YouTube Will Link Directly to Wikipedia to Fight Conspiracy Theories. After the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida in February, the top trending video on YouTube wasn’t a news clip about the tragedy, but a conspiracy …

HEVC Advance slashes streaming fees. Written by CSI14/03/18HEVC Advance has taken the step of eliminating streaming content distribution royalty fees, on top of reducing certain royalty …

Apple Music Reaches 38 Million Subscribers — Up 2 Million in Five Weeks. Apple Music has reached 38 million subscribers, a gain of 2 million in just over a month, the company’s SVP Eddy Cue said during a chat with CNN’s …

Apple Crushes Netflix Rumors: "Would Rather Build A Studio Than Buy Netflix". Having already been hit by Andrew Left and the Citron gang, Netflix shares took another dip after Apple confirmed that it "would ratherAs Forbes …

US pay TV revenues to fall by $27 billion. US pay TV revenues peaked in 2015, at $101.71 billion, according to the eighth edition of the North America Pay TV Forecasts report.A $26.58 billion …

5 Must-Haves for Launching a Live Streaming Website. The ones broadcasting their video content live in the current era are caught in traffic where constant change is inevitable since the audience who …

A behind-the-scenes look at some of the tech powering Netflix streaming. Since launching its streaming service in 2007, Netflix has become a ubiquitous form of entertainment, operating in over 190 countries around the …

Watch the full interview: Disney’s Kevin Mayer talks about the Fox acquisition and what that means for Hulu. Disney is one of the biggest media players in the game.As chief strategy officer at Disney, Kevin Mayer runs strategy, biz dev and M&A for the media giant, and he’s the man who put together three amazing purchases: Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm. Now he’s engineering Disney’s colossal Fox deal, as …

Live Streaming — The New Online Streaming Niche Still Has Its Fair Share of Problems. Live streaming is a fairly new money-making niche for online creators. It allows internet celebrities to connect with their fan-base and give real time updates on what they’re doing and what is going on in their lives. Some creators use this only occasionally as a sort of “special event” for their …

Facebook moves ahead on music with last major label deal. Facebook on Friday announced a licensing deal with Warner Music, the last of the major label groups to sign with the social media behemoth which is …