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…
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…
FuboTV Streaming Service Reports Record Q4, 2020 Results
Sports-centric live TV streaming service fuboTV announced Tuesday that it tallied its strongest fourth quarter ever and year to date. The company said it generated revenue of $105.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, its largest quarterly period to date. The company ended the…
HBO Max Comes To Fire TV Tuesday
AT&T’s popular premium streaming app HBO Max is adding Amazon’s Fire TV devices to the list of streaming media players and platforms capable of accessing the popular new service. Amazon and AT&T owned WarnerMedia recently worked out the agreement after a prolonged negotiation period. The…
AMC Theatres Launches Digital Movie Service
The AMC movie theater chain is expanding into home entertainment by launching its own movie streaming service. The new service, which is called AMC Theatres On Demand, is available starting today to members of the AMC Stubs rewards program, the New York Times first reported…
Disney+ Service Reveals Launch Content
Disney further revealed some of the content it intends to bring to its new Disney+ OTT streaming platform in November, including 300 movie titles that will ramp up to 500 within the first 12 months of operation. The studio also revealed that its new subscription…
Study: Cord Cutting To Climb 19.2% By The End Of 2019
The rate by which traditional U.S. pay-TV subscribers are cutting the cord in favor of more price friendly over-the-air and over-the-top programming distribution alternatives is ratcheting up in a big way. A report released Tuesday by research firm eMarketer forecasts the cord-cutting trend will climb…
Amazon Launches First Content Using Samsung’s HDR10+
Samsung and Amazon formally announced the release Wednesday of the first 4K Ultra HD content supporting Samsung’s new HDR10+ dynamic HDR technology. Amazon said it is offering Amazon Prime subscribers access to “hundreds of hours” of content carrying HDR10+ dynamic metadata. HDR10+ is based…
Stay connected