Free ABC News App Comes To Samsung TVs, Galaxy Devices
Samsung has added the ABC News App to its library of free ad-supported over-the-top news programming available through the Samsung TV Plus section available on Samsung Tizen-based smart TVs since 2016. Samsung said the ABC News App will enable cord-cutting Samsung smart TV owners to…
Pay-TV’s Top 10 Watched More Subscribers Bolt In Q2
After losing 1.52 million more subscribers in the second quarter of 2020, the top 10 U.S. pay-TV service providers now collectively serve 73.14 million television customers covering 60% of U.S. homes, The update comes by way of the informitv Multiscreen Index as reported this week…
FuboTV Files IPO Revealing Disney As A Major Stakeholder
Cord-cutters trying to escape the escalating price of traditional cable and satellite TV services are quickly finding prices of live over-the-top (OTT) streaming services are getting more and more expensive as well. The latest revelation came to light this week through an IPO filing with…
COVID-19 Pushes Streaming Businesses Over The Top
The COVID-19 crisis is intensifying the divide in consumer demand between streaming platforms and traditional pay-TV operations as illustrated by recent diverging reports on the first half performances of over-the-top content provider Netflix, and the second quarter financial of pay-TV conglomerate AT&T. This week, AT&T…
Roku: Return Of Live Sports Unlikely To Help Pay-TV Much
Roku, a leading supplier of streaming video devices and services, released Tuesday the findings of a cord cutting survey it commissioned of U.S. consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic showing traditional pay-TV services are unlikely to see many cord cutters returning as live sporting events resume….
Parks Study: COVID-19 Good For Smart TV Viewership
More than 6 million U.S. broadband households cut the cord on traditional pay-TV service between the first quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of Q1 2020, a study disclosed by Parks Associates revealed this week. The report said those who gave up their traditional…
Roku Offers Father’s Day Specials On Streamers, Soundbars, Channels
Anyone interested in helping Dad upgrade his smart TV system during the COVID-19 crisis might be please to find out that Roku is offering a variety of limited time special deals on Roku streaming adapters, soundbars, and wireless speakers for Father’s Day. As part of…
Traditional Pay-TV Subscriptions Continued To Decline In Q1
Despite the surge in viewership of online streaming content during the COVID-19 sheltering period, subscribers to traditional pay-TV services like cable, satellite and telco-TV continue to dwindle at an alarming rate. The top 10 U.S. pay-TV service providers hemorrhaged a cumulative 2.33 million subscribers during…
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