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How ABC News Is Dominating in Livestream Video – and Eliminating the Need for Second Screens
“When viewers watch live, they’re watching eight times longer than they do VOD on the Facebook platform,” ABC News’ SVP of content and partnerships Colby Smith says
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Inside Newsy’s Plan to Use Live Video – With a Focus on the Midwest, Not the Coasts
After more than doubling revenue in 2018, the company looks to live video to build its operations
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Topgolf Partners with WndrCo-Backed Whistle Sports on New Season of ‘The Tour’ (Exclusive)
The 14-episode series will launch this fall on Topgolf’s YouTube channel
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ProPublica Wins First Peabody Catalyst Award, News and Audio Winners Announced
“No fake news here,” says Jeffrey Jones, executive director of the Peabody Awards
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Chernin Group-Backed MeatEater Hires Anthony Licata as Editor-in-Chief
Licata will lead the company’s editorial efforts in its four core verticals: hunting, fishing, conservation and wild foods
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Ryan Reynolds, Stephen Curry, Monica Lewinsky Among 2019 Webby Award Winners
Disney named Webby Media Company of the Year with 32 awards
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Singapore’s Mediacorp to Adapt Wattpad Stories for OTT Service
Using stories created on Wattpad, the companies will adapt scripted series and films for Mediacorp’s OTT service Toggle
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YouTuber Marques Brownlee Lands New Series ‘Retro Tech’ on YouTube
Known as MKBHD on YouTube, Brownlee’s show will be based on his “Dope Tech” review videos
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Inside ABC News’ Live OTT Strategy: ‘I Don’t Frankly Care If Anyone Over 40 Watches’
Reaching more than 5 million monthly viewers in less than a year, ABC News Live seeks to reinvent the way news is delivered
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Sports Operators Investment in OTT Technology to Hit $6.6 Billion by 2021, Study Finds
Figure is an increase from $5.6 billion in 2018
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Sony Pictures Television, Wattpad to Co-Produce Original Programming for Television
Under the agreement, Sony will have a first-look at up-and-coming Wattpad stories
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Newsy’s Ahmed Al-Kalby on Why OTT Data Can Be a Double-Edged Sword
“The numbers can also overstate successes — as well as problems,” he says
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Complex Networks Partners With Viacom’s Pluto TV on 24/7 Channel (Exclusive)
Complex’s content will be available on-demand and through its own 24/7 channel on Pluto TV
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Group Nine’s The Dodo Announces First-Ever Content Slate (Exclusive)
The slate includes three new series and nine renewals
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Uproxx Names Former Condé Nast Exec Adam Smith as Chief Revenue Officer
Smith will be based in Los Angeles and report directly to CEO Benjamin Blank