When Lakshmi Shankar was working as a technology consultant she noticed a recurring problem. Clients often had trouble integrating paid video content with paywall and subscription tools. The problem was… Read More
Transparent, the Emmy award-winning video series that tells the story of the Pfeffermans, is coming back for a fifth season, Amazon confirmed today. Production will begin next year, with the… Read More
I follow an Instagram feed called Drunk People Doing Things because it serves as a reminder that sobriety can sometimes lead to better life choices. I’m not so sure whether… Read More
MADRAS, Ore. – Some skywatchers spend thousands of dollars on telescopes, cameras and other hardware to document a solar eclipse. John E. Hoots did it with a Sony Handycam video camera.… Read More
Today, Amazon is hammering another nail into the coffin of DVDs with the closure of its “Lovefilm by Post” business. Lovefilm was often called the “Netflix of Europe” back when… Read More
Throughout his 20-year career developing and launching products for professional sound systems, Costa Lakoumentas constantly found himself impeded by a simple technical problem. “I have made hundreds of presentations all over the… Read More
In 2007, a dot-com era rebel by the name of Netflix launched an online streaming platform — and with it, a revolution to overthrow dynastic institutions in the video entertainment industry.… Read More
Heyou Media, a new startup launched by luminaries from Seattle’s tech and entertainment worlds, is raising cash to fuel the “alternative media revolution.” That’s according to Seattle-based actor Tom Skerritt,… Read More
Would you buy a couch because your favorite YouTube star recommended it? Amazon is betting your answer is yes. The Seattle tech giant is co-producing a new home improvement series… Read More
Amazon is creating a lot of unrest in the grocery world. The company has its fingers in many pots in a play for dominance in food retail. Amazon Go, a cashier-free… Read More
Seattle’s Make.tv, a cloud-based video management portal, has raised $7.2 million in new funding and aims to raise a total of $8.5 million, according to a new SEC filing. Make.tv’s… Read More
Two Seattle-area CEOs, billing themselves as “startup rappers,” have released an anthem aimed at the region’s entrepreneurs to inspire them to “dream big and never give up.” While we encourage… Read More
Amazon is getting into the news business, once again proving that the company’s appetite for new industries knows no limits. The Seattle company has signed a deal with Investigative Reporting… Read More
“Style Code Live,” Amazon’s experiment with a QVC-style show for the internet era, has been canceled. The news was first reported by Page Six after an anonymous source close to… Read More
The odds of surviving stage III Hodgkin’s lymphoma are about four-to-one. The odds of two people beating that cancer and going on to create a successful startup together are harder… Read More
One-on-one video streaming platform uZoom has acquired Creator Republic for an undisclosed sum. UZoom is a Seattle startup that connects viewers in remote locations with streamers on the ground so that they can… Read More
Anyone with an Apple TV has likely noticed the conspicuously absent Amazon Video app. The device, which allows viewers to stream video from HBO, Netflix, and other services to their… Read More
Updated at 9:10 a.m. to reflect the correct location of the giveaway. “Manchester by the Sea” was a big win for Amazon. It marked the first time a film owned by… Read More
NASA and AWS Elemental showed off something completely different from the International Space Station today: the first live video in ultra-high-definition 4K detail beamed down from space. The technical achievement was… Read More
Instagram’s growth is showing no signs of letting up. The Facebook-owned photo- and video-sharing platform announced Wednesday that its community has grown to 700 million monthly active users. The last… Read More
What is hyperlapse? Like the bullet-time realm of “The Matrix,” hyperlapse videos provide an unorthodox perspective on time and space – and you can see the result in a two-minute clip created by… Read More
Streaming services, like Netflix, are revolutionizing the way people consume video content. More than half of U.S. households connected to the internet watch video on at least one over-the-top (a.k.a.… Read More
Amazon will dedicate an estimated $4.5 billion on video content this year, narrowing the spending gap between the Seattle e-commerce giant and competitor Netflix, which has a budget of $6 billion… Read More
Rudy Willingham, a Seattle drone photographer with a thing for architecture, has captured dramatic new video footage of the Amazon Spheres that provides a unique perspective of the ongoing project. Willingham, who… Read More
Could this be a plot twist in Act Three? While we were all watching Facebook’s attempts to take on newly-public Snapchat, Apple was building its own app that could challenge… Read More
A film festival out of New York dedicated to the art of drone cinematography went to great heights to pick its winners this past weekend. A range of entries showcase… Read More
Facebook has launched a hub for 360 photos and videos, as the social media giant continues to double down on video. The company rolled out the Facebook 360 app for Samsung… Read More
Your Facebook feed is about to get a lot louder. Facebook on Tuesday announced a series of updates to the how videos appear in the News Feed. The most visible, or… Read More
While NASA’s Juno orbiter is giving Jupiter its close-up, a new video based on more than 1,000 images taken by 91 amateur astronomers provides the wide-angle view. “A Journey to… Read More
You’re going to start seeing more video in your Facebook feed. In Wednesday’s quarterly earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that Facebook is making a push into video, but said… Read More