- ViacomCBS Announces Paramount+ Launch Dates
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, January 19, 2021
The U.S. and some other regions will see March debuts of t ...
- Competition, Price Hike, 'Cuties' Blowback Impact Netflix's U.S. New-Subs Share
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, January 19, 2021
The largest and most established streamers' share of new U.S. SVOD subscriptio ...
- 20% Of U.S. Broadband Households Use Ad-Supported OTT, 15% Use 'Freemium' Services
Advanced TV Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, December 30, 2020
New research confirms the growing popularity of so-called freemium services - hybr ...
- 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 201 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- '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 ...
- 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 ...
- AT&T Sells Crunchyroll To Sony For $1.18 Billion, More DirecTV Offers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 10, 2020
Looking to pay down debt -- and jettison non-core business -- AT& ...
- Showtime Gets Free, Ad-Supported Sampling Channel On Pluto TV
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, December 1, 2020
ViacomCBS is using its AVOD service to target new prospects for t ...
- Why Pay-TV Operators Are Scrambling: Sub And Revenue Growth Curves Both Favor OTT
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, December 1, 2020
The pandemic-driven streaming surge has accelerated over-the-top video subscriptions, driving them ...
- NBCUniversal's 'Trolls World Tour' Influencer Campaign Skyrockets Digital Data To Success
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Sunday, November 29, 2020
When the theatrical release of "Trolls World Tour" failed to materialize aft ...
- 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 Netfl ...
- Disney+, HBO Max, Apple+ Make New Top-10 SVODs Ranking
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Researcher Parks Associates also reports that 78% of U.S. broadband households subscri ...
- U.S. Pay TV-Only Households Down To 14%; MVPD Plus SVOD Households Up to 60%
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, November 9, 2020
Households with paid subscription-based video-on-demand/SVOD services only remain stable at 20%, b ...
- 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 account ...
- Netflix Raises Most U.S. Prices; Standard Plan Up 8%, To $13.99
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, October 30, 2020
Recognizing the economic bifurcation in the U.S., Netflix kept its Basic pl ...
- Discovery UK Combines Free, Paid Channels In New Offering Dubbed Discovery+
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Discovery's global version of a D2C streamer, also expected to be brand ...
- AVODs: U.S. Users Hit 17%; Audience Older, Less Wealthy Than SVODs'
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Nearly one in five U.S. internet users report watching AVOD services ...
- Amazon, Apple Could See Long-Term Gains, Become Bigger Rivals To Netflix
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Amazon and Apple could gain ground on industry leader Netflix, according ...
- Nearly A Quarter Of Streaming Adults Use AVOD Regularly
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Compared to 21% of streaming adults who use AVOD regularly, 69% repo ...
- AVOD Vs. SVOD? That's A False Choice, Say ViacomCBS's DeBevoise And Others
Advanced TV Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, October 2, 2020
The ad-supported versus subscription-supported question is becoming increasingly irrelevant, according to executiv ...
- Peacock Premium Plus Adds Offline Downloads
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Users of the free Peacock version can try the offline access featu ...
- Global SVOD Subscriptions, Revenue To Double By 2025, Big Gains For Netflix, Disney+, Amazon: Study
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 28, 2020
Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video will control half the world's subscription-vid ...
- TV, Video Devices Grow To 1.1 Billion, Samsung Has Top 14% Share
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 4, 2020
TV and video streaming devices have grown to 1.15 billion devices worldwid ...
- Nielsen Finds Most-Watched SVOD Show Is Netflix's 'The Umbrella Academy'
Research Intelligencer, Joe Mandese - Thursday, September 3, 2020
With 3.011 billion gross minutes viewed, the launch of the second seas ...
- 78% Of U.S. Households Now Have One Leading SVOD Service; 55% Have Two Or More
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, September 1, 2020
In comparison, in 2018, 69% reported subscribing to Netflix, Amazon Prime ...
- Streamers Still Watch Lots Of Linear... But 5% Of OTT Viewers Get No Linear Ads
Advanced TV Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, August 21, 2020
People who consistently watch multiple hours of streamed content each week al ...
- Consumer Home Entertainment Spend Up 26% In 1H, SVOD Up 37%
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, August 21, 2020
Total spending on digital formats, including EST and VOD, as well ...
- Verizon Wireless Sweetens The Pot, Offers Free Disney+, ESPN+, Hulu Streamers
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Monday, August 17, 2020
Cell phone subscribers contemplating changing carriers once used to compare service pla ...