Northover Media Inc
Building streaming platforms audiences love.
Our mission: surfacing quality broadcast journalism and factual TV to US and global audiences — at scale.
We create and scale free, ad-supported streaming products across live news and factual TV — combining broadcaster partnerships, elegant product design and programmatic monetisation to grow high-retention CTV audiences.
NewsPlay
- · Where the news lives.
- · Free, ad-supported live news from around the world
- · 86 channels — US local, world news, weather, markets & factual
- · Live on Android, Google TV & Amazon Fire TV — Roku & Apple TV coming soon
Docos.TV
- · The world’s home of factual TV.
- · Spanning unscripted, history, science, nature & true stories.
- · Curated for the curious.
- · Live on Android, Google TV & Amazon Fire TV — Roku & Apple TV coming soon.
NewsPlay,where the news lives.
NewsPlay is live on Android, Google TV and Amazon Fire TV — with iPhone, iPad and Roku coming soon. A cable-like, lean-back interface for the post over-the-air TV era.
iPad — NBC News Now
Local News — 10 Tampa Bay
Docos.TV,the world’s home of factual TV.
Docos.TV is live on Android, Google TV and Amazon Fire TV. A cable-like, lean-back interface for factual TV and docos — bringing the world’s best documentary content to your screen. Free, forever.
Smart TV — Biography: The Icons
iPhone — Docos.TV
Distribute your content. Reach new audiences.
Northover Media distributes free, ad-supported live news and factual content across web and connected-TV. We’re actively seeking broadcaster and content owner partnerships to grow NewsPlay and Docos.TV.
- Free distribution — web, Android, Google TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku (coming)
- No cost to broadcasters — pure revenue share model
- Ad-supported — rev share on monetised inventory
- 86+ live channels currently streaming on NewsPlay
- 18,000+ active users — 90%+ US-based audience
- Texas, Florida & California top markets
- Broadcaster meetings at NAB Show April 2026
- Simple onboarding — HLS stream integration
For partners & investors
Northover Media, Inc. (Delaware C-Corp) is an independent media & technology company building next-generation free, ad-supported streaming brands — with a clear path to revenue via programmatic advertising, broadcaster partnerships and premium tiers.
Ryan Northover — industry veteran with 16+ years across streaming, digital media, marketing and audience development. Former senior roles at News Corp, Paramount and Network Ten Australia. Building Northover Media Inc full-time since 2025.
Northover Media Inc is seeking pre-seed investment partners. Accredited investors can request our investor brief.
- Two brands live: NewsPlay (live news) & Docos.TV (factual)
- 18,000+ active users — 90%+ US audience, Texas, Florida & California top markets
- Primary demographic: men 55+ — highest-value CTV ad audience for news, finance & automotive
- Live on Android, Google TV & Amazon Fire TV — Roku launching April 2026
- Apple TV build complete — App Store approval pending broadcaster authorisation letters
- 76% US CTV device coverage across Android TV, Fire TV, Roku and Apple TV
- US CTV ad market: $38B in 2026, growing 14% YoY — projected $52B+ by 2029
- FAST & ad-supported streaming now reaches 60%+ of US households
- Streaming accounts for 47.5% of all US TV viewing — linear TV in structural decline
- 84%+ of CTV inventory transacted programmatically — low barrier to monetisation
- Revenue model: programmatic CTV advertising, broadcaster rev-share, premium tier
- NAB Show Las Vegas — April 2026: broadcaster & platform meetings confirmed
Let’s build something people love.
Whether you’re a broadcaster, content owner, platform partner or investor — we’d love to hear from you.