Will the NFL pull out early from its agreement with DirecTV to carry its NFL Sunday Ticket out-of-market games package?

Source: Goodell: NFL Will Keep Talking to AT&T About Expanding ’Sunday Ticket’ to Streaming Platforms

Music marketplace Discogs has released its Marketplace Analysis & Database report for the first half of 2019 and it revealed some surprising data about online music retail.

Source: Discogs Mid-Year Survey Shows Surprising Surge In CD Sales

A new UBS survey shows 43% of Americans are “likely” to subscribe to Disney+ when it’s available in November, surpassing company estimates.

Source: Disney+ Subscriptions Could Double Company’s Projections

Ninja was the first high-profile talent to leave the live streaming platform Twitch for a competitor. But industry observers think he won’t be the last.

Source: Once dominant, Amazon-owned gaming platform Twitch has more competition and more problems – Digiday

With a subscriber miss, ballooning costs, competitors circling and an existential need to produce more in-house hits, the dominant streamer may be starting to look a lot like — gasp! — one of the entertainment giants whose world it turned upside down.

Source: Netflix Under Pressure: Can a Hollywood Disruptor Avoid Getting Disrupted?

The $11.99 per month bundle of Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu Basic not only represents a killer price point, it also jumpstarts the ad-supported model for OTT.

Source: How Disney’s New Bundle Instantly Changes The Streaming Landscape For Everyone

CBS Corp.’s investment in content and streaming-services expansion helped deliver better-than-expected revenue growth in its second quarter.

Source: Streaming Services Boost CBS Revenue

Facebook is offering news outlets millions of dollars for the rights to put their content in a news section that the company hopes to launch later this year.

Source: Facebook Offers News Outlets Millions of Dollars a Year to License Content

Live Planet, Inc., creator of advanced media technology infrastructure, announced the forthcoming launch of its Blockchain Virtual Reality

Source: World’s First Blockchain VR Network Set to Launch Top Content Creators

Disney just unveiled what FX president John Landgraf calls the “best value” in streaming — but Netflix shouldn’t be as worried as its newer competitors

Source: Disney Unveiled the ‘Best Value’ in Streaming; Should Netflix Be Worried?

Facebook is launching a U.S. test to sell subscriptions for BritBox, CollegeHumor’s Dropout, MotorTrend, and Tastemade Plus.

Source: Facebook to Test Selling Video Subscriptions

These new partnerships with digitally focused innovators will help alleviate concerns from collectors about their investments, the company said, as well as allow artists to to prove limited numbers and potentially increase sales.

Source: Artory Announces Partnerships to Help Protect Digital Art

The tokenization of virtual in-game assets would create a provably limited supply. As a result, users might spend more, possibly even treating their in-game expenditures as investments.

Source: Digital Assets Beyond Bitcoin: Three Blockchain Opportunities In Tech

As long expected, Tencent is poised to take a stake in Vivendi, reported to be 10%. While the news might not be surprising, there are a number of important factors at play.

Source: Why Tencent Wants A Stake in UMG [Mark Mulligan]