April 09, 2025

Online Video News

New YouGov data: How Often Do Americans Really Watch Netflix, Hulu, Prime, and Disney+?

A new YouGov Profiles analysis examines the viewing frequency of Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and Prime Video subscribers and reveals striking differences by platform and age group.

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Streamticker: The Biggest Streaming Mergers and Acquisitions of 2024

The 2024 edition of Streamticker, recapping the streaming industry's most momentous mergers and acquisitions of 2023, kicked off with Disney's gobbling up the last extant portions of Hulu, as Comcast ceded its re­maining 33% stake. But if the late-2023 deal marked only the quiet conclusion of an already-silent part­nership, the much noisier news of Jan. 6, 2025, found Disney absorbing sports-centric streamer Fubo and merging it with Hulu Live + TV. Here we'll review this and other done (or more nearly done) M&A deals that reshuffled the stream­ing industry in 2024.

The State of Live Sports Streaming 2025

The sports media sector continues to undergo rapid change, with streaming aggregators attempting to reconsolidate for greater ef­ficiency but still falling short of traditional broadcast models in reach and revenue.

The State of the Video Codec Market 2025

HEVC rode the 4K/HDR wave to success, but AV1, VVC, and LCEVC lack an equivalent killer app. With CDNs racing to the bottom on pricing and new royalty pools threatening to increase costs, codec adoption is no longer just about technical merit—it's about survival. These are the issues I'll explore in this article.

The State of Generative AI 2025

Can generative AI (gen AI) rip things apart and then try to glue it all back together with more insight, more intelligence, more efficiency, and more value? It really depends on what the application is. Within the video workflow, some tasks are good matches for using gen AI, and others aren't.

Industry News

Hearst Television Leverages Triveni Digital and Harmonic Technology to Activate Statistical Multiplexing in All ATSC 3.0 Lighthouse Stations

Innovative Solution Optimizes Bandwidth Efficiency and Video Quality for NEXTGEN TV Broadcasts

Harmonic Spotlights Industry-First Playout-to-Delivery Solution at the 2025 NAB Show

Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced industry-first innovations to its comprehensive playout-to-delivery solution, empowering broadcasters and content owners with streamlined media workflows, optimized control and significant cost savings. Harmonic’s p

MTN Group and Synamedia Partner to Develop Pan-African Streaming Platform

MTN and Synamedia are partnering to develop a new pan-African streaming platform tailored for mobile and fixed broadband subscribers