Study: U.S. Consumers Showing Fatigue With OTT Service Options
As the popularity of over-the-top streaming TV has risen during the pandemic, so has the level of fatigue U.S. consumers are starting feel with the fragmentation of having to finding and viewing content across multiple access-restricted content services. That was the conclusion of a new…
JustWatch: Disney+ Continues To Disrupt OTT Streaming Activity
Since its appearance on the Web in Nov. 2019, the Disney+ premium streaming app has proven to be a disruptive force in the emerging over-the-top (OTT) premium video services market, data gathered by JustWatch has found. According to the international online OTT title search and…
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….
Roku Greenlights Second Season Of Kevin Hart Comedy Series
Roku celebrated the launch of its free original premium content Tuesday afternoon by announcing its hit exclusive new Kevin Hart comedy action series “Die Hart” has been renewed for a second season on The Roku Channel, under the title “Die Harter.” The premiere of the…
NBCU, Samsung Reach Peacock Deal In Time For Tokyo Olympics
Those Samsung TV owners worried about missing out on any of NBCUniversal’s in-depth coverage of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics got good news Monday, when the media giant announced it has reached a deal with the No. 1 TV brand to put the subscription-based Peacock App…
Study: Amazon, MGM Deal Comes As SVoD Competition Grows Hotter
Anyone wondering what would have motivated Amazon to spend more than $8 billion this week in a definitive merger agreement with MGM Studios, need only look at the seven horse premium streaming video service race. According to consumer measured interest metrics released this week by…
MGM, Amazon Reach Definitive Merger Agreement
The studio that brought us classics such as Robocop and the James Bond series is being sold to Amazon. Chatter about the pending deal has been widely reported in recent weeks, but an official announcement was released Wednesday saying that e-commerce king Amazon and MGM…
HBO Max Reveals Ad-Supported Subscription Plan
Details of HBO Max’s promised ad-supported service tier were revealed Wednesday by WarnerMedia – which is owned by AT&T – listing a reduced $9.99 per month fee, amounting to a $5 per month savings off the regular $14.99 premium ad-free option. In the announcement, which…
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