Digital streaming platforms are online services that deliver audio‑visual content over the internet via on‑demand and live streams, typically using subscription or ad‑supported business models. Research in this area examines competition among major services, shifts from broadcast and cable television to streaming, and the economics of subscriber growth, churn, and advertising. It also addresses platform governance, regulatory frameworks for content and privacy, and the broader transformation of media consumption, content creation, and distribution infrastructures such as content delivery networks.
Consumer & Gadgets
Even with 1.8 billion video streaming subscriptions worldwide, many services are seeing cancellation rates steadily rise, raising the question of why. An international study, published in the Journal of Retailing and Consumer ...
Feb 13, 2026
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Business
YouTube is updating its guidelines for videos containing content that advertisers define as controversial, allowing more creators to earn full ad revenue when they tackle sensitive issues in a nongraphic way.
Jan 17, 2026
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Business
In a seismic shift for one of television's marquee events, the Academy Awards will depart ABC and begin streaming on YouTube beginning in 2029, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday.
Dec 17, 2025
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Business
Warner Bros. is telling shareholders of the company that it believes a $72 billion buyout offer from Netflix is superior, and to reject a hostile takeover bid from Paramount Skydance.
Dec 17, 2025
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Business
The recent news that Netflix has agreed to buy part of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) for US$83 billion (£61.8 billion), followed by Paramount Global's hostile counterbid to acquire WBD in its entirety for US$108.4 billion, ...
Dec 12, 2025
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Business
Paramount on Monday launched a hostile takeover offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, initiating a potentially bruising battle with rival bidder Netflix to buy the company behind HBO, CNN and a famed movie studio along with the ...
Dec 8, 2025
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Business
Netflix struck a deal Friday to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, the Hollywood giant behind "Harry Potter" and HBO Max, in a $72 billion deal that would bring together two of the biggest players in television and film and potentially ...
Dec 5, 2025
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Internet
Big tech platforms, including TikTok and Netflix, are all looking to add video podcasts to their content, a rapidly growing format that attracts a young audience prized by advertisers and where YouTube dominates.
Nov 14, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
This week the Labor government announced it is poised to introduce a bill to parliament that will impose regulatory obligations on major subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services operating in Australia.
Nov 6, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Disney content has gone dark on YouTube TV, leaving subscribers of the Google-owned live streaming platform without access to major networks like ESPN and ABC.
Oct 31, 2025
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