Recent SVOD Studies Show Takers Rising Along With Fee Juggling
A pair of recent market research studies indicate that subscription video on demand (SVOD) takers and the number of services they subscribe to will continue to climb in the five years ahead, even as viewers grow weary of stacking disparate service fees. According to research…
FuboTV Continues To Expand Online Sports Wagering In 2 More States
Sports-centric live OTT TV streaming service fuboTV’s Fubo Gaming subsidiary this week announced that it had expanded its online wagering plans by adding arrangements with its fifth and sixth sportsbooks, this time in states of Arizona and Iowa, respectively. Earlier this week the company announced…
Parks Associates: Younger Generations Are More Volatile OTT Subscribers
The average subscription to an over-the-top streaming service in U.S. broadband households is roughly 2.5 years and has an extremely impacted by age, according to a study released this week by Parks Associates. The media market research firm found that subscription lengths for younger consumers…
Disney+ Added 58.5M Subs In Last Year
Direct-to-consumer streaming subscription video on demand (SVOD) is paying off very well for The Walt Disney Co., according to a Q3 report released Thursday. The media giant’s premium Disney+ premium SVOD service ended the period (July 3rd) with 116 million subscribers, reflecting a gain of…
Altice Offers Free Android Box With 1Gbps Broadband-Only Service
Cable Multi System Operator Altice USA this week became the next traditional pay-TV provider to leverage its broadband-only service using the offer of a free OTT media streaming device to hold onto defecting cord cutters. Altice USA, which several years ago acquired the former Cablevision…
30 Roku Originals Programs, Channels To Premiere May 20th
Thirty “Roku Originals” programs are slated to make their debut on “The Roku Channel” beginning on May 20th — “Streaming Day”, the Roku smart TV and streaming devices platform and services developer revealed Thursday. The new Roku Originals features will be added to Roku’s rapidly…
Roku, YouTube TV Tiff Grows
The battle over YouTube TV between Roku and Google continues to get uglier. Carriage of the live over-the-top streaming service app in the Roku app store was blocked April 30th for new YouTube TV subscriptions on Roku devices, following a breakdown in carriage renewal negotiations….
YouTube TV App Pulled From Roku Channel Store
Roku is no longer carrying the YouTube TV app in its devices’ channel store, as protracted negotiations with Google over alleged search manipulation demands heat up. Roku TV and media streamer owners who already subscribe to YouTube TV through their equipment will be able to…
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