Summary by Glenn Goldstein:

In our era of social isolation, streaming audiences are craving connected experiences with friends and family – and streaming services are responding with features that enable synchronized co-viewing of content with integrated video and text chat. Sling TV is the latest to join the party, along with offerings available or in the works from services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu.

Summary by Scott Favelle:

Ashley Boyd said in a blog post, “YouTube recommendations can be delightful, but they can also be dangerous. The platform has a history of recommending harmful content—from pandemic conspiracies to political disinformation—to its users, even if they’ve previously viewed harmless content.”

Summary by Scott Favelle:

At the center of the disagreement was the percentage of ad inventory Roku and NBCUniversal would each be able to monetize on Peacock if Peacock were to go live on Roku devices.

Summary by Scott Favelle:

Discovery, Inc.’s public discussions about a new streaming service that pulls together content from all its brands could soon become a reality for consumers. CEO David Zaslav said Discovery’s new streaming service will be “coming to the market very soon” and he said his company is “aggressively driving” new original content for the platform.

Summary by Scott Favelle:

Smaller SVoD players need to partner up or be acquired in order to compete with the big players according to Moody’s analyst Neil Begley. the SVoD world is splitting into two tiers, with smaller players needing to “partner up in some fashion or be acquired to achieve the girth necessary.

Summary by Scott Favelle:

Through the remainder of 2020 the IAB with Nielsen, the endorsed audience measurement provider in Australia, will work towards developing a new privacy compliant and future-proofed audience measurement system based on industry standards accepted by advertisers, agencies, and media.

Summary by Scott Favelle:

The good news is that most of the major On-demand Streaming Services and Live TV Streaming Services already support P.I.P on iOS 14 out of the box.