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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.… Read More »ESPN+ Unveils The ‘OviCast’ As Alexander Ovechkin Chases Wayne Gretzky’s NHL Goals Record

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… Read More »Ad-Supported Streaming Tiers Gain Traction, FAST Fascinates Gen Z And Millennial Viewers – Study

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… Read More »Netflix Co-Founder Reed Hastings Gives $50M To Bowdoin College For AI Initiative

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,… Read More »Prime Video Launches AI-Assisted Dubbing Of Movies And Series In Pilot Program

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… Read More »TelevisaUnivision And DirecTV Reach Multi-Year Carriage Renewal, Expanding Distribution To New Pay-TV Packages

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… Read More »Hulu’s Bumpy Oscar Night: Streaming Experts Unpack The Glitches And Assess The Impact On Disney’s Service

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… Read More »WWE Revenue Dip Amid ‘Raw’ Shift To Netflix Squeezes Endeavor-Run TKO’s Q4 Results, But Numbers Still Top Wall Street Forecasts

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… Read More »Disney-Max Bundle Is “Just Crushing It”: Better Subscriber Retention Rate Than Netflix Is “Wake-Up Call For The Industry”, Researcher Says

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… Read More »Fox Corp. CFO Steve Tomsic Clarifies The Company’s Streaming Approach: “We’re Not Trying To Chase The SVOD Dream”

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… Read More »YouTube TV Reaches Carriage Renewal With Paramount Global, Averting Blackout Of CBS And 22 Other Networks

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… Read More »With Big ‘Silo’ Renewal By Apple TV+ And Return Of The “Netflix Effect”, AMC Networks Staying In Third-Party Licensing Game

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… Read More »Roku Cracks $1B Mark In Platform Revenue In Q4; Shares Jump

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… Read More »YouTube TV And Paramount Global At Odds On Carriage Renewal; CBS, Nickelodeon And Other Networks Could Go Dark For Millions

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… Read More »Pay-TV Bundler Philo Reveals $450M In Annual Revenue, Acquisition Of TVOD Outlet Row8 And Hiring Of Tubi Alum Edward King In Top Product Role

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… Read More »Cricket Media Acquires Sensical, A Kids Streaming Service Backed By Common Sense Networks

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… Read More »Kids Dynamo Pocket.watch Leverages YouTube Scale To Expand Creator Programming To Hulu, Peacock And Amazon Kids+

Continuing the wave of recent streaming bundles, BET+ and Starz are joining a combo launching today via Amazon’s Prime Video. The U.S. offering will cost… Read More »Starz And BET+ Bundle Up In New Prime Video Package

EXCLUSIVE: While Super Bowl LIX is setting new records for national ad rates, John Stamos and streaming tech firm Zeam are taking a more targeted… Read More »John Stamos Sings The Praises Of Streaming Tech Firm Zeam In Super Bowl Ad Running On Local Fox Affiliates

Comcast closed 2024 with a strong quarter, handily beating Wall Street estimates. Revenue of $31.9 billion topped the Street’s expectations for $31.6 billion, rising 2%… Read More »Comcast Handily Beats Wall Street’s Q4 Forecasts; ‘Wicked’ Boosts Studio Results, Peacock Trims Losses

Amazon Ads is rolling out Brand+, a new offering for advertisers that combines what it estimates are “trillions of signals” from shopping, browsing and streaming… Read More »Amazon Ads Launches Brand+, A Way For Marketers To Leverage Shopping, Browsing And Streaming Data From Amazon’s Total Footprint

Fallout and Nobody Wants This ended 2024 as the top new original drama and comedy in streaming, respectively, Nielsen said Monday in a recap of… Read More »‘Fallout’, ‘Nobody Wants This’, ‘American Nightmare’ Are Top New Originals In Nielsen 2024 Streaming Rankings; ‘Bluey’, ‘Bridgerton’, ‘Moana’ Most-Watched Overall

Streaming gets attention for buzzy originals, but viewing of classics accounts for a large chunk of the total audience. Nielsen acknowledged as much by including… Read More »‘Little House On The Prairie,’ ‘Gunsmoke’ Cited By Nielsen As Top Legacy Streaming Titles Of 2024

The Big Bang Theory finished 2024 as the year’s “most-binged title” in streaming, according to a new report from Nielsen. The sitcom averaged 265.5 episodes… Read More »‘The Big Bang Theory’ Is Nielsen’s “Most-Binged” Streaming Title Of 2024

For the first time, three streaming services (Netflix, Max and Paramount+) have earned duPont-Columbia Awards, broadcasting’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes, in a single year.… Read More »Netflix, Max And Paramount+ Earn DuPont-Columbia Awards As Streaming Moves In On Traditional Broadcast News Turf

Max and Starz are joining forces in a new streaming bundle launching on Prime Video in the U.S. The offering will cost $20.99 a month,… Read More »Max-Starz Bundle Launches On Prime Video

Netflix added nearly 19 million subscribers in the fourth quarter, reaching 301.6 million globally, thanks to a wave of high-impact programming in the final weeks… Read More »Netflix Smashes Estimates, Adding Nearly 19M Subscribers In Q4 To Hit 301.6M Worldwide

Streaming as a viewing category leveled up again in December, according to Nielsen‘s monthly Gauge report, rising 9% over the previous month after a comparable… Read More »Holiday Streaming Feast: YouTube, Netflix, Prime Video All Hit Record Viewing Levels In December, Nielsen Says

As is the case with most Netflix earnings reports, the question for the company on Tuesday isn’t whether the number of subscribers will rise –… Read More »Netflix’s Expected Q4 Subscriber Bonanza Should Get Earnings Season Off To A Fast Start