upLynk, a streaming technology platform, was selected as one of four vendors essential for all digital media businesses in the 2013 Gartner Cool Vendors report. Gartner recognized upLynk for finding a practical solution to help broadcasters monetize their content with a simple workflow for streaming video online.
Disney’s ABC network will become the first broadcast network to stream its shows live online through an ongoing service, starting with viewers of its TV stations in New York and Philadelphia on May 14 and expanding to its other stations by the end of the summer.
Just in time for Tuesday’s fall-schedule announcement, ABC is introducing its long-rumored Watch ABC app for live-streaming TV shows. Viewers in New York and Philadelphia will be the first to have access to the service
This week, ABC is taking the fight against Aereo to the New York-based startup’s home turf: the network will start streaming its entire programming schedule in real-time to viewers in New York and Philadelphia. This marks the first time one of the major broadcasters has streamed a 24-hour live feed online.