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
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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Business
YouTube TV viewers can no longer see Disney channels including ABC and ESPN after the two sides failed to agree on a new content distribution deal.
Oct 31, 2025
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Business
Artificial intelligence is changing how we shop online, but when it comes to selling products through livestreams, humans still have the edge.
Sep 10, 2025
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Business
C-SPAN said Wednesday that it had reached a deal to have its three channels air on YouTube TV and Hulu's live television feed, ending a dispute that had led to a revenue squeeze for the public affairs network in the cord-cutting ...
Sep 3, 2025
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Business
The Walt Disney Co. will pay a $10 million fine to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit alleging it allowed personal data to be collected on kids under 13, violating federal law.
Sep 3, 2025
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Business
Fox channels could soon be pulled from YouTube TV if the two sides don't ink a new content use deal Wednesday, potentially leaving subscribers of the Google-owned streamer without Week 1 of some college football games and ...
Aug 27, 2025
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Business
What can you do in 60 seconds? In short dramas, or "micro dramas," that's enough time for a billionaire CEO to fall in love with his contracted wife, or for a werewolf mafia boss to break a curse.
Aug 19, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Most content platforms thrive on user engagement, but a professor at the University of Miami Patti and Allan Herbert Business School has discovered that too much of it can be harmful.
Aug 8, 2025
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Business
Netflix reported stronger-than-expected second-quarter results Thursday, with profit jumping 45% year-over-year as the streaming giant benefited from subscription price increases and a growing advertising business.
Jul 18, 2025
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