Streaming Services Compete for Tech Workers . The industry is booming, and that’s good news for people with a range of tech skills

Streaming video services are in fierce competition for more than just eyeballs. They also are fighting for software engineers, data scientists and other tech professionals at a time when joblessness in the U.S., ...

Watch Google, Facebook, and YouTube’s rise to dominance in this hypnotic video . A mesmerizing 8-minute video shows how AOL, Yahoo, and MSN fell to the current web kingpins over the course of two decades.

Today, AOL and Yahoo are near-worthless divisions of a phone company, as Verizon picks their digital bones to assimilate, sell off, or shut down what’s left. But two decades ...

Netflix and Spotify Might Be Required to Issue Emergency Alerts From the Government Just Like TV and Radio . Streaming services like Netflix, Disney+, and Spotify might be required to issue emergency alerts from the government if U.S. lawmakers have their ...

The Need for Speed: Demand for Low-Latency Streaming Is High . Thomas Kramer, VP of product management at codec vendor MainConcept, feels that Apple’s move is complicating the ABR ecosystem, which has been slowly ...

BBC Launches Tor Mirror Site To Thwart Media Censorship . In an effort to fight media censorship, the BBC has made a version of its website available on Tor, a privacy-focused browser that makes it more difficult to monitor a user's online activity. According to the BBC, countries such as China, Iran and Vietnam have attempted to block access to its ...

BBC risks “lost generation” of younger viewers . The BBC may not be sustainable in its current form if it fails to regain younger audiences who are increasingly tuning out of its services, according ...

Streaming Services Compete for Tech Workers . The industry is booming, and that’s good news for people with a range of tech skills

Streaming video services are in fierce competition for more than just eyeballs. They also are fighting for software engineers, data scientists and other tech professionals at a time when joblessness in the U.S., ...

In a crowded market, smaller streaming services must stand out — or perish . This story is part of a Times series on the great streaming wars of 2019. Click here to read the rest of our coverage of Disney +, Apple TV +, HBOMax and more.

Fifty miles from Netflix’s headquarters, entrepreneur Farhad Massoudi is building an alternative to the country’s most popular subscription ...

Globo trials 5G broadcast in Brazil . Grupo Globo, which runs the largest TV network in Latin America, carried out Brazil’s first 5G-Broadcast field trial, during the Rock in Rio festival ...

The UK porn block is finally dead . The United Kingdom has finally scrapped a plan to require age verification for accessing porn online, following years of tortuous debate and setbacks. Nicky Morgan, the secretary of state for digital, culture, media, and sport, says the government “will not be commencing” Part 3 of the Digital ...