Twitch just got a lot more social. On Monday, the Amazon-owned video-game streaming company rolled out a new social media tool called Pulse. The feature allows users to post messages, photo… Read More
The New York Times is partnering with music streaming giant Spotify to attract more readers. The two companies today announced a deal that will give NYT readers who pay for its $25 per… Read More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEK8FCBMkMQ This is escalating quickly. Today, three judges from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments to determine whether or not President Trump’s immigration ban will be… Read More
Embed from Getty Images Football fans are increasingly utilizing live streams online to watch the Super Bowl. FOX said today that its Super Bowl Live stream, distributed via its Fox Sports… Read More
The latest projects from Hollywood icons Martin Scorsese and Jerry Seinfeld will find homes on Amazon Video and Netflix. Today, Amazon announced its acquisition of Grateful Dead docuseries “Long Strange… Read More
Amazon is constantly adding new features to entice customers to sign up for its $99 a year Prime membership. The result is a hodgepodge of content and products associated with… Read More
The 2016-17 college football season ends tonight with what should be an exciting battle and a rematch of last year’s title with Alabama looking to defend its championship against Clemson. ESPN… Read More
Amazon Prime Video is now available in more countries than Netflix. The Seattle tech titan announced today that it will expand its video service to 200 countries globally. Prime Video… Read More
Amazon bested top competitor Netflix in Golden Globe nominations for the first time this year. The two streaming services would have tied with six nominations each but Amazon’s “Manchester by… Read More
Boston-based iHeartMedia is launching a new on-demand music streaming service powered by Napster. iHeartRadio All Access is $10 a month subscription that includes the company’s core radio product plus the… Read More
A month ago, Amazon generated some buzz when it rolled out a new music streaming service with an unusual pricing model. Regular customers could get Amazon Music Unlimited for $10 a… Read More
“Netflix, play House of Cards.” Starting next week, that voice command will allow Comcast customers to stream Netflix content on their X1 set-top boxes. Netflix will be integrated into the… Read More
Little guys have to stick together. Sprint and Napster — two underdogs in their respective industries — announced a new agreement today to add Napster as a new music streaming… Read More
Exclusive streaming deals with artists have become a powerful, but controversial, source of ammunition in the digital music battle. In an interview with GeekWire, Napster CFO and Head of Label… Read More
Microsoft today unveiled new game streaming technology that puts it in direct competition with Amazon and shows the fruits of an acquisition the company made earlier this year. At a Windows… Read More
Kanye West has a message for Apple Music and Tidal: Figure out your “bullshit” ’cause I can’t wait much longer. He expressed his frustration at the Seattle stop on his Life… Read More
Amazon’s got friends in low places, apparently. The company’s new service, Amazon Music Unlimited, added several Garth Brooks albums to its catalog, marking the first time the country star has… Read More
Amazon and Netflix are not only challenging each other for online streaming dominance, they are going after major networks by upping spending on original shows. A new study by IHS… Read More
Would you pay a few extra bucks a month to turn your smart home speaker into an intelligent, unlimited jukebox? Amazon is betting people will. The company on Wednesday is launching… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — The fruits of Amazon’s Twitch acquisition will be front-and-center later this month at TwitchCon. Twitch CEO Emmett Shear spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt on Wednesday morning in San… Read More
We're expanding our revenue programs to empower creators to earn money in multiple ways! ? https://t.co/ebnJxNaZqA pic.twitter.com/OGlI9tbeMa — Twitter Video (@TwitterVideo) August 30, 2016 Twitter said Tuesday it has opened up… Read More
[Correction: This post has been updated to reflect that two pilots, not three, will stream on Twitch, and one of the shows is different than previously reported.] Amazon Studios plans to… Read More
If you’ve been frustrated with the way NBC is airing this month’s Olympic games on cable TV — particularly for those of us on the West Coast — you are… Read More
This fall, Amazon’s strategy to compete with Netflix and HBO for premium original content hinges on nostalgia. Whether viewers want to get lost in the glamorous turbulence of the 1960s,… Read More
For people who don’t play or watch video games, it can be difficult to conceptualize just how powerful Twitch is. But the streaming site has an average 1.7 million broadcasters streaming… Read More
Amazon plans to double down on video content. After the company beat Wall Street’s expectations for its second quarter earnings report, Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky told reporters that Amazon will double its video… Read More
In the past few months, Twitter has inked streaming deals with a bevy of content rights holders, from the NBA to MLB, to Bloomberg and CBS, to show live sports and… Read More
Cord-cutting football fans have a new way to watch NFL Network and NFL RedZone. The league today announced a deal with Sony to stream content from NFL Network and RedZone… Read More
Twitter today announced another sports-related streaming deal. As a result of a new partnership with MLB Advanced Media, Twitter will stream one out-of-market MLB and NHL game per week to both logged-in… Read More
Netflix blamed a rough second quarter earnings report on churn — or member cancellations related to previously-announced price increases — that could persist over the next few quarters but shouldn’t be a… Read More