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…
Hulu Offers National Streaming Day Promotion
Anyone interested in signing up for streaming service Hulu, may want to consider taking advantage of a National Streaming Day promotional offer through Friday, May 27th. Under the promotion, the network is offering a reduced rate on its ad-supported tier, giving subscribers the first three…
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…
Disney+ Continued To Rack Up Subscribers In Q4-2021
The Walt Disney Co. reported robust revenue and subscriber growth from its streaming services over the fourth quarter of 2021, including continued strong subscriber growth for the Disney+ app. Disney reported subscription video on demand (SVoD) streaming service subscriptions across its portfolio totaled 196.4 million,…
HBOMax Sees Q3 SVOD Market Share Growth As Netflix Leads They Pack
Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ continued to pace the top premium streaming subscription video on demand (SVOD) services in the third quarter of 2021, according to data compiled by online streaming content recommendations guide service JustWatch. The web-based SVOD recommendations service said that during the…
NFL Network Added To Hulu + Live TV OTT Service
With NFL training camp activity starting to heat up and the pre-season set to kick off August 5th with the Hall of Fame Game, popular streaming app Hulu announced last week that it has added the NFL Network for subscribers to its $64.99 per month…
Report: Disney+ Series `Loki’ Tops Streamed TV Program Premieres
The Disney+ premium streaming service has hit on another winner with the original TV series premiere of Loki, which was registered the most watched first episode of the season by an OTT TV series this year, according to data gathered by streaming service aggregator Reelgood….
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