- NFL Wants Crazy-Big Increases In Sports Fees
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 24, 2021
If $5.6 billion in rights fees could -- in theory -- double to $10 billion, can TV networks still make money? ...
- Analyst: Disney+ To Surpass Netflix In Subs By 2026, Driven By Hotstar
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, February 15, 2021
But Disney+ Hotstar's low sub pricing will also keep the streamer's global revenue down at about half of Netflix's, projects Digital TV Research. ...
- Disney Global Streaming Revenues 73% Higher, Disney+ Hits 95M Subs
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, February 12, 2021
Revenue from consumer streaming subscribers' fees was $2.5 billion, with $882 million from advertising on streaming platforms. Hulu's advertising improved 48%. ...
- Disney+ Hits 95M Subs In 14 Months, Though ARPU Down 28%
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, February 12, 2021
Combined with sibling streamers Hulu and ESPN+, Disney now has 146.4 million global OTT subscribers. ...
- Upfront Redux: Networks To Go Virtual, Again
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 11, 2021
For the first time, Disney will include Hulu. In the past, Hulu had its upfront presentation during the NewFronts series of meetings. ...
- Disney+ Tops Netflix As #1 U.S.-Downloaded Entertainment App, HBO Max Achieves #8
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, January 12, 2021
By the end of 2020, just 13 months into its launch, Disney+ had logged 45.2 million downloads in the U.S., edging out Netflix's 44.7 million for 2020, according to Appto ...
- More Disney Fallout: Disney+ Content, Marketing Chief Ricky Strauss To Exit
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, January 7, 2021
Strauss, a nine-year Disney veteran who led content and marketing for the Disney+ launch, saw his role significantly changed by the recent reorganization that included the creation of a med ...
- Disney+'s 'The Mandalorian' Most Pirated TV Show In 2020, Replaces 'Game Of Thrones'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 4, 2021
Disney+'s "The Mandalorian" has replaced HBO's "Game of Thrones" after its seven-year run as the world's most-pirated show, according to TorrentFreak. ...
- Global SVOD Subs Rose By A Record 218M YoY In Q3
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, December 17, 2020
The growth beat the previous record of 211.7 million in Q4 2018, reports Strategy Analytics. ...
- Disney's U.S. OTT Revenue Share To Nearly Match Netflix's By 2022: Emarketer
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Disney+ U.S. revenues are projected to hit $4.2 billion by 2022. Overall U.S. OTT revenues are estimated to grow 30% and 19% in 2021, 2022, forecasts eMarketer. ...
- Disney+ Soars To 86.8M Global Subs, 50 New Marvel, Star Wars, Disney/Pixar Series, Movies Coming
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 11, 2020
Disney is offering a new premium bundle of Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ and will add 50 new TV series and movies from its major entertainment brands, including 10 Marvel-branded ...
- Walt Disney Television Makes Major Business, Exec Shifts, ABC's Burke Moves To 20th Television
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Disney studios 20th Television and ABC Signature will be consolidated. Karey Burke, who had been president of ABC Entertainment, will become president of 20th Television. Walt Disney Television is changi ...
- 'The Mandalorian' Gives 'A New Hope' To A Younger Generation
Media Insider, Cory Treffiletti - Wednesday, November 25, 2020
This show is creating that same attachment to the "Star Wars" universe for my kids that I have, creating a connection between us that I will cherish for years. ...
- Big SVODs' Subs Projected To Grow 62%, Reach 678M, By 2025, With Disney+ At 194M
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Disney+ will add 112 million subscribers (+58%) worldwide, while No. 1 Netflix will add 73 million (+36%), to reach 274,000, projects Digital TV Research. ...
- Mickey Mouse Outfit: A Tale Of Two Disneys
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, November 17, 2020
As everybody knows, Disney is such a huge company that it stands to reason that the video content it produces varies widely. ...
- Hulu Plus Live TV Implements Third Price Bump In Three Years
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, November 17, 2020
The base package's monthly price is being bumped up by $10 to $64.99, as of Dec. 18 -- the same as rival YouTube TV, which hiked its own price ...
- Chapek: Disney Still Bullish On PVOD After 'Mulan'
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, November 16, 2020
"We saw enough very positive results before [the "Mulan"] controversy started to know that we've got something here in terms of the premiere access strategy," Disney CEO Bob Chapek sa ...
- Disney Sees First Net Loss In Decades, Revenues Down 23%, Disney+ Subscribers Soar
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, November 12, 2020
Disney+ had better-than-expected growth to 73.7 million paid global subscribers, according to its recent quarterly report. ...
- TikTok App Generates $115 Million From Users In October
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, November 6, 2020
TikTok was the top non-gaming app last month in generating in-app revenue from users at $115 million, but that fell short of the $130.5 million it generated in September. ...
- Disney Hires Now Dominated By Streaming, Retail; Total Workforce Projected To Drop 28K In 2020
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, November 2, 2020
Since April, new jobs posted for retail and streaming services have accounted for nearly 55% of the Walt Disney Company's total postings. ...
- Disney+ Now Lets Users Share Content Links Via Social
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, October 29, 2020
The ability to share links to specific titles (viewable only by others with access to Disney+ accounts), is another brand awareness and engagement builder that might spur some to si ...
- Google, Amazon Top Harte Hanks Motivating Brand Index Showing Lasting Changes In Consumer Behavior
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Google rated the highest in Creativity and Cultural Relevance, while Amazon ranked as most Reliable and scored high in Responsiveness and Relevance. ...
- For Chimps On TV, Evolution Is Ongoing
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, October 15, 2020
Disney+ has a winner with "Meet the Chimps," a reality show about chimpanzees living out their lives at a sprawling chimp sanctuary in Louisiana. ...
- NBCU's Peacock, Amazon Prime Video See Major Gains In New Q3 Subscribers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 14, 2020
From July-September, Peacock took 17.2% of new premium streaming subscribers with Amazon Prime Video at 16%, according to Kantar, followed by HBO Max at an 11.3% share. ...
- Disney Creates New Content Distribution Unit, Reorganizes Its Media, Entertainment Business
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 12, 2020
The new Media and Entertainment Distribution unit will be responsible for all monetization of content including distribution revenues and ad sales, and will oversee operations of Disney's streaming
businesses. ...
- Disney+ Could Face Churn Bump Next Month; Disney Investor Wants Dividends Redirected To Streaming
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, October 8, 2020
Disney+'s extraordinary subscriber growth will face its first potential setback during the current fourth quarter, as its 12-months-free tie-in promotional launch deal with Verizon expires. ...
- Disney+ Adds GroupWatch Feature In U.S.
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Up to 7 subscribers at different locations can co-watch Disney+ library content and share reactions. ...
- Chinese Authorities Tell Media Not To Cover 'Mulan'
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, September 11, 2020
The movie's planned appeal to the Chinese market has hit another pothole. Chinese officials' concerns over overseas backlash to the film's links to the Xinjiang region, where Muslims are bei ...
- Disney's 'Mulan' Faces Social Blowback, Revived Boycott Call, Low Advance Sales In China
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, September 10, 2020
The movie scored impressive views and on-demand revenue in its Labor Day weekend debut on Disney+, but a boycott call and controversy around China's Hong Kong crackdown and interment ...
- Agency Translation, Disney Ad Sales In Pact To Make Ads That Better Connect With Diverse Audiences
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Translation, founded in 2004 by former music-industry executive Steve Stoute, will work with Disney Advertising Sales' branded-content studio and in-house creative agency CreativeWorks on the effort. ...