Roku posted solid first-quarter results, topping $1 billion in revenue and narrowing its losses. The company posted a loss of 19 cents a share on a diluted basis, which beat Wall Street forecasts and showed […]
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Roku is paying $185 million to acquire Frndly TV, a provider of low-cost TV bundles delivered via streaming. The all-cash deal includes $75 million in holdbacks tied to certain performance targets and milestones over the […]
As someone who in many respects grew up in the cable business, AMC Networks CEO Kristin Dolan is loyal to the traditional cable TV programming model, especially in the streaming era. Speaking Tuesday at a […]
Duncan Crabtree-Ireland hasn’t had much time for victory laps. The National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator of SAG-AFTRA played a key role in settling the 2023 actors strike, after months of intensive bargaining, picketing and […]
Noting that nearly half of all viewing hours on Netflix happen with subtitles or captions on, the streaming giant is rolling out a new option for how text appears along the bottom of the screen. […]
TelevisaUnivision‘s revenue tumbled 11% in the first quarter compared with the year-ago period, but cost-cutting and progress in streaming lifted profits. Adjusted operating income before depreciation and amortization (OIBDA) climbed 5% to $345 million in […]
Warner Bros. Discovery has followed Netflix‘s lead and debuted an “extra member add-on” feature on its flagship streaming service Max. The initiative is designed to stem the effects of password sharing and generate incremental revenue. […]
Reed Hastings, co-founder and longtime former CEO of Netflix, is shifting from executive chairman to chairman of the board. The move to a non-executive role on the board was described by the company as “part […]
Netflix is keeping things humming. The streaming giant topped Wall Street’s first-quarter expectations, announcing total revenue of $10.543 billion and earnings per share of $6.61 in an earnings report Thursday. The consensus forecast of analysts […]
Samsung TV Plus says it is now the top provider of free, ad-supported TV (FAST) channels, with nearly 700 channels now streaming in the U.S. The TV programming arm of the South Korean electronics giant […]
AMC Networks extolled some industry conventions – and much of its own library – at a lavish upfront presentation Wednesday night, while also positioning itself as a tech-enabled streaming player. At a time when a […]
Redbox‘s signature DVD kiosks will soon light up again, at least in a legal sense. The video retailer went bankrupt last year along with the rest of its parent company, Chicken Soup for the Soul […]
Billboard Women in Music 2025 Streaming service CNBC+ launched Wednesday on major distribution platforms Roku and Apple TV. Priced at a noteworthy $15 a month (in line with general entertainment services and well above subscription […]
Billboard Women in Music 2025 With nearly one-third of all Netflix viewing being registered for non-English titles, the streaming giant has just unlocked more language options for subscribers looking for both subtitles and dubbing. Starting […]
ESPN+ is planning five exclusive alternate telecasts known as “the OviCast” as viewers track the Alex Ovechkin’s chase of Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL goals record. The first special stream is Thursday night as Ovechkin’s Washington […]
As streaming prices keep climbing, more subscribers are willing to opt into advertising to keep a lid on costs. Today, 54% of SVOD subscribers have at least one ad-supported tier of a paid service, up […]
Netflix co-founder and executive chairman Reed Hastings has given $50 million to his alma mater, Bowdoin College in Maine, in support of a new initiative centered on AI. The gift, which is the largest in […]
Amazon‘s Prime Video has launched a pilot program using AI tools to dub select movies and series into English and Latin American Spanish. The initiative, which launched Wednesday, is intended to make the streaming service’s […]
EXCLUSIVE: TelevisaUnivision and DirecTV have reached a multi-year carriage renewal, expanding their distribution agreement to encompass new pay-TV packages. The deal provides the roughly 11 million customers of DirecTV with networks from the Hispanic media […]
Sunday night’s Oscar telecast started and ended with indelible moments: a stirring Wicked duet and a climactic pair of wins by Anora. Unfortunately for many Hulu subscribers, both ends of the 3-hour, 45-minute telecast were […]
TKO Group Holdings delivered fourth-quarter results that topped Wall Street expectations despite a revenue dip at WWE related to flagship program Raw. The Monday night mainstay wrapped its decades-long run on cable TV last December […]
The streaming bundle established last year by Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery could be “a game-changer” in the competition with Netflix and “a wake-up call for the industry,” a top research firm says. Jonathan Carson, […]
Fox Corp. CFO Steve Tomsic sought to clarify the company’s surprising announcement earlier this month that it plans to launch a general-interest subscription streaming service later this year. “Our thesis hasn’t changed,” Tomsic insisted Tuesday […]