- Who's Really Paying The Monthly Streaming Bill? Heavy Streaming Users
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 28, 2023
Although there has been much analysis of expanding ad-supported streaming platforms, consum ...
- YouTube To End Ad-Free 'Premium Lite' Subscription Tier
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Tuesday, September 26, 2023
YouTube will end its Premium Lite subscription tier October 25. Users payi ...
- U.S. Music Revenues Up 9% To $8.4B, Streaming 10% Higher
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Boosted by continuing growth of streaming services, U.S. recording music revenues gr ...
- Disney+ Will Reportedly Miss Sub Target By Tens Of Millions
MediaDailyNews, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, September 18, 2023
But Disney CEO Bob Iger has downplayed subscription growth, with eyes ...
- Specialty SVODs' Sub Growth Outpaces Premium SVODs'
Advanced TV Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, September 18, 2023
More targeted paid video-on-demand services saw 37% subscription CAGR in the pa ...
- As Disney-Charter Stalemate Continues, What About ESPN+ Option?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 8, 2023
"We have proposed creative ways to make Disney's direct-to-consumer services available ...
- Patreon Puts In-App Relationship First Via Community Chat, Member Profiles
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Thursday, September 7, 2023
In a move to forge deeper relationships between registered creators and t ...
- Amazon Proceeds With Announced Shutdown Of Kindle Newsstand
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Amazon has stopped selling print and Kindle subscriptions. ...
- Why Andi May Succeed In Search Automation Where Others Failed
Search & Performance Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, September 7, 2023
"I'm really excited about the assistant part of generative AI," says An ...
- Consumers Will Pay For Disney, Spectrum Money Battle
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Wednesday, September 6, 2023
The cable company accuses Disney of demanding a fee increase in ord ...
- Disney, Charter Push Pay TV Alternatives During Heated Carriage Contract Dispute
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Amid tense negotiations and the blackout of networks/stations, Charter and Disney a ...
- Meta May Allow Ad-Free Versions Of Facebook, Instagram In Europe
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Friday, September 1, 2023
To help relieve regulatory scrutiny over ad-tracking data privacy concerns, Meta m ...
- Major TV Carriage Dispute: Disney Channels Blacked Out On Charter Spectrum
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 1, 2023
A major carriage contract dispute between Disney-ABC and Charter Spectrum, the second-bigge ...
- Charter's Ask Of Disney: Include Streaming Apps In Cable Bundles
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 1, 2023
Charter is suggesting a radical change with carriage deals for Disney ...
- Subscriber Sues Tribune Publishing, Accusing It Of Deceptive Billing
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Plaintiff claims Tribune billed for 'miscellaneous materials' that were part of t ...
- Boomers Show Greatest Loyalty To Subscription Services
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Thursday, August 31, 2023
More than three quarters of baby boomers worldwide said they didn't canc ...
- Netflix Adds 2.6M Gross U.S. Subs, Ad-Tier Sign-Ups +4 Pts In July, Net Growth Unclear
Advanced TV Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, August 24, 2023
Two months after its account-sharing crackdown, the gross adds were down fr ...
- Streaming Users 'Hopping' Services Up 143% Since 2017, Study Shows
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 23, 2023
A study of 1,769 users revealed that among all streamers, 65% ...
- YouTube Tests Anti-Ad-Blocker With Countdown Timer
Search & Performance Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, August 14, 2023
YouTube has begun testing an anti-ad-blocker popup featuring a timer that war ...
- Patreon Podcasters Can Now Upload Exclusive Content To Spotify
Digital News Daily, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Spotify and Patreon have expanded their partnership for a new podcast integratio ...
- 'The New York Times' Sees Q2 Revenue, Digital Subscription Gains
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, August 9, 2023
The 'Times' added 180,000 digital subscribers in quarter. ...
- Disney+, Hulu See 'Lower Advertising,' Rising Subscription Prices
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Disney says its Disney+ ad-supported streaming option is now at 3.3 milli ...
- Forget Streaming 'Churn' - Worry About Subscriber Burn
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Some established streamers are seeing quarterly or monthly declines. AMC recently sa ...
- Paramount Narrows D2C Losses, Revenue Up 21%, Linear TV Ads Down 10%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 7, 2023
Paramount narrowed its Q2 D2C losses by 5%, while overall revenue gr ...
- Planned Netflix Cancellations Up Slightly In U.S. In Q2
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, August 7, 2023
Overall, streamers saw an increase in cancels driven by viewers' perception th ...
- Here's What Publir Is And Who Is Behind It: A Conversation With Anand Ramanujan
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Monday, August 7, 2023
Publir is a publisher monetization platform and the person behind it ...
- Canadians In The FAST Lane
Advanced TV Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, August 4, 2023
Some 80% of Canadian internet users have CTVs, and nearly 40% repo ...
- X Renames TweetDeck, Makes It A Subscriber-Only Feature
Digital News Daily, Colin Kirkland - Thursday, August 3, 2023
X, formerly Twitter, has renamed its tweet management and scheduling interface TweetDe ...
- Warner Bros. Discovery Q2: Ad Revenue Declines, D2C Tracking Profitability
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 3, 2023
Warner Bros. Discovery's global ad revenues for Q2 are down 13% ...
- WBD: Higher Upfront Volume, Zero Price Gains
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 3, 2023
"Our volume is up and our price levels are consistent with t ...