Samsung, Disney Launch Special Disney100 Edition Of The Frame TV Series
Samsung and The Walt Disney Co. announced the launch of The Frame-Disney100 Limited Edition TV series, which is available now. This special “exclusive” TV edition of The Frame TV integrates Samsung’s lifestyle TV series, which is designed to resemble a framed painting, with bezel design…
Disney To Raise Pricing Again On Disney+ And Other Streaming Services
Troubles at The Walt Disney Co. continued in Q2-2023 with the company reporting that the Disney+ premium streaming service lost a whopping 11.7 million subscribers in the period. At the same time, Disney said it will look to stem financial losses by raising prices again…
Disney+ Ad-Free Basic Tier Comes To Roku Devices
Roku TVs and streaming adapters are now compatible with the ad-supported Disney+ Basic app tier, the company announced this week. Disney+ Basic is the lower-cost ad-supported streaming tier that launched in December, but it’s taken a little time for certain smart TVs and streaming device…
Sudden Shakeup At Disney Brings Iger Back As CEO While Talk Swirls On Hulu Deal
In a stunning move Sunday night, Disney’s board of directors approved bringing back former executive chair and CEO Bob Iger for a two-year period as CEO, replacing Bob Chapek, who will be leaving the company after many years in various capacities there. Chapek was, perhaps,…
Disney Reports 235.7M Total Streaming Subscribers At Close Of Its Fiscal Year
The Disney+ premium streaming service has grown to 164.2 million global subscribers, but the Walt Disney Co. warned Wednesday in its financial report for the fiscal fourth quarter that the subscriber growth rate will likely slow in the quarter ahead. Bob Chapek, The Walt Disney…
JustWatch: Netflix Dropped SVOD Share But Remains King
Since February, Netflix’s share of streaming viewership has decreased by 8%, as Disney+ has enjoyed a 4% increase over the same timeframe, according to data released by online content search website JustWatch. However, according to the viewing data gathered from JustWatch program search and recommendations…
JustWatch Confirms Disney’s No. 1 Streaming Subscriber Status
With the news Thursday that Disney’s premium streaming services have passed long-time leader Netflix in total subscriber count, JustWatch, the online video content recommendations and information service, has issued its analysis of the achievement. JustWatch said that by the end of July, Disney+ along with…
JustWatch: HBO Max Made Big Market Share Strides With U.S. Viewers In Q1
Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max and Disney+ were the big four market share winners among U.S. subscription video on demand (SVoD) streaming services for the first quarter of 2022, but HBO Max gained the most with U.S. users of the JustWatch content search service. Netflix…
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