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Concurrent Media News & analysis of live, linear & over-the-top media, technology and policy. Paul Sweeting is also an analyst with the GigaOM Pro Network.

Concurrent Media is a web site published by Concurrent Media Strategies, LLC, a Washington, DC-based media and technology consulting and publishing company. Both the company and the web site were founded by Paul Sweeting, a long-time media industry journalist and analyst. The web site focuses on the impact of technology and public policy on the media and entertainment industries, with an emphasis on content monetization, intellectual property rights and business strategy.

The Philadelphia cable giant Coincast hopes to disrupt a $52.4 billion deal between 21st Century Fox and Disney for the ...
06/13/2018

The Philadelphia cable giant Coincast hopes to disrupt a $52.4 billion deal between 21st Century Fox and Disney for the bulk of Fox's assets. Source: Comcast Makes $65 Billion All-Cash Bid for Fox

The Philadelphia cable giant Coincast hopes to disrupt a $52.4 billion deal between 21st Century Fox and Disney for the bulk of Fox’s assets. Source: Comcast Makes $65 Billion All-Cash Bid fo…

AT&T's $85.4 billion proposed merger with Time Warner can proceed and does not pose antitrust problems, a federal judge ...
06/12/2018

AT&T's $85.4 billion proposed merger with Time Warner can proceed and does not pose antitrust problems, a federal judge ruled. Source: AT&T-Time Warner Merger Approved

AT&T’s $85.4 billion proposed merger with Time Warner can proceed and does not pose antitrust problems, a federal judge ruled. Source: AT&T-Time Warner Merger Approved

Remember the Great Set-Top Box War of 2016? That was the brouhaha touched off by then-Federal Communications Commission ...
06/08/2018

Remember the Great Set-Top Box War of 2016? That was the brouhaha touched off by then-Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler's effort to force cable TV operators to "unlock the box" and make their video service available as a standalone feed so that third-party device makers could incorporate the service into their own platforms and within their own user-interface functions. [ 608 more words ]

Apple and Amazon look beyond the set-top box wars

Whoever winds up with Fox will earn a controlling stake in Hulu, meaning that for the first time in its history, the com...
06/07/2018

Whoever winds up with Fox will earn a controlling stake in Hulu, meaning that for the first time in its history, the company will have a clear leader that will be able to strategically position it to its advantage. Source: Why Hulu matters so much in the Disney-Comcast fight over Fox

Whoever winds up with Fox will earn a controlling stake in Hulu, meaning that for the first time in its history, the company will have a clear leader that will be able to strategically position it …

The model the Europeans say they’re emulating is Hulu LLC, the U.S. streaming service owned by perennial antagonists Com...
06/07/2018

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. Source: 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. Source: European TV Get…

The push by the online retail giant highlights the seismic shifts happening in the world of entertainment, as digital ou...
06/07/2018

The push by the online retail giant highlights the seismic shifts happening in the world of entertainment, as digital outlets compete for eyeballs with traditional broadcasters. Source: Amazon Wins Exclusive U.K. Rights to Broadcast Some Premier League Matches

The push by the online retail giant highlights the seismic shifts happening in the world of entertainment, as digital outlets compete for eyeballs with traditional broadcasters. Source: Amazon Wins…

An Austrian court has ruled that video-sharing platform YouTube can be held partly liable for copyright breaches in vide...
06/07/2018

An Austrian court has ruled that video-sharing platform YouTube can be held partly liable for copyright breaches in videos uploaded by its users, in a ruling that may have far-reaching implications. Source: Youtube partly liable for copyright breaches: Austrian court

An Austrian court has ruled that video-sharing platform YouTube can be held partly liable for copyright breaches in videos uploaded by its users, in a ruling that may have far-reaching implications…

Unlike rivals AT&T and Comcast, the telecom giant hasn't made a public play for a major media company this year. Verizon...
06/07/2018

Unlike rivals AT&T and Comcast, the telecom giant hasn't made a public play for a major media company this year. Verizon says that's by design. Source: Is it Verizon's turn to join media merger mania?

Unlike rivals AT&T and Comcast, the telecom giant hasn’t made a public play for a major media company this year. Verizon says that’s by design. Source: Is it Verizon’s turn to…

Instagram is preparing to launch a new feature which could allow videos of up to an hour in length. Source: Instagram Co...
06/07/2018

Instagram is preparing to launch a new feature which could allow videos of up to an hour in length. Source: Instagram Could Soon Allow Users to Post Long-Form Video

Instagram is preparing to launch a new feature which could allow videos of up to an hour in length. Source: Instagram Could Soon Allow Users to Post Long-Form Video

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Amazon on Thursday announced the Fire TV Cube, the latest device in the tech giant’s family of Fire TV media streamers and the latest to employ its Alexa digital assistant. Source: Amazon’s Fire TV…

Apple announced a wide-reaching partnership with Charter Communications at its Worldwide Developers Conference that will...
06/07/2018

Apple announced a wide-reaching partnership with Charter Communications at its Worldwide Developers Conference that will let subscribers watch their pay TV service on Apple TV 4K later this year. Source: Charter to launch Spectrum TV app on Apple TV 4K

Apple announced a wide-reaching partnership with Charter Communications at its Worldwide Developers Conference that will let subscribers watch their pay TV service on Apple TV 4K later this year. S…

Twitter has reorganized content-partnership teams into regionally focused units, a move that includes disbanding the liv...
06/07/2018

Twitter has reorganized content-partnership teams into regionally focused units, a move that includes disbanding the live-video team. Source: Twitter Reorgs Content-Partnerships Group, Folds Live-Video Team Into Regional Structure (EXCLUSIVE)

Twitter has reorganized content-partnership teams into regionally focused units, a move that includes disbanding the live-video team. Source: Twitter Reorgs Content-Partnerships Group, Folds Live-V…

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