual Pay TV Market Set for a Shakeout: Analyst
The market is ‘too big to fail, but too small to succeed,’ TDG’s Joel Espelien says
Study: Amazon Dominates Direct-to-Consumer Video
TDG says 55% of DTC subscription video purchases made through online giant
Gracenote Tunes Data for Virtual MVPDs
New datasets cover and unify data from OTT TV and VOD services
T-Mobile’s Jeff Binder: 5G Is ‘Perfect Delivery Mechanism for Video’
Says robust speeds, low latencies make next-gen mobile platform a great fit for video
Stephenson: Top Priority Is Getting Time Warner Deal Done
AT&T chief offers peek into ad sales opportunities, DirecTV Now enhancements