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…
Amazon’s Proposed MGM Acquisition Under Attack By Citizens, Labor Groups
A coalition of 34 citizen groups last week sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging its members to block Amazon’s pending $8.45 billion purchase of MGM in order to slow Amazon’s growing dominance. In a letter to recently named FTC Chair Lina…
Locast Suspends Operations Following Court Ruling In Favor Of TV Networks
Following a preliminary federal district court ruling in New York this week against local broadcast TV internet re-transmission service Locast’s counter copyright infringement claims, the service announced Thursday that it has suspended indefinitely its TV redistribution operations. In a terse communication to donor/users this morning,…
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…
Roku Channel Adds 17 Free AVOD Linear Channels
Roku today begins adding 16 new linear streaming channels to its lineup of more than 200 free ad-supported offerings available through The Roku Channel. Additionally, starting on August 19th, The Roku Channel will add a new linear channel dedicated to “The Wiggles” as part of…
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…
`Suicide Squad’, `Miracle Workers’ Top JustWatch Streaming Lists For Aug. 2
The Suicide Squad (HBO Max), The Green Knight (A24 app for Roku and Apple TV, theaters) and The Fate of the Furious (multiple services) represented the top 3 most streamed movies in the United States for the week of Aug. 2, 2021, according to online…
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