Super Bowl LIX will be everywhere on February 9. The 2025 Super Bowl is set to air on Fox, and will also be available on Fox Deportes, the NFL’s digital properties and on NBCUniversal’s Telemundo […]
Alex Weprin
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Now that Venu Sports is dead, DirecTV thinks that it can fill the void. The satellite TV service is launching a new, streaming multichannel video service called MySports, which will feature the same channels as […]
Venu is dead. The sports-focused streaming service co-founded by The Walt Disney Co, Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox Corp. will not move forward, the companies said Friday. “After careful consideration, we have collectively agreed to […]
Apple is bringing one of its biggest shows to a free streaming platform, in an apparent bet that the influx of viewers will help drive new subscribers to its Apple TV+ streaming service. Roku on […]
New year, new streaming price hikes. Warner Bros. Discovery is the first media company to raise the price of a streaming service in 2025, hiking the cost of Discovery+ by $1 to $5.99 for the […]
2025 has only just started, but NBCUniversal‘s chairman of advertising sales Mark Marshall is already thinking about 2026. It’s easy to understand why. 2026 is the 100th anniversary of NBC, and next year the network […]
The Walt Disney Co. will merge its streaming multichannel video service Hulu with Live TV with its competitor Fubo in a surprise deal that will shake up the streaming TV business, the companies said Monday. […]
When Netflix first picked up its package of Christmas Day NFL games, there was one thing everyone was wondering in Hollywood: Given the streamer’s desire to lean into big events, what would it do to […]
To say Netflix has a lot riding on the return of Squid Game is an understatement. The South Korean series immediately emerged as a flagship show when it debuted three years ago. Since then there […]
In a blockbuster move that expands Netflix‘s sports presence, the streaming giant has picked up the exclusive U.S. streaming rights to the 2027 and 2031 editions of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. It will be […]
Last month Netflix shattered streaming viewership records when it played host to a boxing match between the former YouTube star Jake Paul and boxing legend Mike Tyson. Now it’s hoping to replicate some of that […]
Roku is continuing to add exclusive sports rights to its streaming platform. The latest deal will make Roku the exclusive streaming home for the X Games, the extreme sports competition that was founded by ESPN […]
Just weeks after the bout with Jake Paul shattered streaming viewership records, Netflix says that Mike Tyson will be the subject of an upcoming documentary series. The series will be made with Tyson’s full cooperation, […]
Disney+ is getting a lot more grown up, with a major update Wednesday set to bring a dedicated ESPN tile to the platform for Disney Bundle subscribers, and a selection of Hulu and ESPN content […]
The streaming business is at a pivot point. Streaming services from major entertainment companies have been collectively losing billions of dollars for years, and now their corporate owners are ready for them to turn a […]
Jeremi Gorman has landed at Fanatics, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The advertising executive, who most recently jumpstarted Netflix’s ad business and before that ran advertising for Snapchat, will become a senior advisor to Michael […]
The Walt Disney Co. ended its fiscal 2024 on a high note, thanks in large part to its theatrical film division and growth in streaming, even as its ESPN and experiences businesses dragged down net […]
Netflix says that users of its advertising tier have surged in the past six months, and that the ad tier now has 70 million monthly active users globally. That is up from only 40 million […]
The sports docuseries craze is hitting the college circuit, with USC star JuJu Watkins set to star in and executive produce an upcoming documentary series for NBC and Peacock. The series, On the Rise: JuJu […]