- Univision Plans New, Ad-Supported Streamer: Report
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, December 21, 2020
Incoming CEO Wade Davis -- a former Roku board member --reportedly fee ...
- Steep Ratings Declines Create Potential Prime-Time Cash-Back Scenarios
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 18, 2020
New AVODs (ad-supported streamers) may offer a new place for networks ...
- Comcast's Xfinity Stream App Now On Fire TV Devices
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, December 18, 2020
Up to now, the app had been available on Roku and ...
- HBO Max Added To Roku Streaming Platform, Following Amazon Fire TV Deal
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 16, 2020
HBO Max can be downloaded from the Roku channel store starting De ...
- Report Ranks Who And What Were Most Engaging In 2020 TV
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Friday, December 18, 2020
"American Idol" judge Katy Perry was No. 1 in social engagement amo ...
- 2021 Mobile Marketing Outlook Includes Accelerated Ad Spend, Contextual Focus
Mobile Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, December 17, 2020
eMarketer has bumped up its mobile ad-spending forecast a bit, and predic ...
- Spotify, NPR Extend Podcast Deal Worldwide
Publishers Daily, Fern Siegel - Wednesday, December 16, 2020
That new deal makes NPR's podcasts available to a global audience ...
- Fox, Pepsi Partner In New Prime-Time Game Show 'Cherries Wild' Touting Pepsi Wild Cherry
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Fox Entertainment and Pepsi are partnering for new prime-time game show "Cherri ...
- Entertainment In The Age Of COVID: A Lethal Pandemic Drama
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, December 17, 2020
A new TV rendering of the Stephen King novel "The Stand" comi ...
- HBO Max Finally Bows On Comcast's Xfinity X1, Flex
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Comcast was a distribution partner for Max's launch, but creating "frictionless" acce ...
- CuriosityStream Names N.A. Distribution Chief
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Brandon Fong, previously at STX Entertainment, is charged with expanding the CuriosityStre ...
- Amazon Fire TV Monthly Active Users Hit 50M, Surpassing Roku
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Amazon is currently rolling out a major user interface upgrade on i ...
- Samsung Ads Launches Measurement Pilot: GM, Dentsu Sign On
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Samsung Ads will provide ad viewership, incremental reach, and effectiveness metrics f ...
- Cheap, Free Streaming Content Is Available - To A Point
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 16, 2020
"The Office" moves to Peacock in January -- but only two seaso ...
- FTC Launches Broad Online Privacy Investigation
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 14, 2020
The FTC on Monday launched an investigation into "dangerously opaque" online pratic ...
- Consumers Now Use Seven SVOD + Free Services, Churn Rates Down
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, December 14, 2020
The average number of services used rose by two between April a ...
- Discovery+ Drives Increase In Airings As Video Streamers' National TV Marketing Continues To Grow
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 14, 2020
The Sept. 1-Dec. 14 period had 166,677 airings of TV ads a ...
- 'The Office' To Return To NBCU On Peacock -- Free, Ad-Supported, Ad-Free Options
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 14, 2020
Netflix's airing of "The Office," which had been the most-watched TV sh ...
- Disney+ May Be Playing Catch-up, But It Plays The Long Game
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 15, 2020
The company announced an eye-opening 50 high-profile/high-powered TV series and movies fr ...
- 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. Overa ...
- Amazon, Sky Agree To Carry Each Others' Services In Europe
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, December 14, 2020
Amazon Prime Video will be accessible through Sky and Now TV device ...
- Without A Script: Discovery+ To Test Uncharted SVOD Waters
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Monday, December 14, 2020
Discovery has no scripted content, but it is diving into a n ...
- Global Box Office Plunges 72% In 2020, As Premium And Subscription Video See 30% Gain
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, December 11, 2020
Despite more experimentation with premium video on demand, it will generate ...
- Fox Corp.: Tubi Ad Revenues Poised To Eclipse Broadcast Network's
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Friday, December 11, 2020
Revenues for free, ad-supported video-on-demand streaming service Tubi have doubled since F ...
- 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 ESP ...
- NBCU's Peacock At 8 Months Hits 26 Million Subscribers, Sees Strong Advertising
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 9, 2020
In many key metrics including the number of subscribers and regular use ...
- When Does Big Media Become Self-Sufficient In Streaming?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 10, 2020
AT&T says 50 million is the number of HBO Max subscribers ...
- WarnerMedia Decision To Stream Major Movies Should Upgrade TVs, Subscriptions
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 9, 2020
By releasing an entire year's worth of theatrical movies on the sa ...
- CBS All Access Debuts On Xfinity X1
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, December 7, 2020
The SVOD and live-streaming service became available on Comcast's Xfinity Flex streami ...
- AT&T Chief Implies Direct-To-Consumer Is The Ultimate Window, But Will Remain Flexible
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, December 8, 2020
The future of movie marketing has changed fundamentally, requiring more "flexibility" a ...