In 2014, Disney paid $500 million for Maker Studios and said if Maker hit certain targets by the end of 2015, it would pay up to another $450 million. It appears Maker won't quite make it. 

 Reuters is launching  the Reuters Partner Marketplace, it said, giving clients access to what seems like "back of the book" premium video content from exclusive partners. Subscribers will be able to access fully-licensed video content from specialist providers including Next Media Animation, Hollywood.TV and Rumble.  It will range from animated news content, celebrity entertainment news, science, technology and viral videos.

 Samsung announced a Periscope-like live video service called Live Broadcast. A user can shoot video with the new Galaxy S6 Edge Plus or Galaxy Note 5 to stream video live to another phone, tablet, or desktop computer. The broadcast stream can go out to an individual, a group of contacts, or  YouTube Live.

Firetalk teamed up with the Young Turks to provide  interactivity for the live stream of the long-standing progressive political program.  Firetalk will be simulcasting the Young Turk’s talk show featuring founder Cenk Uygur twice a week, giving viewers a chance to chat with the hosts and other viewers during the show.

Relativity Media, which has declared bankruptcy, has a deal to produce films for Netflix. So far, it's completed two this year and in papers  filed  in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan Wednesday afternoon, Netflix says it has concerns about Relativity being able to deliver the minimum number of films a year called for in its contract. Relativity's contract runs to 2018. 

Within the first five days of its release on July 16, “Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser,” got over one million streams, and then over two million within the first two and a half weeks. By some measures, it's more successful than the original "Joe Dirt" cult film released theatrically in 2001. 

 Snapchat’s first original scripted series, "SnapperHero" received a surprising six nominations. "Epic Rap Battles of History" and "Video Game High School" got four each. You Tube snatched most of the nominations, but social video categories, new this year, made their mark. A list of nominees here.  

A company called Shine developed an ad blocker for mobile phones that would stop the ad at the carrier level. It's in a test. Meanwhile, publishers are trying find some middle ground. 

Maybe it's all about Google's other far-flung pursuits, but the new Alphabet structure may let investors find out how much YouTube earns, if anything 

James Corden will tape his show from YouTube's Los Angeles space and feature a roster of its stars.