- Disney's New Direction Under Iger: A Dramatic Change Of Course Ahead?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 1, 2022
Should Walt Disney spin off its "General Entertainment" business -- ABC, non-ESPN/Disn ...
- Premium SVOD Subscription Churn Up By 14% In Q3
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, November 29, 2022
The average monthly churn rate reached 5.8% in September -- up fr ...
- Streamers' True Goals For Ad Options: Just An Option, But Not The Main Target
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, November 25, 2022
For major legacy TV brands, pricing their advertising options can be tri ...
- Antitrust Class Action Charges Disney With Driving Inflated Livestreamed TV Prices
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Class action complaint by YouTube TV subscribers charges Disney with leveraging i ...
- Hybrid Tiers To Drive 42% Growth In AVOD Revenue By 2028
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, November 22, 2022
The new ad-supported/subscription-supported Disney+ and Netflix offerings, along with other majors, a ...
- Why Disney+ And Hulu Are Likely To Be Merged
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Once Disney owns 100% of Hulu, a combined streamer would dominate popul ...
- Money-Losing Premium Streamers Will Look To Bundle With Others: Malone
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, November 18, 2022
High streaming programming costs and possible subscriber declines will force some unprofitab ...
- October TV Viewing Up 2.8% Vs. A Year Ago, Driven By Streaming
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, November 17, 2022
Overall October TV usage from all legacy and digital platforms is n ...
- Disney Starts Hiring Freeze, Job Cuts Following Weak Earnings
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, November 11, 2022
Chapek sent a memo Friday saying the company is establishing a co ...
- Disney Earnings: More D2C Losses, Streaming Subscribers Rise
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Disney posted $20.2 billion in latest quarter revenue, missing analyst market projectio ...
- 'Hocus Pocus 2' Breaks Opening Weekend Streaming Record
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, October 28, 2022
Surpasses another Disney+ hit, "Encanto." ...
- LoopMe Data Suggests What Netflix Basic With Ads Service Means For Advertisers
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, October 27, 2022
Performance marketers have begun to view streaming and connected TV services ...
- YouTube Decline A Recession Marker? See Another Wrinkle In The Digital Ad Video Economy
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, October 28, 2022
From a macroeconomic point of view, the YouTube decline represents an omino ...
- Disney CEO Bob Chapek Wants To Use Data To Customize Experiences
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, October 27, 2022
Disney CEO Bob Chapek wants to combine personal consumer data from t ...
- Linear TV Networks As Targets: Where Will Netflix Get Ad Revenue From?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 24, 2022
John Hodulik, media analyst for UBS, expects ad revenues will grow slow ...
- How Much 'Better' Than Linear Can Streaming Advertising Get?
Advanced TV Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, October 21, 2022
Shoppability, social streams and gamification are all in the mix, and wi ...
- Handicapping The Battle Of The Titans
Advanced TV Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, October 14, 2022
Will Netflix or Disney+ "win" as their new AVODs go mano ...
- TV Network-Based Streamers Sold In A Cable-Like Package? Another Hulu In The Works?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Think about a package of Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, HBO Max, Discovery ...
- Streamers Keep Pace In National TV Marketing, Amazon Prime Video Hits $48.6M In September
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, October 9, 2022
Video streamers continue to boost national TV messaging -- up 7% ...
- Are TV Consumers Looking For One Easy Way To Get To All Their Networks, Content?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 26, 2022
TV content consumers seek not only ease of operations, but perhaps ju ...
- Netflix: Analysts' Views Improve, And It's Now Forecast To Remain #1 In Global Subs
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Several analysts have issued more positive assessments of Netflix since it announc ...
- Who Will Disrupt The Disruptors?
Advanced TV Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, September 16, 2022
Disney is well on its way, merging databases to enable using Disne ...
- Will Disney's 'Hard' Bundle Be Hard To Come By?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Premium streamers will soon need to make tough choices: Continue to spe ...
- Iger: Linear TV Near A 'Great Precipice,' Tough Future For Streamers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 8, 2022
Not all big media-based streamers will make it, said Bob Iger, form ...
- Disney Reportedly Considering Amazon-Like Membership Plan
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 1, 2022
Disney is considering an Amazon-like monthly membership plan for its streaming service ...
- John Malone: Are Streamers Packaging Like Cable?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 25, 2022
In the modern digital TV/video world, streaming bundles are on the ri ...
- Kagan: Ad-Supported Tiers May Cannibalize Netflix, Disney+ Full-Price Subs
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Survey suggests strong preference for ad-supported VODs regardless of income levels, ag ...
- Video Streamers This Summer Up 6% In Paid Spend, Media Advertising Value
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 19, 2022
Against a possible slowdown of streaming growth, video streaming platforms bought, ...
- Disney, Sony Rerelease Franchise Flicks In Theaters To Promote Upcoming Ones
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Disney+ has quietly removed the original "Avatar" to encourage fans to ...
- Simultaneous-Run Movies On Streamers, In Cinemas: No Longer A Thing?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Are we really past the controversy of simultaneous releases of theatrical movi ...