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…
HBO Max App Comes To Some LG WebOS TVs In The U.S.
LG said Tuesday that the app for the new year-old popular premium streaming service HBO Max has finally come to its webOS-based smart TVs, dating back to 2018 models. To promote the relationship, HBO Max is also making available free preview episodes of some of…
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…
Disney Expands Plans For Upcoming DTC Content Releases
Touting tremendous success in registering subscribers around the world to its Disney+ and other premium streaming services, Disney revealed in tandem with an Investors Day briefing last week that it will continue to advance a direct-to-consumer (DTC) content-first business model going forward. The company also…
Discovery+ Premium App To Launch In The U.S. Jan. 4th
Multichannel programing network Discovery formally announced Wednesday the pending launch of its new premium subscription video on demand streaming app called Discovery+. The new service is scheduled to launch in the United States on Jan. 4, 2021. Like its cable and satellite channels, content provided…
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