Apps like Stremio are cheaper and easier to navigate than streaming services. In many ways, they solve the very problems streaming initially promised to fix.
- Associate Professor of Screen Media, Victoria University
According to Netflix, more than 80% of what its users watch is driven by its recommender system.
Replacing players with virtual avatars was partly a necessity due to exclusive media rights deals. But beyond that, it presents some opportunities.
With Channel Nine holding the broadcast rights to the Paris games, other networks are hamstrung. Here’s how the system works.
As part of recent challenges, multiple services have removed TV and film from their libraries – in many cases, meaning they are gone forever, inaccessible to any fan.
With the rise of streaming platforms, Australian television can reach a global audience – but what will that audience be seeing?
Could a lingering impact of coronavirus be a new heyday of the original socially-distanced cinema?
Apple’s decision to end iTunes for its new desktop operating system is an attempt to retain and regain market share from rival media platforms.
Take note anyone planning to purchase an 8K television in the near future: Australians may have difficulty accessing image quality that will match the screen’s potential.
How likely are you to tune in to watch a streamed show at the same time as your friends, and chat in real time online? This is the goal of Facebook Watch.
Is the Australian media industry willing to come together to fight against global streaming media companies, or will Australian media continue to battle each other?
Fans have shown they’re willing to watch major sporting events on devices other than traditional TVs, but the technology is letting them down.
A 40-year partnership between Cricket Australia and the Nine Network ended today, with Seven and Foxtel securing media rights. The deal means more hours of coverage and is a big win for Foxtel.
The rights to broadcast cricket are being fought over by many different companies, who all want to stream the games.
CBS is not only the likely new owner of Ten Network but a major supplier of content to every television network and streaming service.
The cost and confusion of having content tied to so many different streaming platforms could ultimately provoke a return to bundling and a pay TV model.
The problems some people had trying to watch Game of Thrones via the internet shows we still have a long way to go before we can live-stream major events to a mass online audience.
New ABS figures on film, TV and digital gaming show that subscription broadcasters and online content creators are booming. Yet local content quotas only apply to free-to-air broadcasters.
Ten Network has been placed in voluntary administration, after major shareholders refused to guarantee another loan.
Negotiations for the new media rights for cricket in Australia could see a change in how we watch games, and even be linked to a drop in people actually playing the game.
TV manufacturers have turned their backs on 3D technology. But there’s a new technology hoping to win over viewers, and you don’t need to buy a new TV.
The new motoring series will be used to help launch another video on demand service in Australia. But will consumers find away to access the show and avoid paying another fee?
Today’s Melbourne Cup will be streamed on Twitter for the first time. So how much can social media compete with traditional broadcasters for sports?
With Quickflix saved but Presto on the way out, it’s hard to predict who will emerge as the winners as battle for video-on-demand viewers intensifies.
The way we consume sport is changing, and that’s having massive ramifications on the way sport and broadcast television are funded.
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