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…
CBS All Access Inks Multi Year Deal For UEFA Match Coverage
American sports fans jonesing for a live game of any kind during this age of the coronavirus may take some delight from the announcement Thursday that ViacomCBS has reached a multi-platform agreement making the CBS All Access and CBS Sports OTT streaming platforms the exclusive…
AT&T Raises First Year Fees For New DirecTV, AT&T TV Customers
Despite the growth of the cord-cutting trend across the country, AT&T revealed Monday in a somewhat low-key way that it has raised rates for new subscribers to its DirecTV satellite TV and AT&T TV (new premium live streaming) services by listing higher monthly rates on…
iHeartMedia, WarnerMedia Team On Podcast Series For HBO Max Shows
iHeartRadio and WarnerMedia Entertainment announced Tuesday that they have entered a partnership to co-produce a set of podcasts that will serve as companions to certain upcoming HBO Max original and legacy shows. Among the first such podcasts to be streamed will be one focused on…
NextGen Video Alliance Formed To Speed Transition To ATSC 3.0
A new coalition comprised of broadcast TV and cable media equipment interests has been formed to develop systems and best practices enhance the evolution of NextGen video technologies including those used in the new over the air (OTA) ATSC 3.0 broadcast system and interrelated over…
HBO Max To Launch May 27th With Loaded Lineup
WarnerMedia formally announced Tuesday that its new premium subscription movie service HBO Max will launch on May 27th for $15 per month. Subscribers will have access to more than 10,000 hours of content from the vast Warner Bros., New Line and and HBO catalogs along…
Samsung Health Apps Come Early To 2018, 2019 Smart TVs
In a bit of convenient timing during the COVID-19 crisis, Samsung announced this morning that the new channels planned to be added to the Samsung Heath app on 2020 Samsung smart TVs this summer, are available now as individual fitness apps on 2018 and 2019…
Charter Subscribers To Get Special Access To New HBO MAX Service
The next major new streaming service–WarnerMedia’s HBO Max making its debut next month –is expanding its free offering to certain cable TV loyalists subscribed to Charter Communications. Under this week’s announced offer, Charter’s existing HBO subscribers, including subscribers taking its Spectrum Silver and Gold video…
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