Samsung TV Plus Gets New T2 Free Ad-Supported Tennis Channel
Samsung’s ad-supported streaming platform, Samsung TV Plus has teamed up with the Tennis Channel to launch a new free television channel in the U.S. called T2, bringing live high-level professional tennis coverage. T2 will be Samsung’s first free ad-supported TV (FAST) channel offered to the…
Disney+ To Add A Lower-Cost Ad-Supported Subscription Tier This Year
Premium streaming channel Disney+ confirmed the long speculation that it would be expanding its consumer offering with an ad-supported subscription tier. The company revealed the plan to add a lower-cost ad-supported tier will begin in the United States later this year, before rolling out to…
RT America To Cease Operations In Wake Of Crisis In Ukraine
Faced with cascading removals of Russian Today channels from distribution services and platforms around the world in the wake of the crisis in Ukraine, RT America, the U.S.-facing news/opinion channel backed with Russian-government funding, announced it will cease operations and lay off staff in coming…
Survey: Majority Of U.S. Viewers Prefer Streaming To Traditional Pay-TV
More U.S. consumers are now streaming their TV programs and movies than watching them via traditional pay-TV services, like cable and satellite TV, according to a Harris Poll survey conducted on behalf of TransUnion. The survey, conducted from more than 1,800 U.S. TV viewers between…
Study: 55% U.S. Smart TV Penetration Changing Pay-TV Paradigms In 2022
Fifty-five percent of U.S. homes with broadband service now have a smart TV, making integrated sets the default platform for streaming content among viewers, according to new market research from Parks Associates. The firm’s new “OTT Streaming Trends To Watch In 2022” white paper predicts…
DEG: U.S. Home Entertainment Spending In 2021 Up 8% To $32.3B
Spending on overall digital and physical home entertainment formats increased nearly 8% to $32.3 billion in 2021 from $30 billion in 2020, according to data released Monday by the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG). The multi-industry association said the total was “a record-breaking period for home…
`Ghostbusters: Afterlife’, `Yellowstone’ Top JustWatch Streaming In January
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Apple TV, Google Play, AMC, Vudu, and Microsoft), Sing 2 (Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, Vudu, YouTube) and The Tragedy of Macbeth (Apple TV+), represented the top three movies streamed or searched for most in the United States for the month…
Amazon Reveals Fee Hike For Prime Memberships
Amazon used the release of its Q4-2021 financial report to reveal it is planning to increase the subscription fee 22% for its Amazon Prime video and shipping membership services in the U.S. The international e-commerce giant made the disclosure at the same time that it…
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