Yahoo Bows Mobile Video App, Inks Comedy Central Pact for ‘Daily...
With the launch of its fall comedy programming lineup Monday, Yahoo also released a mobile video app and announced a deal with Viacom’s Comedy Central to license clips from “The Daily Show with Jon...
View ArticleWhy Viacom Gave Up Developing Its Own Mobile Video Player
Until earlier this year, Viacom had used its own internally developed video player in apps for channels like MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central. But in gearing up for TV Everywhere, to make more video...
View ArticleTwitter to Get New Video Discovery Tool Videogram
What’s better than a Vine clip posted to Twitter? A Videogram, a more immersive video-discovery system created by startup Cinemacraft, which several Hollywood studios have already experimented with....
View ArticleWhy YouTube Offline Videos Won’t Be a Game-Changer
Soon you’ll be able to order YouTube to go — and be able to watch videos even when you’re disconnected. Starting in November, a new feature for Google’s YouTube mobile apps will let users watch videos...
View ArticleNielsen to Add Mobile Device Viewing to TV Ratings in Fall 2014
TV programmers frustrated that shows watched on tablets and smartphones have been invisible to Nielsen’s ratings may finally get a solution — next year. Next week, Nielsen will formally announce to...
View ArticleVevo Will Block YouTube’s Offline-Video Viewing Feature
Music video service Vevo, which is one of YouTube’s top content suppliers, will not be allowing users to watch its videos through YouTube’s mobile apps if they’re not connected to the Internet. A new...
View ArticleHaptics Promise To Add Immersiveness To Mobile Video
With all of the enhancements in picture (3D, Ultra High-Definition, High Dynamic Range) and sound (Dolby Atmos, Barco 11.1), there is one sense that hasn’t received much attention as an entertainment...
View ArticleMore Than Half of All Video Viewing Now on Mobile, Tablet Viewing Flat (Report)
More than half of all video viewing is now happening on mobile, and most of those views come from phones, not tablets: That’s the gist of a new report from video platform provider Ooyala out Tuesday....
View ArticleLive Mobile Video Traffic to Grow 39-Fold in Next Five Years
Looks like Facebook and Twitter are onto something with their aggressive investments in live video: Live video streaming on mobile devices is about to grow by 39 times in the next five years, Cisco...
View ArticleDreams Starts Streaming ‘X-Files,’ ‘Batman’ &‘NYPD Blue’ As Vertical Video...
New York-based mobile video startup Dreams is adding three new shows to its TV streaming service: The company is scheduled to add new episodes of the “X-Files,” “NYPD Blue” and the original 1960s...
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