Verizon's president of media and telematics, Marni Walden, to speak at...
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View ArticleVerizon thinks it's created the go-to entertainment app for Millennials — and...
Launched earlier this month, go90 is Verizon’s answer to the youth market that has given up on cable TV and tends to get addicted to all kinds of things on its phones.The company aims to create a...
View ArticleAn online video powerhouse that's sold 18 shows in the past year is...
Tony Valenzuela is trying to explain to me why I’m looking at online video the wrong way.Valenzuela’s offbeat supernatural drama, “The Fourth Door,” was picked up by Verizon’s new streaming service...
View ArticleVerizon has hired thousands of people to create the video service it says...
It’s no secret that the traditional cable TV business is in trouble, as younger millennial cord-cutters don’t see a need to pay for TV service. Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam thinks his company’s recently...
View ArticleHere's how you can win money while watching Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's new...
Oscar winners Ben Affleck and Matt Damon executive produced a unique interactive web series for go90 called "The Runner," which plans to award at least $1 million in prizes over the next 30 days.On the...
View ArticleNetflix says it could start giving you different versions of a show depending...
Netflix wants to recut some of its original shows and movies so that they'll be better to watch on your smartphone, the company's head of product, Neil Hunt, said in a press briefing.“It’s not...
View ArticleVerizon insiders describe the fight to save go90, its video service that has...
The anticipation was palpable inside Verizon in the weeks leading up to the big launch.The forthcoming video service, to be called go90, was a quarter-billion-dollar bet that Verizon could evolve from...
View ArticleVerizon has spent at least $200 million on video for its go90 service, which...
Verizon spent $200 million last year on programming for its millennial-focused video service go90, according to a former member of the go90 team with knowledge of the matter.Multiple other former go90...
View ArticleVerizon's growth prospects look grim, but there's a way it could climb out of...
On Thursday, Verizon turned in a dismal earnings report, with profits falling 20% and post-paid phone subscriber losses reaching a record high."At least they're setting records," T-Mobile CEO John...
View ArticleVerizon's go90 boss is out as Verizon fights to save the video service it's...
Chip Canter, the GM in charge of Verizon's millennial-focused go90 video service, is out, the company confirmed to Business Insider.Canter, a former NBCU exec, joined go90 last April, a few months...
View ArticleVerizon's president of media and telematics, Marni Walden, to speak at...
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View ArticleVerizon is discontinuing Go90, its free video service that burned more than...
Verizon's free mobile video service, Go90, will officially be discontinued on July 31, according to representatives.The service featured original programming and content from partners but ultimately...
View Article'It was an accelerant': Why Complex Networks' CEO isn't worried about the...
Complex Networks benefited from Verizon's big bet on digital video when it gave the company an estimated $150 million to make series for mobile video service Go90.Verizon shut down Go90 a year ago,...
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