Amazon’s live sports ambitions keep growing. The Seattle tech giant announced Wednesday a seven-year content deal with NASCAR that includes exclusive rights to five NASCAR Cup Series races beginning in… Read More
Prime Video is getting a makeover. Amazon announced Monday it is rolling out a new look and feel for its streaming service on “living room devices,” including Fire TV, and… Read More
Gordon Li grew up obsessed with playing video games — maybe a bit too much, in his parents’ opinion, he says. But any parent would be proud if their kid… Read More
T-Mobile unveiled an overhauled version of its TVision television service on Tuesday morning, along with a new TV streaming device, launching a new challenge to the cable industry and jumping… Read More
I had one of the more memorable sports moments of my life last night, rooting for my favorite team in the crowd at an NBA game — without leaving my… Read More
Twitch, the goliath of game streaming, is getting even more gigantic. Amazon’s streaming service registered more than 5 billion total hours watched in the second quarter, up 63% from the… Read More
Mixer is over. Microsoft is shuttering its video game live-streaming platform, four years after it launched Mixer to compete with Amazon’s Twitch and others. Microsoft will instead partner with one… Read More
HBO added a new video chat feature to its HBO Now and HBO GO apps, allowing subscribers to watch shows and movies “together” via a Google Chrome extension. The “virtual… Read More
With more people staying indoors due to quarantines, lockdowns, and voluntary isolation, livestreamed programming has grown in popularity. Globally, the weekend of March 14 saw a big increase in streaming… Read More
What were the top tech stories of the past decade? I’ve been discussing this topic with others recently on LinkedIn, and as I was editing GeekWire contributing writer Christopher Budd’s… Read More
Users watched more than twice as many hours on Mixer in 2019 as they did the year before, but despite landing one of the biggest names in video games, Microsoft’s… Read More
Amazon is fielding a major lawsuit from Russian internet giant Rambler Group, which claims Twitch has violated its rights to broadcast English Premier League games. Rambler is suing the Amazon-owned… Read More
The Disney+ streaming service will be available on Amazon’s Fire TV, settling a reported dispute that threatened to impede Disney’s much-hyped rollout. The Wall Street Journal reported last month that… Read More
Amazon Web Services and NASA have demonstrated how cloud-based video processing can distribute live streams from space, with a shout-out from the International Space Station. The demonstration took center stage… Read More
Google and Amazon followed through on their peace pact this morning. The official YouTube app is coming back to Amazon’s Fire TV devices as part of an agreement that also… Read More
Amazon-owned Twitch has purchased esports company and early social media contender Bebo to grow its presence in the gaming world. The size of the deal is not known, but sources… Read More
Google announced several new details of its Stadia game streaming service today, including initial price plans, planned launch titles including the long-awaited Baldur’s Gate III and Destiny 2, and new… Read More
Make.TV continues to bolster its live streaming resume. The Seattle-based startup has expanded its partnership with ESL, the world’s largest esports organization that runs competitions across the world and produces… Read More
Fire TV users may soon be getting their news from Amazon. The company plans to debut a free app for streaming video news, according to a report from The Information… Read More
Amazon is bringing back Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer to commentate its Thursday Night Football streams on Prime Video next season. The veteran broadcasting duo became the first all-female team to call… Read More
Netflix is raising prices for the fourth time in its history, but its offerings remain in line with the cost of competitors like Amazon Prime Video and Hulu. Netflix has… Read More
Whether it’s through a dongle, a cube, or even baked inside your giant TV, Amazon wants to control the streaming experience inside your living room. The tech giant is well… Read More
Amazon bolstered its growing library of live sports programming with the addition of NBA League Pass to Prime Video Channels. The NBA’s live streaming product is now available on Amazon’s… Read More
The Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers will show off their brand of “multiplayer entertainment” in a “Thursday Night Football” clash tonight. And one of the most popular gamers… Read More
Amazon is using Twitch and its Thursday Night Football live streams to test new gamification features that might change the way we watch live sports — particularly if legal sports… Read More
Amazon will help make a bit of sports broadcasting history on Thursday. The tech giant has hired Andrea Kremer and Hannah Storm to commentate all 11 of its Thursday Night… Read More
A new software platform incubated inside RealNetworks is aiming to spice up streaming shows and movies with a Twitch-like social interaction layer. Scener lets people watch Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube with… Read More
Walmart is contemplating starting its own streaming service to compete with incumbent giants like Netflix and Amazon, according to a report from The Information. Citing anonymous people familiar with the… Read More
TAYLOR’S TAKE ON THE WEEK IN SPORTS TECH: It was Christmas morning on Thursday for soccer fans as the World Cup kicked off in Russia. The host country breezed by Saudi… Read More
News Brief: Streaming giant Netflix went down on Monday afternoon across the globe. “We are aware of members having trouble streaming on all devices. We are investigating the issue and… Read More