The company plans to show off a new video fanzine, called Instant,at VidCon 2016 next month in Anaheim. The publication will include news, features and exclusives about — and created by — top influencers on YouTube, Snapchat, Instagram, YouNow, Vine and other platforms. Instant will be designed for mobile web browsers with content presented in a continuous video stream. 

AT&T will acquire the video streaming platform that powers over-the-top video and TV Everywhere services that helps its customers stream their video content to any device, including mobile phones. AT&t plans its own new over the top service

Perhaps working with rival ITV, the BBC is planning its own Netflix/Amazon-type OTT service, says The Daily Telegraph in Britain, and says it's going by the tentative title Britflix. A commission earlier this month suggested Beeb start a new online service. The Guardian floated a similar story in March

Playboy cut out nudity in its print product beginning with the March, on Friday unveiled a slate of digital video programming covering topics like tech, food and gaming at its first-ever NewFront presentation. Playboy's online site content has been suitable-for-work since 2014

Three years after it burst onto the scene to create a new breed of short-form comedy and give rise to a group of heartthrob stars, Vine is struggling. Marketers and ad buyers that paid creators to make “sponsored” Vines have soured on the app, which is owned by Twitter, and are directing dollars toward competitors like Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram. Video creators frustrated with Vine have followed the ad money, and some of the top “Viners” rarely post anymore as they focus on their other social media accounts.

A study from Cordcutting.com estimates watching Netflix saves you 160 hours of commercials a year, if, like Netflix says, you use is for about one hour and 40 minutes a day

It seemed inevitable this would happen, and it did. A woman, about 20, threw herself under a train south of Paris on Tuesday. She had given some warning in a text message but people apparently didn't take her comments seriously. The video has been removed from Periscope.

In what Bloomberg calls a “dramatic expansion,” Spotify is branching out into original video content. Already, it has deals in place to produce 12 original series with actor Tim Robbins and music mogul Russell Simmons. “Episodes of every program, which range from a few minutes to 15 minutes, will be available to free and paid Spotify users in the U.S., U.K., Germany and Sweden,” Bloomberg reports.

At its NewFronts presentation, National Geographic announced it would stream a short form prequel to its November premiere of "Mars" on the cable channel. The online version, "Before Mars" centers on two young female Martians living uncomfortable in rural America who want. . . their own space. Not on Earth. 

YouTube's claims it's luring millennials away from TV got some pushback from says Time Warner Cable Media at its NewFronts presentation. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki claimed Thursday her company reaches more 18- to 49-year-olds on mobile alone than any TV network. It was only a matter of time before someone from the TV side—say, several networks—returned fire, and that was most likely to happen during the upcoming broadcast upfront presentations. Time Warner Cable Media took up the charge, devoting its NewFronts presentation at New York's Edison Ballroom to making the case that TV is still by far the …