There may be another way that streaming-video services turn themselves into a mainstream alternative to regular TV: by going after your children.
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Google Play Music All Access Review: It’s Not a Spotify Competitor After All
Google Play Music All Access finally brings streaming music to Google’s stable, but it’s not really competing with Spotify at this point.
5 Things Google Play Music All Access Needs to Match (or Beat) Spotify [Updated]
Google has launched a streaming music service to rival Spotify.
Amazon Rumored to Be Prepping a TV Box for Streaming Video
Bloomberg reports “people with knowledge of the matter” as saying that Amazon is working on a TV box for streaming on-demand video. The rumored box will apparently be available later this year and looks to compete with the likes of Apple TV, Roku and similar streaming boxes.
Amazon Said to Plan TV Set-Top Box for Streaming Video [Bloomberg]
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Bajarin is the president of Creative Strategies Inc., a technology industry analysis and market-intelligence firm in Silicon Valley. He contributes to Big Picture, an opinion column that appears every Monday on Techland.
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Hulu and Netflix Begin Forays into Original Programming
It turns out the ongoing Hulu versus Netflix faceoff for streaming domination has just been buffering in preparation for the latest battle. Within one week, both streaming video giants have shed their identities as mere content …
Verizon Teams Up with Redbox to Go After Netflix
It’s a looming square-off of Shakespearean proportions: Smartphone colossus Verizon is buddying up with movie-rental-kiosk outfit Redbox to take the fight to streaming giant Netflix. Imagine Verizon’s press release articulated by …
Goodnight, Television?
We’re still some distance from a world where online streaming of content can truly challenge the dominance of television, but recent figures suggest that the number of households in the U.S. with at least one television actually …
NFL Announces Super Bowl to Stream Online and on Mobile App This Year
Going to be away from home on Super Bowl Sunday this year? No need to miss the game. According to the Associated Press, for the very first time, the NFL is going to be streaming NBC’s broadcast of the Super Bowl on the network’s …
Netflix Reveals New Mindset, New Competition and New Friends
You know who loves Netflix? Judging by comments made at the 39th Annual UBS Global Media and Communications Conference this week, the answer might be “everybody.” Not only did Time Warner CEO and Chairman Jeff Bewkes announce …
Disney Strikes a Video Deal with YouTube
Can’t beat ‘em? Join them. Disney and YouTube have reportedly struck a deal that helps both companies gain better traction in the online market.
The two companies have agreed to spend a combined $10-15 million producing an original video series that will be distributed on a co-branded channel on Disney and YouTube. Disney, who will be …
YouTube’s Audience Now 60% Non-English Speakers
How do you say “Double Rainbow” in Afrikaans? Yes, it appears YouTube has truly gone international, with 60% of its users now selecting something other than English while viewing it.
The news comes from a spokesperson from Google (which bought YouTube back in 2006), who dropped the statistic to GigaOm yesterday. Perhaps this shouldn’t …
