- OTT Penetration Tops Three-Quarters Of U.S. Homes
Research Intelligencer, Joe Mandese - Monday, May 11, 2020
As of Q1 2020, more than three-quarters of U.S. broadband households were estimated to be subscribing to at least one over-the-top subscription video-on-demand service, according to an analysis of Par ...
- Virtual Pay TV Providers See Little To No Help For Traditional Pay TV
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 8, 2020
Virtual pay TV providers for the first time ever have lost subscribers on a quarter-to-quarter basis, according to MoffettNathanson Research. These providers were once considered the savior of traditional p ...
- Dish's Sling TV Takes Big Q1 Subscriber Hit Due To COVID-19
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 7, 2020
Sling TV lost 281,000 subscribers due to sporting event delays/cancellations and increased competition from virtual pay TV providers and subscription on-demand services. Net subscriber losses at Dish TV were narrow ...
- 'The New York Times' Records Largest Quarter For Subscriptions
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Wednesday, May 6, 2020
This brings the newspaper's total number of digital subscribers to over 5 million, with 6 million total subscriptions across digital and print. ...
- 'Guardian' Reports Voluntary Subscriptions Are Up A Quarter This Year
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, April 30, 2020
"The Guardian" is reporting that more than 820,000 are voluntarily paying the paper for upgraded memberships, charged at GBP5 per month. The paper reveals that half are within the U ...
- Report: Digital Subscription Services Hold Steady
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Compared to the previous 12 months leading up to March, 53% of respondents said they didn't see a significant impact to their subscriber acquisition rates. Among the remaining respondents, near ...
- Disney+ Doubles In Size To Hit 50m Subscribers
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, April 9, 2020
"The Guardian" reports that Disney+ subscription rates have doubled since the COVID-19 outbreak, meaning it now has 50m subscribers. The paper points out that this has happened just five mont ...
- 'Variety' Creates Digital Subscription, But No Pay Wall
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Friday, April 3, 2020
Aimed at media industry professionals, the product is called 'Variety Intelligence Platform' or 'VIP.' The content is produced by a team that operates separately from the newsroom. ...
- Beardbrand Finds Winning Formula With YouTube Soft Sell
The MediaPost Cases, Nina Lentini - Friday, March 20, 2020
With so many options, do consumers still fall in love with their brands? Is there loyalty or are people just looking for the next best deal? Beardbrand founder, Eric Bandholz' ...
- 'Runner's World' Grows Membership Program, Highlights Initial Member On Magazine Cover
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Runner's World+ offers more than a program with perks and extras. It's a chance for passionate readers to connect with one another. ...
- Disney+ Subscriptions Open Ahead Of March 24th Launch
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Disney+ sign-ups are live in the UK now and are being offered at a pre-launch price of GBP49.99 for the first year, "Wired" magazine writes. The service launches on Mar ...
- 'New York Times' Adds London Staff To Drive Subscription Growth
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Monday, February 24, 2020
A new report has lessons for every publisher coping with the loss of readers and ad revenue to digital rivals. ...
- Dish Trims Subscriber Losses In Q4, Net Income Higher
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Dish pay TV subscribers were down 194,000 vs. a decline of 334,000 in the year-ago quarter, with a slight rise in Sling TV subscribers vs. the same period a ye ...
- UK Has Lowest Digital Content Subscription Rates
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, February 18, 2020
New research from Audience Project shows the UK has the lowest proportion of digital content subscribers. Netimperative reports that just 8% of Brits pay for content online, compared to 1 ...
- Sorry Publishers, Brits Just Don't Want To Pay
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Just 8% of Brits will pay for digital content. And why would they, when there's so much that is free? ...
- Britons Feel Overwhelmed By Digital Subscription Choices
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, February 14, 2020
The latest EY research paints a picture of Britons feeling exasperated by too much choice in digital subscription services they fail to understand and believe could be packaged in ...
- Flipboard Creates Subscription Video Service
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Wednesday, February 12, 2020
The new Flipboard TV service is launching next month. It offers another way for publishers to monetize video content. ...
- Altice USA Q4 Revenue Inches Up, Broadband 11% Higher, Cable TV Down 6%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 12, 2020
While broadband revenue continues to rise -- up 11% to $826.5 million for Q4 -- video revenues at Altice's cable operations continues to slip, down 6% to $969.0 million. ...
- Is Spending GBP50 A Month On Subscriptions Sustainable?
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, February 11, 2020
"The Telegraph" is asking this morning whether Britons are spending too much on subscriptions now that the craze has taken us beyond Netflix and Spotify to encompass beer, wine, househo ...
- YouTube May Become Streaming Subscription Aggregator
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Perhaps following the example of Apple TV Channels, YouTube is talking with media owners about selling subscriptions to their streaming services through the YouTube platform. ...
- News Corp Records 3.5 Million Subscribers, 'WSJ' Crosses 2 Million Mark
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Monday, February 10, 2020
The total number of digital subscriptions at Dow Jones grew by 17% in the most recent quarter, with digital subscribers to 'The Wall Street Journal' rising 13%. ...
- Tripadvisor Launches Customer Review Service For Restaurants After Reorganizing
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, February 6, 2020
Tripadvisor's Review Hub dashboard announced Wednesday it will allow restaurant owners to view and respond to customer reviews across its site, along with Google, Facebook, Yelp and TheFork, among oth ...
- YouTube Paid Subscribers Now At 22M, Including 2M For OTT
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Paid subs represent just 1% of YouTube's 2 billion overall monthly users, but parent Alphabet says it's making a "sizable" investment in growing consumer revenue from the platform, including YouTu ...
- Comcast Warns Of Steepening Video Subscriber Losses In 2020
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 23, 2020
Comcast saw video subscriber declines of 3.2% in 2019 vs. a 1.6% drop in 2018. Worsening declines are expected in 2020, Comcast Executive vp/Chief Financial Officer Michael Cavanagh said ...
- Liverpool FC Launches Subscription Channel On YouTube
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Liverpool FC has become the first Premier League football team to launch a paid-for YouTube channel, "Marketing Week" writes. The service costs 99p per month for exclusive content that wi ...
- Study: 50% Of Publishers Double Down On Subscriptions In 2020
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Friday, January 10, 2020
Collecting first-party data will become a key focus for publishers this year. More websites will require readers to register in order to access content. Around one-third (35%) of publishers survey ...
- Britons Spent A Billion On Music Streaming Last Year
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, January 7, 2020
The Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) has calculated that in 2019 Britons spent more than a billion pounds on music streaming services for the first time, "Mobile Marketing" reveals. ...
- BT Sport To Offer Monthly Passes
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, December 12, 2019
BT Sport will begin allowing users to subscribe one month at a time because, according to "The Guardian," it realises that some viewers prefer a monthly arrangement over a long-te ...
- New Paid Sub Tallies: CuriosityStream Hits 10.5M, AMC Networks At 2M+
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, December 12, 2019
CuriosityStream is growing through inclusion in pay-TV provider packages. AMC has projected 5 to 7 million paid subs, and a half-billion in revenue, by 2024. ...
- Advertisers Urge FTC Not To Broaden 'Negative Option' Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Existing regulations protect consumers "by providing them with transparency and the ability to cancel recurring charges," the Association of National Advertisers says in comments filed with the FTC this w ...
