Quibi says it has booked more than $100M in ad sales with launch partners including Google, P&G, Pepsi, Walmart, and Anheuser-Busch, ahead of April 2020 debut Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
Amazon's IMDb renames its ad-supported streaming service Freedive to IMDb TV, says it plans to launch in Europe later this year Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
Google has quietly removed the Google Play Movies & TV app from its Daydream VR platform, instead directing users to its YouTube VR app Techmeme · 1 month ago
Quibi to launch on April 6 2020 with a $7.99/mo ad-free tier and a $4.99/mo tier with pre-roll ads, will pay costs plus 20% for up to $6M/hour to show creators Techmeme · 1 month ago
FloSports, a $150/year live and on-demand streaming service focusing on niche sports, raises $47M Series C led by Discovery, bringing the total raised to $75M Techmeme · 1 month ago
Barack and Michelle Obama's company, Higher Ground Productions, strikes a multiyear deal with Spotify to produce exclusive podcasts for the platform Techmeme · 1 month ago
Netflix says it is testing a feed, called Extras, with trailers, photos, and alerts about shows in its mobile app Techmeme · 1 month ago
YouTube bans kids from live-streaming video unless accompanied by an adult, after a NYT report about YouTube's recommendation algorithm for posted videos Techmeme · 1 month ago
Nreal unveils a $499 consumer version of its Light AR glasses that are compatible with any phone using the Snapdragon 855 chip, available later this year Techmeme · 2 months ago
Source: Snap is in talks to license catalogs of Sony Music, Universal Music, and Warner Music, which will allow Snapchat users to include songs in their posts Techmeme · 2 months ago
Snap hires Oona King, most recently Google's director of diversity strategy and a former UK MP, as its first VP of diversity and inclusion Techmeme · 2 months ago
Google says it will shut down Jump, its cloud-based VR video stitching service, on June 28, due to a usage decline as new video formats and VR cameras came out Techmeme · 2 months ago
Netflix publishes its first top-10 lists of most-watched content on its platform in the UK, says it will start posting the lists every week in the country Techmeme · 2 months ago
Sonos says Google Assistant support, first announced in 2017, will roll out to Sonos One and Beam next week through a software update in the US Techmeme · 2 months ago
Google to replace its "Works with Nest" program this summer with "Works with Google Assistant", which would give vetted partners access to customer data Techmeme · 2 months ago
Google says Android TV is used by 140+ pay TV operators worldwide, will launch redesigned Play Store on Android TV later this year with easier app discovery Techmeme · 2 months ago
How Epic Games and ILM tried to recreate the Apollo 11 moon landing using HoloLens 2 for a demo that failed to run during Microsoft's Build 2019 keynote Techmeme · 2 months ago
YouTube says it will make all of its original content free this fall in a strategy that its CBO says is in opposition to what other media companies are doing Techmeme · 2 months ago
VideoAmp, which focuses on optimizing cross-platform advertising and whose clients include CBS, AMC, and A+E, raises $70M Series C led by Raine Group Techmeme · 2 months ago