Netflix is expanding to nearly every country around the world, this week. The New York Times calls the move “an unexpected acceleration of the company’s aggressive quest for global ubiquity by the end of 2016.” Of course, the expansion does not include China.

It tried to make TV series and bankroll from advertising alone. Not very likely.

Fullscreen gets ready for an upcoming SVOD presence; BuzzFeed wants to impress with its coverage of the presidential race; and Vice is selling its stature--it's at NewFronts and also at upfronts, hyping its new Viceland network

Co-founder Rich Raddon sees five big streaming trends for 2016, including more cord-cutting, more SVOD, more ad blocking .

It will take that long for virtual reality headsets to become cheap and portable enough to replace smartphones as the tech industry’s dominant computing platform, the founder of Oculus VR has warned.

But Yahoo will pair its videos with relevant Yahoo digital magazines instead. Yahoo Screen was a big money drain, with projects like "Community" and other content costing them $42 million in the third quarter of 2015.

Activision Blizzard acquired Major League Gaming, and says the acquisition helps speed them to goal of popularizing e-sports.

Google Analytics says it notes a 40% increase in viewership of car videos. A survey indicates the most popular videos car shoppers focus on are test drives, walk-arounds and consumer reviews.

Conviva's  "Viewer Experience Report for 2015"  shows viewer demand for TV-quality experiences from streaming media. Episodic viewing was up 20%.