- Disney's 'Black Widow' Spins Post-Pandemic Opening Record; Total U.S. Weekend Box Office Exceeds $100M
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, July 12, 2021
Movie earned $80 million in North American ticket sales--biggest domestic opening weeke ...
- Disney+ U.S. Subscriber Growth Slows Sharply: Report
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, July 7, 2021
U.S. subscribers have risen by only about 1 million in the pa ...
- Mobile App Spend Tops $34B Worldwide In Q2 2021: App Annie
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, July 2, 2021
Consumers spent $34 billion worldwide in Q2 2021 on mobile apps ...
- Beatlemania Is Alive And Well In Two Docuseries
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Before the Beatles get back to where they once belonged in ...
- Global Streaming Content Spending Leapt 16% to $220B+ In 2020, Disney Led At $28.6B
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Netflix spent $15.1 billion, but that would be topped by a combin ...
- New Disney+ Series Depicts A Fearful World Much Like Our Own
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Wednesday, June 23, 2021
The most surprising thing about "The Mysterious Benedict Society" is what ...
- Prime Day Deal: Free Disney Bundle With Amazon Fire TV Sticks, Tablets
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Shoppers who buy sale-priced Fire TV devices can also get three fr ...
- GroupM: Top 25 Media Suppliers Now Control Two-Thirds Of All Ad Spending
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Monday, June 21, 2021
While Google and Facebook remain the world's biggest advertising behemoths, four ...
- Disney Shifts Beatles' Documentary From Theaters-Bound Film To Disney+ Series
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, June 18, 2021
"The Beatles: Get Back," from director Peter Jackson, was to be ...
- NBCU Top Media Spender On 2020 Non-Sports Content At $22.5 Billion, Disney, Amazon Rising
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Many legacy companies need to keep their traditional lines of distribution inta ...
- Disney's Chapek: No Plans To Offer Disney+ Ad-Supported Option
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Disney CEO Bob Chapek also said Disney has no plans to bre ...
- Starz Sues Over Star+ Name Of Disney's Coming Latin American Streamer
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, June 10, 2021
Starz streamer StarzPlay has been in Latin America since 2019. Disney cho ...
- Comcast Stops Funding Hulu: Report
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, June 10, 2021
Tensions between Comcast and Disney over Disney's international streaming strategy have l ...
- Disney Starts Ad-Focused Disney Accelerator Program For Minority-Owned Businesses
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 3, 2021
The program will help 10 minority businesses with advertising strategies, creative consultati ...
- Chapek: Disney To Close 100 International TV Channels, Parks To Help Drive Disney+ Momentum
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, May 25, 2021
As for the WarnerMedia-Discovery merger, it "really doesn't change much at al ...
- Advertisers Will Change How They Respond To Consumer Purchases
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, May 17, 2021
The ad industry is focused on changes in consumer behavior based ...
- Disney's Q2 D2C Revenues Spike 60%, Disney+ At 104M Subs
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 14, 2021
Walt Disney's D2C business witnessed a 59% rise in revenue in fisc ...
- Disney, ESPN Renew MLB Rights
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, May 14, 2021
The seven-year deal, which starts in 2022, is reportedly worth about $5 ...
- NFL Draft Gets Sacked, Viewers Fall 18%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 3, 2021
The NFL draft opening round drew 12.5 million viewers in the Niels ...
- Netflix Leads 'Average Time' Share For Q1, Competitors' Movie Content Gains
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 23, 2021
In the first quarter of 2021, Netflix had a 23% share ...
- Disney Inks Deal For Sony Pictures Movies For Disney+, Hulu, TV Networks
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 22, 2021
On the heels of a huge Netflix movie distribution deal, Sony Pictur ...
- Hulu Unveils Brand Redesign, Marketing Campaign Aimed At Consumers, Advertisers
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, April 7, 2021
A cross-media campaign, including TV, urges streaming consumers to "Start With Hulu ...
- For Premium Streamers, Linear TV Offers More Promo Marketing Value Than Paid TV Ads
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 29, 2021
More than half the total estimated TV marketing for premium streamers com ...
- Hulu's 870+ Advertisers In Jan/Feb Ranged From DraftKings To GM
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, March 25, 2021
About 35% of ads on the Disney-owned SVOD in February were fr ...
- First U.S. Disney+ Price Hike Kicks In March 26
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, March 25, 2021
The $1 per month price hike in the U.S., along with larg ...
- Cut! Maybe Streaming Theatrical Movies Aren't Taking Over The World
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 25, 2021
A new deal with WarnerMedia and Regal Theaters gives theatrical movies ...
- Disney+ Release Moves Disappoint Cinemas, Warner Bros. Reaches Compromise Deal With Cineworld
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Disney will release "Black Widow" and "Cruella" as $30 "premiere access" Disne ...
- Disney's ESPN, ABC Are Big Winners In NFL Deal
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 22, 2021
Disney gained in the number of actual games, including two Super Bowl ...
- Netflix Leads Oscar Nominations Again: 35 Overall, 10 For 'Mank'
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, March 15, 2021
Amazon is second, with 12 nominations total, and newbies Disney+ and App ...
- Free Streaming Trials Continue To Dwindle: Sling TV Latest To Curtail The Offer
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Amid mounting competition and costs, free trials are increasingly being dropped ...