- Amazon Grows Total Video-Music Spend To $11 Billion
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 16, 2021
Amazon's total video and music video spend for TV, movies, and other content for its Prime Video and other services rose 41% in 2020 to $11 billion, according to i ...
- Apple Music Pays This Much To Stream A Song
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 16, 2021
Streaming digital media has a high return on investment, especially when the company streaming pays very little to artists and rights holders. In a letter to artists obtained by t ...
- Ad-Supported Multimedia Platform Plex Secures Another $50M To Take On Tubi, Pluto TV
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, April 15, 2021
Plex, focused on being a one-stop shopping and access hub for movies, TV and other on-demand and live entertainment media through a single interface, says it will use the fun ...
- Netflix Boasts Best Monthly Churn Rate, Disney+ Comes In Second
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Netflix's percentage of existing subscribers leaving the service was a low 2.5% for Q4 2020. ...
- Negative TV News Language Could Impact Marketers' Business
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 15, 2021
A new report says "negative emotional language" can result in lower conversions among many industries. ...
- 'Spy City' Earns Its Place Among The Best Spy Thrillers
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, April 15, 2021
The star of the show is Dominic Cooper, who was last seen on TV in the title role of "Preacher" on AMC. ...
- New Sitcom Is 'Embarrassing' For Netflix, Jamie Foxx
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Where this show is concerned, the exclamation point in its title is just about the only excitement this show is likely to generate. ...
- ESPN TO Offer Separate 'BetCast' Feed For NBA Wagering Fans
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, April 13, 2021
While traditional coverage airs on ESPN's cable network, wagering types can take in sports-betting analysts' commentary and view customized graphics via the "Daily Wager Special" feed on ESPN2 and ES ...
- Rising D2C Video Businesses To Push Faster Broadband Subscriptions
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 12, 2021
UBS estimates total cable and telco-based services will grow 3.6% in 2021. ...
- Netflix Exclusive Movie Deal With Sony Helps Define The Streaming Age
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Sony isn't like other big legacy TV-movie production companies. It doesn't own a major U.S. TV network. ...
- 'Godzilla Vs. Kong': Big Win For HBO Max, As Well As Box Office
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, April 12, 2021
The flick helped HBO Max make the top 10 most-downloaded app ranking in Q1, and it's generating unprecedented viewing numbers for the still-new streaming service. ...
- U.S. Now Has More Streaming Subscriptions Than People: Report
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, April 12, 2021
Ampere Analysis puts SVOD subs at 340 million, versus U.S. population of 330 million. ...
- Traditional TV Time Sinks During Higher Pandemic Viewing
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 12, 2021
Broadcast and cable TV erosion is accelerating -- at least via traditional measures. There are also far fewer prime-time original shows than a year ago. ...
- Thanks To COVID, Movies Are Now TV
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Monday, April 12, 2021
The motion-picture industry is converging with television so swiftly that the two are now more or less the same thing. ...
- Media Kitchen's Julia Smaldone On Evolving OTT/CTV Pricing
Advanced TV Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, April 9, 2021
Legacy TV players with new streamers have advantages and disadvantages when it comes to pressing for CPMs akin to those for prime-time TV, says this agency executive. ...
- Netflix Wins Sony Pictures U.S. Streaming Rights Starting In 2022
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, April 9, 2021
The deal is for "pay-one" window rights for new movies, and also includes Netflix licensing an unspecified number of older movies for worldwide use, as well as first-look rights f ...
- Discovery+ Launches On Comcast's Xfinity Flex, Coming On X1 Pay-TV Platform
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, April 9, 2021
Although programmers' launches of direct-to-consumer streaming services have caused tensions with distributors, this deal appears to represent a win/win. ...
- NCAA Men's Title Game Down 14% In Viewers, 'March Madness' Streaming Rises
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 8, 2021
CBS ran 74 national TV spots in the game, totaling an estimated $119 million in national TV advertising spend. ...
- Roku: NCAA Men's Tournament Streaming Time Up 75%, Reach Up 87%, Vs. 2019
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, April 8, 2021
Roku also reports that about 58% of those who watched the 2019 tournament on traditional linear TV via Roku did not return to traditional TV to watch this year's tournamen ...
- Twitch To Suspend Users For 'Entirely Off-Platform' Harmful Behaviors
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, April 8, 2021
Twitch's new policy is novel for its detailed, scalable approach to addressing off-platform behaviors. ...
- Hulu Starts New On-Air Campaign: 'Start With Hulu'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 7, 2021
The campaign, which will run through the fall, features characters who realize their favorite shows are on Hulu and a fantasy montage where people ask: "Everything I love is ...
- Can Streaming And Theatrical Co-Exist? One Warner Bros. Movie Says They Can
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 8, 2021
The movie not only scored well at the opening weekend box-office -- $48.5 million -- but also recorded the top share of all streaming movies: 8.1%. ...
- OTT/CTV Grows: Pluto TV Forecast To Hit $1.1 Billion Ad Revenue In 2022
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 6, 2021
For the ViacomCBS AVOD, this includes all digital ads -- on desktop, laptops, mobile, tablets and other internet-connected devices. ...
- Netflix's Global Subs Share -31% In 2020, Amazon Also Down: Analysis
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Ampere Analysis data also show Amazon Prime Video's global market share declining from 23% to 16%. ...
- 'Godzilla vs. Kong' Scores At Box Office, Heavy National TV Sports Advertising
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 5, 2021
Surprising movie analysts, "Godzilla vs. Kong" scored an unexpectedly strong box-office result: $48.5 million over the recent five-day weekend, says IMDb's Box Office Mojo. ...
- Facebook Unveils New Ad Units Tailored For Streamers
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Monday, April 5, 2021
"[Streaming] advertisers no longer have to manually create new campaigns for each individual title," said Facebook's James Smith. ...
- When Is Sharing A Log-In For Streaming A Good Thing?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Netflix loses $6 billion a year in password sharing -- if projections are true. ...
- Pluto TV Ad Revenue +78% in 2020, On Track For $1B+ By 2022: eMarketer
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Pluto TV and other free, ad-supported streaming services will face greater competition for subs and advertising as fragmentation increases, however. ...
- Sinclair's Bally Sports RSNs Look For Better Days -- And More Virtual Pay TV Carriage
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 2, 2021
Heading into the new baseball season, Sinclair's Bally Sports has some hurdles to overcome to regain carriage or start up new deals with virtual pay TV providers. ...
- 'Godzilla Vs. Kong' Pulls $9.6M On Opening Night, Best Showing To Date During Pandemic
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, April 2, 2021
This is also the first big movie to benefit from widespread vaccinations -- and given the varying numbers of theaters and capacity restrictions over the pandemic's course, apples-to-apples comparisons a ...
