The Verge

JANUARY 25, 2021

Today, WWE and NBCUniversal announced that the service, which offers live streams of pay-per-view events, a large roster of original shows, and a massive vault of past WWE programming, will be integrated into Peacock starting in March. And now here we are.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

I’ve seen a wide range in opinions from LG’s existing TV customers; some like the new look since it resembles a streaming device and seems easier to use. But that redesign isn’t something that buyers of licensed webOS TVs will have to think about — at least not yet. I’ll need some more time with the software before I can weigh in.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The company has launched its own streaming platform to host dance classes twice a week, and is planning a subscription option soon. Rather than move to Instagram Live, as other dance studio owners have done , Wallich decided to launch her own streaming platform with Vimeo’s software, with the help of Dance Church board member Alaa Mendili.

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The Verge

JULY 7, 2020

The Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, the electrical engineering and computer science division of the esteemed German research organization, on Tuesday announced VVC , a new video codec standard that promises to bring around 50 percent efficiency gains in streaming video compression. The codec’s full name is H.266/Versatile Furthermore, H.266/VVC

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The Verge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

After years of anticipation , T-Mobile is finally getting into the live TV business with the launch of a new internet-based streaming service called TVision, launching on November 1st. TVision Live supports up to three concurrent streams, which means that you’ll be able to share an account with family members, too.

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TechSpot

MAY 20, 2020

The comedian, actor, television host, martial artist and UFC commentator has signed a deal with the streaming audio platform that’ll see his show get picked up later this year. Joe Rogan is taking his talents to Spotify. Here are all the details you need to know.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

But Microsoft has another form of game streaming that isn’t against Apple’s rules at all, and the company has all but confirmed it’s currently working to bring it to your iPhone. Take a look: here’s my first look at Microsoft’s new Xbox Game Streaming feature. They’re not streaming from Microsoft’s servers, but rather your own Xbox.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Today, Facebook Gaming is set to allow its partnered streamers to play copyrighted, popular music in the background of their live stream s — which means they’ve seemingly solved the copyright problem that’s plagued live-streaming (and basically the entire internet) since the beginning.

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The Verge

JUNE 17, 2021

Nielsen, the nearly century-old research firm which produces the eponymous gold standard for television ratings, is taking a more serious look into how much Americans are streaming. The result of its labors: an ominously named rating system it calls The Gauge. We’ve reached out to Nielsen for additional details.).

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The Verge

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Sony is close to finalizing a deal to buy US-based anime streaming service Crunchyroll for nearly $1 billion, according to a report from Nikkei Asia. Crunchyroll is owned by US telecoms giant AT&T, which has reportedly been looking to offload the streaming service for a while. Image: Crunchyroll.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

In the last year, the number of streaming platforms has really gotten out of hand. It has baffling holes in its catalog thanks to licensing agreements, which made its original pitch of being a home for various “hubs” — like the DC Universe or Adult Swim — a little shaky. Streaming services, however, are not networks.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 5, 2021

In June of the same year, IMDb rebranded the service as IMDb TV and tripled the amount of viewable content thanks to new licensing deals with Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Bros. The service, if you recall, launched in early 2019 under the name IMDb Freedive. and MGM Studios. Just last.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Portland, Oregon-based startup thatDot , which focuses on streaming event processing, today announced the launch of Quine , a new MIT-licensed open source project for data engineers that combines event streaming with graph data to create what the company calls a “streaming graph.”

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The Verge

APRIL 13, 2022

After launching as “ IMDb Freedive ” back in 2019, IMDb TV quickly faded into the background of the ongoing streaming wars that parent company Amazon had already established a respectable foothold in.

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The Verge

MARCH 24, 2021

Sony’s plan to combine Crunchyroll and Funimation into a streaming service to lead its anime empire seemed as simple as tossing AT&T a billion dollars. The DOJ is focused on whether the deal limits the options of Japanese studios looking to license shows in the US, according to The Information ’s sources.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Paramount Plus is ViacomCBS’s rebrand of its current streaming service, CBS All Access. Streaming is obviously a big opportunity,” ViacomCBS’s new chief financial officer, Navreen Chopra, said on the company’s third-quarter earnings call. Streaming is obviously a big opportunity”.

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The Verge

JUNE 29, 2020

Once inside the Watch Party, people can choose from thousands of titles, according to Amazon, including originals and licensed shows and movies. Amazon didn’t share a full list of titles, but a press release from the company states anything from the streaming service’s US catalog should be featured.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

: Sarah writes that Apple is developing a “multiview” feature for watching sports that will enable Apple TV users to watch up to four streams at the same time. Daily Crunch: After raising $3M seed, global fintech platform Payday plans to secure licensing in Canada, UK by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

In just the last two weeks , three-year-old Future, which promises at-home customers access to elite training, closed on $24 million in Series B funding; and Playbook, a nearly five-year-old fitness platform that helps personal trainers stream their content (and charge a monthly fee for it), raised $9.3 million in Series A funding.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Amazon received a “blistering” letter last Thursday about copyright infringement and Twitch’s nonexistent licensing deals with major music rights holders, Variety reports. The document accuses Twitch of allowing streamers to play copyrighted music without getting the proper licensing to do so. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

JULY 6, 2020

Microsoft is planning to launch its xCloud game streaming service later this year as part of Xbox Game Pass, and accessory makers are getting ready. The tiny Bluetooth controller is designed to be compatible with all Android smartphones and tablets, and it’s officially licensed as a compatible xCloud and Xbox controller.

