Apple is in talks to acquire U.S. streaming rights to Formula 1 starting in 2026, as ESPN's current contract nears expiration. Apple’s growing interest follows its recent F1: The Movie success and is part of a broader live sports strategy…

Ask Skip calls out the overuse of “hours watched” as a hollow engagement metric that rarely connects to real business outcomes. While streamers celebrate time spent, most fail to prove how it drives revenue, loyalty, or retention—especially when that time…

Fox Nation is entering live sports for the first time with an exclusive streaming deal for Professional Bull Riders' Friday Night Live series. The move follows a successful test run with Kid Rock’s Rock N Rodeo and marks the first…

AI is reshaping streaming behind the scenes, not with flashy deepfakes, but by quietly transforming how platforms test and ship their apps. From auto-generating test scripts to catching bugs across dozens of devices and languages, AI is becoming mission-critical infrastructure.…

Disney and Hearst have enlisted Wells Fargo to explore a sale of A+E Global Media, which includes A&E, History, and Lifetime. Despite its global reach, vast content library, and growing FAST footprint, the move signals more about the declining state…

Hollywood isn’t being disrupted by AI, it’s being rebuilt around it. From animation and dubbing to distribution and personalization, AI is now baked into the workflows that drive production and reach. The companies treating AI as core infrastructure, not a…

Fantasy Life has raised $7 million in a funding round led by LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s LRMR Ventures to transform into a fully-integrated fantasy football platform. Central to the shift is its acquisition of Guillotine League, a high-engagement, survival-style…

Basics of Streaming dives deeper into how modern streaming stacks manage video delivery through advanced codecs, streaming protocols, cloud encoding, and DRM systems. The column explains how platforms use codecs like AV1 and VP9 for better compression, protocols like HLS…

Amazon will shut down the standalone Freevee app in August, finalizing its plan to consolidate ad-supported streaming content within Prime Video. As covered by The Streaming Wars in November 2024, Amazon began phasing out Freevee last year to streamline its…

From the Archives chronicles Veoh’s ambitious rise and eventual fall after launching in 2005 to reshape online video. Despite early innovation and backing from major media and tech investors, Veoh’s lack of strategic focus, unclear identity, and unsustainable business model…