MCN Newswire: Hulu Ending Free Service; NBCU Signs Up With SnapChat; MobiTV Moving on Pay TV Plans

Top Stories - Aug. 9, 2016 Hulu to End Free Streaming Service Hulu confirmed that it will close down its free streaming service in the next couple of weeks as it applies more focus on its subscription services and a live TV service that's slated to debut next year.  more WHY THIS MATTERS: Saying it was no longer aligned with its content strategy, Hulu has relegated the free service to the Hulu.com website, and is not supporting other streaming platforms, including TV-connected gaming consoles and other devices, but will launch ad-supported access to some Hulu content via Yahoo View, a free TV site that launched Monday (see story under NEWS, below). NBCU, Snapchat Forge Content, Ad Deal NBCUniversal and Snapchat have inked a multiyear content and ad deal that calls for NBCU to produce original, episodic shows for Snapchat's Discover platform. more WHY THIS MATTERS: Under the agreement, which calls for NBCU to develop and sell ad packages that incorporate Snapchat's ad products, E! Entertainment's "E! News" and NBC's "The Voice" will be the first shows to develop customized video content for the platform. MobiTV Joins the Pay TV Hunt In a move that will certainly catch the Federal Communications Commission's attention as it pursues new set-top rules, MobiTV has come out firing with a new pay TV platform that enables providers to deliver services on a new class of streaming platforms while leaving old-style boxes in the dust. more WHY THIS MATTERS: Mississippi operator C Spire, which is working on a next-generation TV platform, is the first U.S.-based multichannel video programming distributor to team up with MobiTV as the company shifts its focus from international pay TV to the domestic market. Sponsored by Harmonic VOS™ Cloud Offerings: Bringing Simplicity, Efficiency and Agility The growing consumer demand for multiscreen video is changing the way in which content and service providers approach video delivery. more Video/Blogs/Events MCN Original Video Rich Cordella on NBC Sports Group's Streaming Coverage of the Rio Games MCN Hot Spot Logo's 'RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars' Season 2 Premieres Aug. 25 MCN Hot Spot National Geographic Channel's Trailer for 'Mars,' Premiering in November MCN Hot Spot Syfy's 'Incorporated' Premieres Nov. 30 The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner Who Needs A Gig? MCN Event News: 14th Annual Hispanic TV Summit NBCU's Conde, 'El Gordo y la Flaca' Hosts Estefan, De Molina, AT&T/DirecTV to Be Honored at Hispanic TV Summit Event News: 'B&C' Hall of Fame 2016 Cable's Michael Powell, Kevin Reilly, Jeff Wachtel to Be Inducted Oct. 18 News OPERATORS ACA Skewers CAF Proposals for Lacking Data, Avoiding Statutory Requirements NEXT TV Yahoo Offers a 'View' Into TV Nokia Gives 'Pete's Dragon' the VR Treatment Goldman Sachs Unit Plows $50M Into Kaltura ADVANCED ADVERTISING The All-Too-Slow Move to Adopt Ad Identifiers Related: Ad-ID's Geller: Tagging Ads Is No Longer a Luxury #TCA16 TCA16: Taken With One Who's 'Taken' at A&E's 'Born This Way' Breakfast Related: Complete Coverage of #TCA16 Event Updates News Technology Summit September 27-28, 2016 | Tampa Airport Marriott | Tampa, FL Learn More OnDemand Summit September 29, 2016 | Manhattan NYC, An Affinia Hotel | New York , NY Learn More NYC Television and Video Week Virtual Reality 20/20 October, 17, 2016 |The TimesCenter | New York , NY Learn More B&C Hall of Fame October, 18, 2016 |Waldorf Astoria | New York , NY Learn More Advanced Advertising October, 19, 2016 |Grand Hyatt | New York , NY Learn More Next TV Summit October, 19, 2016 |Grand Hyatt | New York , NY Learn More Hispanic Television Summit October, 20, 2016 |Grand Hyatt | New York , NY Learn More The Diversity Discussion December 5, 2016 |Convene Conference Center | New York, NY Learn More Broadcast Engineering Technician Hughes – Cheyenne, WY, United States General Manager WSRE-TV – Pensacola, FL, United States Broadcast Operations Technician II Hughes – Cheyenne, WY, United States Newscast Director The E.W. Scripps Company – CO, United States See all career listings here.   ©2016 NewBay Media, LLC

Manage Your Email Preferences/Unsubscribe Change Your Email Address To report abuse. You have received this message because you previously gave your email address to NewBay Media LLC. © 2016 NewBay Media LLC, 28 East 28th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10016 | 212.378.0400