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 […]
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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 […]
Paramount Global and YouTube TV have reached a carriage renewal, averting the blackout of 23 networks including CBS, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon. The companies announced the multi-year deal Saturday night. The agreement includes the inclusion […]
Last December’s two-season renewal of Apple TV+ series Silo was a boon to AMC Networks, whose studio arm produces the show. But even though there’s no major follow-up project in the pipeline, top execs plan […]
Roku delivered a strong set of fourth-quarter results, including crossing the $1 billion threshold in platform revenue. The streaming giant ended the quarter on December 31 with 89.8 million streaming households, surpassing 90 million in […]
Paramount Global is warning of a looming carriage impasse with YouTube TV, meaning channels like CBS, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and others could go dark Thursday for millions of subscribers. “We have made a series of […]
As much of ad sales milestone as 2024 was for Amazon’s Prime Video, 2025 figures to be even bigger thanks to the addition of NBA and WNBA games to the slate. “This is a pivotal […]
EXCLUSIVE: Pay-TV bundle Philo is hitting some notable operational milestones in its eighth year as a full-fledged pay-TV service. The company has hit 1.3 million subscribers, posting a 20% year-over-year growth rate in 2024. Disclosing […]
EXCLUSIVE: Cricket Media, the 50-year-old children’s media company known for its namesake print magazine, has acquired majority control of kids streaming outlet Sensical. The streaming service launched in 2021 under Common Sense Networks, the for-profit […]
EXCLUSIVE: If you recognize the name pocket.watch, you likely associate it with YouTube, its anchor distribution partner since the kids programming outfit was founded in 2018. Now, the company is expanding its slate of creator-based […]