Streaming

Amazon Watch Parties Enable 100+ Users To Stream Together
Amazon Watch Parties Enable 100+ Users To Stream Together
June 30, 2020  |  Amazon Entertainment

While video streaming has always been by its very nature something of a solo activity, the pandemic-driven lockdown has changed that. As it turns out, consumers...

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Carrier Billing’s Coming Renaissance
Carrier Billing’s Coming Renaissance
June 18, 2020  |  Payment Methods

Carrier billing has managed to establish a strong foothold worldwide — as it has been a popular way to buy digital content in Asia, Europe...

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Live Streaming Set For Huge 618 Festival In China
Live Streaming Set For Huge 618 Festival In China
June 16, 2020  |  Retail

U.S. eCommerce companies may be missing out on one of the hottest global trends. In China, eCommerce live streaming is all the rage — and...

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AMC Plans Global Reopening For July
AMC Plans Global Reopening For July
June 09, 2020  |  Economy

AMC Entertainment, the U.S. theater chain, reported a decline in earnings for the first quarter ending March 31, with a $941.5 million drop in revenue....

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Apple Buys VR Broadcasting Startup
Apple Buys VR Broadcasting Startup
May 14, 2020  |  Apple

Apple has confirmed it has purchased NextVR, the virtual reality (VR) streaming startup, CNBC reported. Apple declined to reveal the purchase price or the terms...

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Movie Theaters Are Closed, But Consumers Don’t Seem To Miss Them
Movie Theaters Are Closed, But Consumers Don’t Seem To Miss Them
April 29, 2020  |  Innovation

In the week of April 20, something truly unusual happened in the history of the American film industry: The total weekend box office take came...

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NBCUniversal TV Launches Shoppable Ads
NBCUniversal TV Launches Shoppable Ads
April 23, 2020  |  Retail

NBCUniversal, owned by Comcast, will allow consumers to buy products from branded TV advertisements, articles and videos without going to a new website, according to...

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Netflix Results Show Deluge Of Streaming Media Demand, With Tempered Growth Coming Later
Netflix Results Show Deluge Of Streaming Media Demand, With Tempered Growth Coming Later
April 22, 2020  |  Earnings

Call it, in a way, the power of the lockdown. As we’ve detailed in this space in the past, the coronavirus has shifted all manner...

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Netflix, Disney And The Great Entertainment Shift
Netflix, Disney And The Great Entertainment Shift
April 20, 2020  |  Subscription Commerce

On Wall Street, market capitalizations are shorthand for investor sentiment — for positive or negative views, generally speaking, of publicly-traded companies’ prospects. Rule of thumb:...

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