Discovery's global version of a D2C streamer, also expected to be branded Discovery+. may arrive in 2021. Meanwhile, in the U.K., the company is rebranding its ad-supported dplay streaming service ...

Broadcast TV networks are expected to sink 15.8% to $2.4 billion, with cable TV networks slipping 1% in Q3. The only TV group to gain from July-to-September -- Turner and ...

Marc DeBevoise, ViacomCBS chief digital officer and ViacomCBS Digital president/CEO, will leave the company after serving as an advisor for a transitional period ending at year's end. ...

Nearly one in five U.S. internet users report watching AVOD services in Q3 -- up from 13% in Q3 2019, per Ampere Analysis research, which also finds that AVODs and ...

Compared to 21% of streaming adults who use AVOD regularly, 69% report watching subscription-based video services/SVODs regularly, and 10% report watching virtual MVPDs regularly, according to a just-released VAB sur ...

The ad-supported versus subscription-supported question is becoming increasingly irrelevant, according to executives from major entertainment companies, AVODs, SVODs and tech partners alike. ...

TV advertising's sharp 28% decline in Q2 will be slowed by 9% drops in Q3 and Q4 this year, MoffettNathanson Research says. TV advertising was down 2% in the first ...

Starting August 24, NBC Sports on Peacock will offer live and on-demand sports event coverage and talk shows. ...

People who consistently watch multiple hours of streamed content each week also watch many hours of broadcast and basic cable. But brands seeking mass-market reach these days may need to ...

Pluto TV, Roku, Hulu, Tubi, and Peacock pulled in an estimated $849 million in ad revenues in Q2, according to estimates from MoffettNathanson Research, amidst a sharp overall rise in ...

The cross-platform integration of the ViacomCBS streamer is the largest to date in the free, ad-supported streaming services category, and includes more than 100,000 hours of existing content, plus three ...

This year's projection is total TV revenue will decline to $61 billion from $70 billion, drifting lower to $56 billion by 2024. ...

Churn rates for OTT services overall rose 6 percentage points versus Q1 2019, reports Parks Associates, which points to more extended sampling trials as the competitive field continues to exp ...

WarnerMedia is attempting to clear up consumer confusion around the three services bearing the HBO brand as it moves to eventually consolidate all of them into HBO Max -- as ...

The sports network, launched by FuboTV last September, is already available on LG Channels, Samsung TV Plus, The Roku Channel, Vizio Channels and Xumo, or as part of FuboTV's base ...

ViacomCBS continues to expand Pluto TV's distribution, with the TiVo deal coming on the heels of a Verizon deal. TiVo device owners will have one-click access to Pluto's 250-plus channels ...

NBCU has indicated that its advertiser launch base is stable despite the pandemic's effects. But building on the advertiser base in the months ahead will depend on how committed and ...

The credit bureau's data on individual consumers will be combined with Tubi's tracking of content consumption behavior via device IDs to let give Tubi insights on the individual within households, ...

Phone-only Quibi, originally designed for quick news and entertainment videos as people move about and stand in lines, now faces a shelter-at-home world for its launch today. Can it attract ...

Content is too ubiquitous to achieve retention on its own -- particularly with even more big-brand new streamers about to debut, says Rob Drury, VP, client partnerships at the CSM ...

The free, ad-supported Xumo will continue to operate as an independent business, but will be overseen by Comcast senior vice president Rebecca Heap. Comcast is also reportedly in advance talks ...

The AVOD -- which is apparently seeing the greatest growth internationally -- also reported total global view time of 163 million hours in December, up 160% year-over-year.- ...

The Disney streamer that gave us pause ads and ads triggered by binge viewing continues to experiment with less intrusive ad formats that it claims drive better viewer engagement and ...

The chief business officer sees AVOD starting to gain advantage in an "all out war" with SVOD, big growth in user-initiated formats, a continuing explosion of native advertising, and unprecedented ...

The streamer is demonstrating the power of OTT, on-demand user data and machine learning by enabling less disruptive--possibly even welcomed--ad messaging and offers to the binge watchers who account for ...