Facebook is pursuing rights to music videos from major record labels, programming that could boost interest in its Watch video service, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Comcast’s Sky dominated coverage of Europe’s top club soccer competition in Germany for the past two decades. Now the streamers are taking over.
YouTube has said it will take a “stronger stance against threats and personal attacks” by banning videos that “maliciously insult” people based on their race, gender expression or sexual orientation.
The streaming singularity has arrived, as the largest video service is making a show about the largest audio service.
The Internet Service Providers’ Association has criticised a proposal by the Law Reform Commission to require ISPs to block adult Web content, saying similar efforts have not worked elsewhere in the world.
The Irishman, the thee-and-a-half hour gangster epic that debuted on Netflix last week, was seen by 13.2 million US viewers over its first five days of release, a solid showing for a film on the streaming service.
The police have arrested an individual in Cape Town suspected of illegally selling pirate Internet streaming devices and online content subscriptions.
Amazon.com needs to shake off a patchy record in live sports when it brings the world’s richest soccer competition to millions of fans from Tuesday.
The media ecosystem is undergoing a massive change as streaming video looks to extend its recent dominance over traditional distribution, according to research firm MoffettNathanson.
Cell C is pulling the plug on Black, its ill-fated video-on-demand platform in which it invested well north of R1-billion since its launch just two years ago.