Video Lures More Media Companies

Publishing company Complex has become the latest media outlet to license original programming to a streaming service, in this case both Netflix and Hulu. The first will get six shows while the second gets 10. Complex’s situation is a bit different, as the article points out, than efforts by publishers like Vox Media and others…… Continue reading Video Lures More Media Companies

Social Networks Next Big Innovation: Basically Inventing TV

A couple days ago Facebook introduced Watch, a way for people to watch new, more formal shows, on the network. Shows are made up of episodes which can be recorded and published by the producers or they can be streamed live. If that sounds a lot like how TV has worked for much of the…… Continue reading Social Networks Next Big Innovation: Basically Inventing TV