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Comcast Flexes Unexpected Muscle To Reduce Churn
Comcast's Xfinity Flex device was often derided when it first debuted, but has made a big difference in the company's effort to keep broadband subscribers around.
Disney+ Hits The Century Mark Amid Mouse House Transformation
Disney+ crossed the 100 million subscriber mark, CEO Bob Chapek announced at the annual shareholders meeting. Now comes the harder part, getting the next 100 million to catch Netflix, while solving some thornier questions about the rest of its streaming empire.
Paramount Plus Movie Strategy Yet Another Approach To Hollywood's Thorniest Problem
Paramount Plus launches this week with lots of familiar franchises, and yet another new approach to streaming high-profile movies. Will it be enough for ViacomCBS to keep up with services from much bigger companies?
Discovery Streaming Adds 7 Million Subs But Can It Sustain Linear Too?
Discovery more than doubled its streaming subscribers in the past seven weeks, with plans to add 1,000 more hours of programming this year. But can it really afford to sustain its legacy cable operations too?
HBO Max, Disney+ Bet On Premium Puts Pressure On Competition
Early data on the consumer appeal of new premium content initiatives at Disney+ and HBO Max suggest their competitors will have to come up with a lot more money to continue to compete, and with more than just high-profile movies.
European Streaming Hitting Records Too, Thanks to Netflix, Amazon
Netflix and Amazon were just as big in Europe's record year for streaming video as they have been in the United States, a new survey shows. But there were some distinctive Continental differences when you look further into the numbers.
What TV Shows Does Amazon's New CEO Watch?
Amazon is about to make Andy Jassy, the company's just anointed successor to Jeff Bezos and an expert on cloud computing, one of the most powerful people in Hollywood. So does this guy even watch TV?
Franchises are What Stops Churn for Streaming Services
Churn is going to become an increasing problem for streaming services... unless they're able to harness the power of franchises, of course (no easy feat).
What Next For Roku After Record Week And Quibi Deal?
Roku set all kinds of records in January's first week, and made its first original-content deal. Where does it go from here?
How Did Streaming Video Services Fare In TV[R]EV's 2020 Report Card?
In a year when seven big subscription video services launched, Netflix ruled. How did all the competition grade out in TVRev's report card?
Netflix Looking Strong For Long Haul, But May Face Short-Term Bump, Analysts Say
Thanks to Netflix's embrace of movies while Hollywood studios stick with a shuttered exhibition business, the streamer is looking strong, one analyst says. But another says this quarter could have a short-term surprise.
Amid Sale Talk, Crunchyroll Shows How Niche Services Can Take Care Of Best Fans
Anime streaming service Crunchyroll may be on the sale block, but its latest strategy shows exactly how niche streamers should take care of their best fans.
Apple, Disney Take Baby Steps Toward The Great Rebundling
Apple announced a bundle with Showtime and CBS All Access, and Verizon will add Hulu and ESPN+ to its free Disney+ offering. Let the Great Re-Bundling commence! Well, at least a little bit.
Disney, NBCU, Warner, ViacomCBS Pivot Into Whole New (Streaming) World
Four big Hollywood media companies signaled this week that they're steering hard into their streaming-video future, with reorganizations, write-offs, a new global focus and more. It's bad news for theaters, cable TV operators and old ways of doing business.
Can the Premier League Boost NBC's Peacock (or Vice Versa)?
Is the Premier League a draw for Peacock? Or is Peacock a draw for the Premier League?
Subscription Video Services Hitting The Churn Zone At Crucial Time
Subscription-video churn rates jumped in the first quarter as locked-down consumers tried new services and cancelled others, a Parks Associates study found. For newcomer services, it'll be a big challenge to attract and retain customers.
The Revisionists: Paket Media's Raffi Bagdasarian on Simplifying Streaming Video's Sign-In Chaos
Entertainment executive Raffi Bagdasarian talks about how Paket Media aims to solve the emerging headaches of streaming video: finding, signing into, and paying for our proliferating portfolio of subscription channels.
Apple Reportedly Buying Up Shows To Flesh Out Anorexic TV+ Lineup
Apple is reportedly looking for more library content to beef up the underfed group of shows its TV+ subscription-video service offers. Hollywood may be in for another big change.