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NBCU Pulls Plug on Peacock’s Free Version for New Customers
The streamer’s total content hours are expected to reach 100,000 during 2023 (up from about 80,000), and both paid tiers will offer popular current shows such as the new “Poker Face,” as well as continue to offer live sports...
Read MoreParamount+ Pulls Multiple Titles Off Service, Joining Other Streamers in Removing Content
Although it’s likely few streamers will have to make major cuts the way HBO Max did last year, more content removals are probably on the way around the streaming industry. According to Deadline, Paramount+ is removing seven...
Read MoreNetflix Unveils Password Sharing Rules
“As long as the device being used to watch Netflix is using the internet connection in the primary account owner’s household, we will not require verification,” the company said.. Netflix is so confident that the device...
Read MoreVodafone Sees Big Drop in TV Customers
Vodafone lost 140,000 European TV customers in its fiscal third quarter to the end of December. In Spain, Vodafone saw its service revenue decline by a whopping 8.7% due to price competition, a lower customer base and a...
Read MoreFact Check: is Peacock Growth Offsetting Linear TV Decline?
Homes reached by TV channels from Comcast-owned NBCU have faired a little better thanks to the growth of vMVPDs like YouTube TV and Sling TV. Jeff Shell, NBCU’s CEO, thinks Peacock’s freemium model (providing free and paid tiers...
Read MoreShowtime, Paramount+ Merger: $300M-Plus in Cost Savings Estimated
While he didn’t discuss the combination of Paramount+ and Showtime in it, he addressed the Hollywood conglomerate’s streaming business and stuck to his “underweight” rating and $14 stock price target, citing continued streaming...
Read MoreDiscovering Creative Insights in Promotional Artwork
A creator could find this pattern of images within the cluster below, confirm that the pattern has worked well in the past using performance data, and use this as inspiration to create final artwork. In practice, we surface...
Read MoreFebruary Price Rise Confirmed for Sports Streamer KAYO
Foxtel-owned sport streaming service Kayo has confirmed a price rise for customers on its most popular plan. The cost increase for Kayo comes after the streamer has recently renegotiated massive new costly broadcast deals for...
Read MoreComcast Aims for Single Global Platform
Comcast is aiming to deliver a single user interface across its online television services, including Sky Glass, providing global economies of scale. While Comcast lost almost two million traditional cable television customers...
Read MoreNetflix Steadies the Ship with a Smaller Piece of the Pie
Pescatore tells Streaming Media, “Unquestionably, new shows ensure that Netflix ends the year in a far stronger position, building on blockbuster thirds quarter with normal service restored. It expects streaming services to...
Read MoreNewsmax Shutting Down Free Streaming Service
It should be noted that while the free version has been readily avaialable for Newsmax customers without said pay-TV partners the pay services have been paying Newsmax retransmision fees for the right to have the news feed built...
Read MoreCharter Reports Loss of 145K Cable TV Subscribers
The company reported a healthy growth of 615,000 new mobile lines, compared to 380,000 added a year ago. In its latest quarterly earnings report, Charter Communications said it lost 145,000 cable TV subscribers, more than double...
Read MoreNBCUniversal Projects Peak Losses on Peacock to Hit $3 Billion This Year
Looking ahead, the company will have even more to celebrate, as it expects Peacock to hit peak losses in the current calendar year before shifting to “steadily improve” over time, with hopes it returns NBCU’s media segment to...
Read MoreSamsung Unchaining TV Plus. Expect Other OEMs to Follow.
To maximize the value of the content in The Roku Channel, the company makes it available on competitor TV OSs including Samsung’s Tizen and Amazon’s Fire TV. Samsung is rumored to be talking to competitors about making TV Plus...
Read MoreNetflix’s New Chapter
The simplified story of Netflix’s founding starts with Reed Hastings grumbling over a $40 late charge from Blockbuster, and ends with the brick-and-mortar giant going bankrupt as customers came to prefer online rentals from...
Read MoreGroupM: ‘It’s Realistic’ Netflix Will Become a Top 25 Ad Seller
While Netflix management did not disclose explicit ad-revenue figures in their earnings call late last week, GroupM’s Kate Scott-Dawkins noted they estimated that advertising would be “greater than 10%” of total revenues. Based...
Read MoreNetflix Blows Away Expectations on Subscriber Numbers
Netflix added millions more subscribers in the fourth quarter than Wall Street expected, helping to send shares of the streamer up after the bell despite a big earnings miss. During the company’s prerecorded earnings call,...
Read MoreNetflix Execs Say Advertising Tier is Off to “Solid” Start; Viewing is on Par with Ad-Free Level, Will Account for 10% Of…
“The hardest step is that first step as you’re crawling,” Co-CEO Greg Peters said during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings interview. Founded in 2007 as an ad-only joint venture when most streaming occurred on laptops, Hulu...
Read MoreYouTube TV Launches Redesigned Live Guide, Library Updates Coming Soon
Your viewing experience on the live TV streaming service is about to get a lot smoother, thanks to new updates to its live viewing guide, as well as its DVR library menu. The live guide also features curated recommendations at...
Read MoreNetflix Earnings Preview: How Well Did the Ad-Tier Launch Go?
For example, J.P. Morgan analyst Doug Anmuth, who has an “overweight” rating and $330 price target on the stock, previewed the latest quarterly update in a report entitled “Ad Tier in Focus, But Core Trends More Important as...
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