European TV Gets Ready to Fight Off Netflix and HBO

The model the Europeans say they’re emulating is Hulu LLC, the U.S. streaming service owned by perennial antagonists Comcast, Time Warner, 21st Century Fox, and Walt Disney.

AT&T’s WarnerMedia is joining Disney in the race to launch a global direct-to-consumer streaming platform next year. The new platform will be fronted by HBO, with content from additional WarnerMedia brands bundled around that premium cable service Source: WarnerMedia to Launch Direct to Consumer Streaming Service in Late 2019

Netflix Content Quota in Europe May Lead to TV Buying Spree

New regulations that require 30 percent of streaming programming to be of homegrown origin are likely to spur streamers to boost their investment in Europe by increasing both original productions and local acquisitions. Source: Netflix Content Quota in Europe May Lead to TV Buying Spree

Chase Carey: Expect continued media consolidation, because scale matters

Media consolidation will continue as companies compete for unique franchises and greater scale, 21st Century Fox Vice Chair Chase Carey told CNBC on Tuesday. Source: Expect continued media consolidation, because scale matters, 21st Century Fox vice chair says

The pay TV conundrum: cord shavers, cord cutters and cord nevers

According to the latest IHS Markit “Connected Devices & Media Consumption” survey, one-third of pay TV households downsized their pay TV packages across the United States. Source: The pay TV conundrum: cord shavers, cord cutters and cord nevers

Hollywood startup NewTV christens itself Quibi

NewTV, the closely watched Hollywood startup with $1 billion in funding from Hollywood studios, on Wednesday rechristened itself Quibi, a portmanteau of “quick bites” Source: Hollywood startup NewTV christens itself Quibi

Spotify and Netflix both make moves to reduce payments to Apple

Various content-on-demand platforms have expressed concerns about how three of their big competitors – Apple, Amazon and Google – all also control devices, operating systems, stores and/or other channels that they rely on to sell their services. Source: Spotify and Netflix both make moves to reduce payments to Apple

‘Facebook What?’ Half of Users Have Never Heard of Facebook’s Watch Video Service

A year after Facebook Watch’s initial rollout, a survey found that 50% of U.S. adult Facebook users have never heard of the video service. Source: ‘Facebook What?’ Half of Users Have Never Heard of Facebook’s Watch Video Service

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