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TechNode

AUGUST 7, 2023

TikTok, the social media platform owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, is currently engaging in preliminary discussions with Indonesian regulators to secure a payments license in the country, according to an August 4 report from Reuters. Currently, the popular social platform has 125 million Indonesian monthly active users. Reuters ]

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The Verge

MAY 21, 2020

ViacomCBS is licensing John Krasinski’s heartwarming weekly YouTube series Some Good News , making a once totally free and accessible show now locked behind a streaming paywall. New episodes of Some Good News will stream exclusively on ViacomCBS’s streaming service, CBS All Access, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

As content gets more expensive for companies to license, and as they try to find more channels to offer consumers, the monthly costs also increase. Recently, Disney CEO Bob Chapek spoke to how important Disney’s entire streaming ecosystem (that includes Disney Plus, ESPN Plus, and Hulu’s regular streaming service) are to the company’s future.

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The Verge

AUGUST 2, 2021

Today Microsoft opened availability for Windows 365, the cloud PC setup that lets businesses stream Windows 10 or Windows 11 via a web browser. The most powerful package hits $158 per month (discounted) to stream a PC with eight vCPUs, 32GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The Streaming Box 8000 is the work of Streamview , and its website notes it has licensed the Nokia brand to sell Smart TVs, set-top boxes, and DAB+ radios across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The Streaming Box 8000 technically isn’t the first Android TV box to bear the Nokia brand name.

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TechSpot

APRIL 22, 2022

What's ironic is that Netflix is largely responsible for the current state of streaming. Years ago, the industry was far more consolidated as several studios simply licensed their content to Netflix for digital distribution. Then, Netflix decided to get into the original content game, but with no track record, they.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

Beth's Flickr Stream. s licensing and that of the sound bite? When deciding where to indicate licensing information, it is again a case of ???more on Magnatune there is a clear link to license information for that album. license to play the song. What's even better, you don't need a law degree to understand it!

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The all-encompassing anime umbrella, which includes animated works of various styles and genres, has been one of the hottest streaming service content categories of the last half-decade. billion to acquire anime streaming service Crunchyroll from AT&T, yet more evidence of the entertainment industry fervor surrounding anime.

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The Verge

MAY 27, 2020

Apple doesn’t mention the licensing deal, but all 96 episodes that aired between 1983 and 1987 are currently available to stream. Apple bringing licensed content onto Apple TV Plus — something the company adamantly didn’t incorporate into its original strategy — could help solve some of the streaming service’s issues.

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The Verge

JULY 9, 2021

A licensing deal between Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Amazon will broaden Prime Video’s streaming library and bring anticipated titles to the service after a brief run on Peacock. Photo Illustration by Omar Marques / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Unlike apps like Scener , which allows people to stream Netflix, Disney Plus, and HBO titles with friends in the United States, Twitch’s Watch Parties is specifically built for Amazon Prime Video. Although the function will soon be available globally, licensing complications brought on by geographical locations will affect what viewers see.

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The Verge

JUNE 18, 2020

The highly anticipated Disney Plus streaming service, which will likely prove as essential as Netflix to many consumers, is now available. Disney Plus combines content from Disney, Marvel, Star Wars , and National Geographic into a single streaming app. Disney has managed to land deals with all the key streaming platforms.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

For WarnerMedia executives trying to figure out how to bolster subscribers for its new streaming service and release films in an era when the return to theaters is uncertain, the move makes sense. One important reason Vinciquerra can commit to theaters is because Sony Pictures doesn’t have a major streaming service.

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The Verge

JANUARY 8, 2021

Roku has acquired defunct streaming service Quibi’s library of content, the company announced today. Roku’s announcement says the Quibi content it has licensed will feature stars including “Idris Elba, Kevin Hart, Liam?Hemsworth, Roku, one of the leading hardware companies in the streaming space, is trying to push more into software.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

But where the company really differentiates from rival players is its licensing business. They license those brands, complete with the recipes, cooking instructions, and a training guide to restaurants who want to offer more through their online sales portals.

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The Verge

APRIL 8, 2021

Starting in 2022, Netflix will be the first US streaming home for Sony Pictures films following their theatrical releases. are skipping pay one deals to send their films directly to their respective in-house Disney Plus and HBO Max streaming services. Netflix is committing to buying an unspecified minimum number of movies, however.

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